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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS TIS 5154 HISTORY OF ISLAMIC THEOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Basic Islamic Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ABDULLAH BÜLENT ÜNAL

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to make students cognized the development of kalam and construction of basic concepts of kalam and give student the ability of reading classical texts of kalam from english language.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student will know the essence and meaning of kalam 2   The student will explain the process of existence of kalam and its subjects 3   The student will comprehend basic theological schools and its debated problems. 4   The student will see the place of kalam among other Islamic Sciences and construct the relation between different kalam schools. 5   The student will comprehend the critiques on content and method of Kalam 6   The student will improve reasoning on kalam and the effects of kalam debates on Islamic thought and culture.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction to al-Kalam as Islamic metaphysics and theology and other related concepts 2 The conditions preparing the arising of kalam. 3 Quran and Sunna as exegetical sources of Kalam 4 The formation of basic topics of kalam 5 Philosophical Metaphysics and comparison with other religions theologies 6 The relation of kalam with other Islamic Sciences 7 Schools of kalam 8 mid term 9 Early period problems of kalam, Antropomorphism, Determinism, Qadariyya 10 Mutazila 11 Asharism 12 Maturidism 13 Shite Theology 14 Zahiris and Salafi movements

Recomended or Required Reading

Shihadeh, Ayman :From al-Ghazali to al-Razi: 6th/12th Century Developments in Muslim Philosophical Theology, Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, vol. 15 (2005) pp. 141 179 Shehadi, Fadlou. Metaphysics in Islamic Philosophy (1982)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Research, Text and concept analyse, question- answer, assignment

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of the student will be determined by mid term, final exams and their attendence and argument performance in the class

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Osman.bilen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

16:00 17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 3 39 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 15 15 Reading 5 6 30 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 LO.1 3 LO.2 3 LO.3 3 LO.4 3 LO.5 3 LO.6 3