COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF RELIGION I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TKT 5017 COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF RELIGION I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Comparative History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ALI IHSAN YITIK

Offered to

Comparative History

Course Objective

To give information on how religious beliefs and practices were developed; to show their common points and differences and the socio cultural impacts on them.
In addition, to point out the relations between religious ideas and behaviors

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students learn the definition of religion and its basic dimensions.
2   Students become aware of common and different practices of living religions.
3   Students realize the differences between the theoretical and practical sides of religions.
4   Students develop empathy towards the others.
5   Students become aware of causes of differences between the practical and doctrinal sides.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sacred and profane.
2 The sky and skygods.
3 Sacred symbols and rituals.
4 Holy Sun and rituals related to it.
5 Fertility and mysteries of Moon.
6 Holy water and related beliefs.
7 Holy stones: the sources of fertility and miracles.
8 Mid-term exam
9 Mid-term exam
10 The mother god and creation of human beings.
11 Earth, Birth, and Women.
12 Holy herbs and Life Tree
13 Agricultural life, fertility and thanksgiving rituals.
14 The concept of sacred time and places.

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Mircea Eliade, Dinler Tarihine Giriş, Çev. Lale Arslan, Kabalcı Yay. Istanbul 2003
2) Joachim Wach, Dinler Tarihi: Bilimsel Bir Disiplin Olarak Kuruluşuna Teorik Bir Giriş, Çev. Fuat Aydın, Ataç Yay. Istanbul 2004
3) Ekrem Sarıkçıoğlu, Başlangıçtan Günümüze Dinler Tarihi, Kardelen Yay., Isparta 1999
4) Baki Adam, Karşılaştırmalı Dinler Tarihi, MEB Yayınları, Istanbul 2002
5) W. Owen Cole, Six Religions in the Twentieth Century, Hulton Educ., Great Britain 1987
6) Allan S. Evans, What Man Believes: A Study of the World s Great Faith, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd, Canada 1973.
7) James C. Livinstone, Anatomy of the Sacred: An Introduction to Religion, Macmillan Pub., New York 1989
8) Kedar Nath Tiwari, Comparative Religion, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 1990

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, homework, seminar.

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be evaluated according to the results of mid-term exam.
To be evaluated according to essays and presentation.
To be evaluated according to the results of the final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.yitik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 14.00 - 16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 5 3 15
Tutorials 9 3 27
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1445345
LO.24445
LO.334344
LO.454545
LO.5533354

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