COURSE UNIT TITLE

: METHOD IN THEOLOGY RESEARCH

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIS 5185 METHOD IN THEOLOGY RESEARCH ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Basic Islamic Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HÜSEYIN YAŞAR

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences

Course Objective

to give the student the method technical and scientific standards for research.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student gains Basic knowledge of Kalam, and features.
2   The student tries to understand the conditions under which the emergence of Islamic Sciences
3   To obtain information about the methodology of Kalam.
4   will have information about the techniques and other issues about a Scientific article
5   will have enough knowledge about making Research.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Philosophy of Science
2 Scientific mentality
3 Methodology in Science
4 The Nature of Classical Kalam
5 Philosophy of Nature and Kalam
6 Philosophy of Scial Sciences and Kalam
7 Methodology in Fundamental Islamic Sciences
8 Preliminary: Determining research topics
9 Interim Plan: Source research
10 Information gathering: information notes
11 General Plan: Introduction, Chapters and Results
12 Functioning of issues: Quote Methods
13 Relation of Entry-Results: Text and its Composition
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

- Mehmet Evkuran, Sosyal Bilimler Mantığı ve Kelam, Ankara, 2005.
- Robert A. Day, Bilimsel Bir Makale Nasıl Yazılır ve Yayımlanır , Tübitak 1996.
- Ömer Demir, Bilim Felsefesi, Ankara 2014.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research ,question and answer, assignment and practice

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 * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In Mid-term and final exam, the students are asked questions in classical style about resources of Arabic language and literature and their salient features.

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term, homework assignment and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

murat.memis@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 14 3 42
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 216

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.1
LO.22345213
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5