COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELECTIVE COURSE(TRAVELERS AND TRAVELOGUES)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRE 2013 ELECTIVE COURSE(TRAVELERS AND TRAVELOGUES) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ERKAN SERCE

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

At the end of this course, the students will grasp the development and importance of travel and travelogue in historical process over the concepts of travel and travelogue; they will gain the knowledge of travelogues not only of Europeans subject Ottoman geography but also of Turks subject Europe.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to describe the concepts of travel, culture of travel and traveler
2   To be able to summarize the history of travel and travelogues in West
3   To be able to explain the mentality of travel in different periods of Europe
4   To be able to write the leading travelers who came to Ottoman geography and their travelogues
5   To be able to analyze the commercial, diplomatic, religious and literary dimensions of travel

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Travel, Culture of Travel and The First Travelogues
2 Travel and Travelogues in The Middle Ages
3 The First Western Travelogues in Ottoman Empire (XV. and XVI.Centuries)
4 The rise of travel from England to the East and Travelogues
5 Trade and (XVII.Century)
6 Europe in Enlightenment and Travelers (XVIII. century)
7 Technical Experts in Ottoman Service and their writings (XVIII. and XIX. Centuries)
8 Midterm Exam
9 Discovery of Turks the West: Western Cities and Turks in XIX. Century
10 Industrial Revolution, Technology and Travel
11 Sacret places, Pilgrims and Missionaries
12 Wars and Travel (XIX. Century)
13 Literati, Journalists and Travel (XIX. Century)
14 Diplomats and Travel (XIX. Century)-Travel in Country
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1 Löschburg, Winfried (1997). Seyahatin Kültür Tarihi. Ankara: Dost Kitabevi
2 MacLean, Gerard (2005). Doğu'ya Yolculuğun Yükselişi. Osmanlı Imparatorluğu'nun Ingiliz Konukları (1580-1720). Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları
3 Üçel-Aybet, Gülgün (2003). Avrupalı Seyyahların Gözünden Osmanlı Dünyası ve Insanları. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları
4 Said, Edward W. (1999). Şarkiyatçılık. Batı'nın Şark Anlayışları. Istanbul: Metis Yayınları
5 Kabbani, Rana (1993). Avrupa'nın Doğu Imajı. Istanbul: Bağlam Yayınları
6 Parla, Jale (1985). Efendilik, Şarkiyatçılık, Kölelik. Iletişim Yayınları
7 Schiffer, Reinhold (1999). Oriental Panorama. British Travellers in 19th Century Turkey. Rodopi: Amsterdam - Atlanta

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 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)

erkan.serce@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 53

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.12
LO.254
LO.35
LO.45
LO.54

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