COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN CIVILIZATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRE 1006 ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN CIVILIZATIONS 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 learn political, social and cultural lives of the civilizations founded around Ancient Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to list the basic sources for Ancient Mediterranean and the Aegean
2   To be able to summarise the periods in Ancient Mediterranean and the Aegean History
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 Ancient Greeks
5   To be able to summarize the main points of Roman history
6   To be able to comment on the position of Ancient Greek and Roman World in the World History

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, Resources of Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations, Geography of Aegean World
2 Neolithic Cultures of Greece and the First Peoples
3 Achaeans and Mycenaean Culture
4 Doric Migration and Greek Middle Age
5 Colonization Movements in Greek World
6 The Archaic Period of Greek History and Civilization
7 Reform Movements in the Greek World
8 Midterm Exam
9 Classical Period 5th Century Civilization
10 Second Classical Period of Greek History and Civilization
11 Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age
12 Geography and Peoples of Italy
13 Period of the Roman Kingdom and Institutions
14 Roman Republican Period and Offices- Outlines of the Imperial Period
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Mansel, Arif Müfid (1999). Ege ve Yunan Tarihi. Ankara: TTK Yayınları
2. Levi, Peter (1987). Eski Yunan. Atlaslı Büyük Uygarlıklar Ansiklopedisi. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları
3. Cornell, Tim (1988). Roma Dünyası, Atlaslı Büyük Uygarlıklar Ansiklopedisi 5. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları
4. Tekin, Oğuz (2008). Eski Yunan ve Roma Tarihine Giriş. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları
5. Akşit, Oktay (1985). Roma Imparatorluk Tarihi. Istanbul: Istanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları
6. Alexiou, Stylianos (1991). Minos Uygarlığı. Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları
7. Thomson, George (2007). Tarihöncesi Ege (Eski Yunan Toplumu Üzerine Incelemeler). Istanbul: Homer Kitabevi
8. Droysen, Johann Gustav (2000). Büyük Iskender. Istanbul: Sosyal Yayınları

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.155
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65

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