COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY OF ISLAM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRE 1007 INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY OF ISLAM COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR KEMAL RAMAZAN HAYKIRAN

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

he aim of this course is to provide students learn the rise, spread and historical developments Islamic State experienced from the foundation to the end of Abbasid Dynasty and evaluate the place of history of Islam in history of the world

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to summarize the political history of Islamic State from the foundation to the end of Abbasid Dynasty
2   To be able to identify the basic structure and institutions of Islamic state
3   To be able to specify Islamic conquests and dynamics of spread of Islamic State
4   To be able to analyze the effects of Islâmic civilization on the world civilization
5   To be able to explain general situation of Middle and Near East in 6., 7. and 8. centuries

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of the course: Content, importance and rules
2 Arabs before Islam
3 Hz. Muhammad
4 Migration to Medine and state management
5 The period after Hz. Muhammad: Ebubekir and Ömer
6 The period after Hz. Muhammad: Osman ve Ali
7 Foundation of Arab-Islamic Empire
8 Midterm Exam
9 The Ummayads Period
10 Mevali Policy
11 Abbasid Revolution and the end of Umayyads
12 The first century of Abbasids
13 Political dissolution in the Islamic World
14 Formation of classical Islamic culture: Culture and science in Abbasid period- New states and developments in Islamic world
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Brockelman, C. (1954). Islam Milletleri ve Devletleri. Ankara. TTK Yayınları
2. Cahen, Claude (2000). Islamiyet. Ankara: Bilgi Yayınevi
3. Barthold, V. V. (2009). Islam Medeniyeti Tarihi. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları
4. Hitti, Philip K. (2011). Siyasi ve Kültürel Islam Tarihi. Istanbul: Marmara Üniversitesi Ilahiyat Fakültesi Vakfı Yayınları
5. Zeydan, Corci (2009). Islam Uygarlıkları Tarihi I-II. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 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)

To be announced.

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 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
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.34
LO.45
LO.55

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