COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY OF PREHISTORIC AND ANCIENT AGES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRE 1005 INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY OF PREHISTORIC AND ANCIENT AGES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR RECEP YILDIRIM

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students to know about the political, social and cultural lives of the civilizations founded in Pre-Asia, Mesopotamia, Egypt and Iran starting from the formation of the World.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to know the concept of Ancient
2   To be able to differentiate the features that form Ancient
3   To be able to write important events and cases, dates, people names and place names
4   To be able to tell the political, social and cultural structure in Pre-Asia civilizations
5   To be able to compare the developments and interactions in different civilizations
6   To be able to comment on the effects of Ancient civilizations to the next periods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Justification and Importance of Course - Course Rules and Requirements, Ancient History Resources
2 Scope and Limits of the Ancient History, Concepts of Former East and Former West
3 Auxiliary Sciences to Ancient History
4 Formation of the Earth, Geological Times, Human Evolution
5 An Overview to the Earliest Civilizations In Pre-Asia World
6 Mesopotamia Region and History of the Sumerians
7 Arrival of the Semites and History of the Akkadians
8 Midterm Exam
9 Babylonian and Assyrian History
10 Mesopotamia Civilization
11 Geography of the Egypt Region and History of the Dynasties
12 Ancient Egyptian Civilization and Art
13 History and Civilization of Syria and the Phoenician
14 History and Civilization of Iran Region I (Elam Culture)- II (Persian Sovereignty)
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Yıldırım, Recep (2011). Eskiçağ Tarih ve Uygarlıkları. Ankara: Yıldız Yayıncılık
2. Arsebük, Güven (1990). Insan ve Evrim. Ankara: TTK Yayınları
3. Iplikçioğlu, Bülent (1994). Eskiçağ Tarihinin Ana Hatları. Istanbul: Bilim Teknik Yayınevi
4. Şenel, Alaeddin (1995). Ilkel Topluluktan Uygar Topluma (Geçiş Aşamasında Ekonomik Toplumsal Düşünsel Yapıların Etkileşimi). Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları
5. Şenel, Alaeddin (2011). Siyasal Düşünceler Tarihi. Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları
6. Kınal, Füruzan (1983). Eski Mezopotamya Tarihi. Ankara: Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Basımevi
7. Köroğlu, Kemalettin (2006). Eski Mezopotamya Tarihi. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları
8. Kramer, Samuel Noah (2002). Tarih Sümer de Başlar. Istanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

recep.yildirim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.64

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