COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WESTERN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IMT 4116 WESTERN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR NAFIZE SIBEL GÜZEL

Offered to

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Course Objective

In the course of Western Civilization each period from the creation of human beings up to the contemporary days is analyzed and compared with each others to find the answer of how Western Europe became superior.
In the spring semester the period from the French Revolution up to contemporary Age will be analyzed

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to distinguish the historical periods in different periods
2   To understand differences at the different periods of history
3   Beginning with Sumer, to see the corner stones at the whole historical process
4   To understand culture of each period in the history which had a different culture
5   To understand how each civilizations effected the culture and literature

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The French Revolution
2 The Industrial Revolution
3 The Urbanization Class Consciousness 1800-1850
4 The Liberal Reforms 1915-1870
5 The Nationalism and Nation Building 1815-1870
6 The Imperialism and the Colonization 1870-1914
7 The Challenge of Modern West
8 Mid-term
9 The First World War
10 The Period between World Wars
11 The Second World War
12 The Cold War
13 The Decolonization
14 General review

Recomended or Required Reading

Judith Coffin, Robert C. Stacey, Robert E. Lerner, Standish Meacham. Western Civilization: Their History & Their Culture, New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. To take active participation in the classroom.
2. To prepare a homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 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

1. Midterm
2. Homework
3. Participation
4. Final

Assessment Criteria

At the end of the term, students are expected to learn the following points.
1. How Western civilization became superior to others
2. To understand the differences of each civilizations
3. To understand how Western civilization s tradition culture were developed in the history.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is must 70 %
2. Students should read the assigned texts before coming to classroom

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

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 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55