COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY WORLD

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRE 4005 HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY WORLD COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ERCAN UYANIK

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

At the end of this course, students learn political history of world from 1789 French Revolution to the present day, explain the causes of I. and II. World War and regional wars, be able to make a general discussion about the problems of the contemporary world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Knowledge of the concepts of intellectual, economic and political change that forms the basis of the contemporary world.
2   2. To explain the ideologies of contemporary world.
3   3. To analyze the causes and the consequences of the contemporary world.
4   4. To discuss the Revolutions of contemporary world.
5   5. To recognize the problems of contemporary world.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Rational and importance of the course-Rules and the requirements of the course Introducing the basic resources of the course Concept of contemporary world
2 Foundations of the contemporary world: Intellectual change (Enlightenment) and economic change (Industrial Revolution)
3 Foundations of the contemporary world: Political change (French Revolution-World of Napoleon)
4 Ideologies of contemporary world: Nationalism, Liberalism and Socialism
5 Wars of contemporary world: Wars with Napoleon and Crimean War
6 Wars of contemporary world: The Great Battle
7 Wars of contemporary world: Second World War
8 Midterm Exam
9 Wars of contemporary world: Regional Wars ( The Korean War- Vietnam War)
10 Wars of contemporary world: Regional Wars (Israeli-Arab War, Iraq-Iran War, Afghan War, The Gulf Wars)
11 Revolutions of contemporary world: 19. century National revolutions (Soviet Revolution, Chinese Revolution)
12 Revolutions of contemporary world: (The Cuban Revolution, South America and Africa, the collapse of the Iron Curtain)
13 Problems of the contemporary world: Economic problems (The working Classes and Inflation-Petrol)
14 Problems of the contemporary world: Political problems (Dictatorship/Coups, Human Rights- Ideological Conflicts)- Problems of the contemporary world: Population and population related problems (Hunger, environment)
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Armaoğlu, Fahir (2003). 19. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi 1789-1914. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları
2- Armaoğlu, Fahir (2010). 20. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi. Istanbul: Alkım Yayınları
3- Hobsbawm, Eric (2006). Kısa 20. Yüzyıl, 1914-1991 Aşırılıklar Çağı. Istanbul: Everest Yayınları
4- Langlois, Georges (2003). 20. Yüzyıl Tarihi, Çeviren: Ömer Turan. Istanbul: Nehir Yayınları
5- Sander, Oral (2006). Siyasi Tarih, 2 Cilt. Ankara: Imge Yayınları
6- Fromkin, David (2004). Barışa Son Veren Barış, Modern Ortadoğu Nasıl Yaratıldı 1914-1922. Istanbul: Epsilon Yayınları
7- Hourani, Albert (1997). Arap Halkları Tarihi. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları
8- Yergin, Daniel (1999) Petrol, Para ve Güç Çatışmasının Epik Öyküsü. Istanbul: Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları
9- Kennedy, Paul (2005). Büyük Güçlerin Yükseliş ve Çöküşleri, 16. Yüzyıldan Günümüze Ekonomik Değişim ve Askeri Çatışmalar. Istanbul: Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, cooperative learning

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)

ercan.uyanik@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 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

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.352
LO.45
LO.553

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