COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY AND CULTURE OF PRE-ISLAMIC TURKS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBÖ 2003 HISTORY AND CULTURE OF PRE-ISLAMIC TURKS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ERKAN GÖKSU

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education
Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to help learn to summarize general outline of the history of Central Asian Turks and to assess the former periods of Turks

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Summarizes the general outline of the history of Central Asian Turks
2   Evaluates the history of Turks in Central Asia
3   Understands the political history of Turkish states which were established
4   Analyzes social, political, religious, and economic lives of Turks who have lived in Central Asia
5   Comprehends the cultural characteristics of Turkish communities in pre-Islamic period

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course Introduction: Scope, importance and rules
2 The name Turk and Turks on the history stage
3 Turkish homeland and spread of the Turks
4 The hun empires
5 State of Tabgatch
6 The Gokturks
7 The Uighurs
8 Midterm Exam
9 Turks' Religious Life: Shamanism and the belief that Göktanrı
10 Social and Economic Life in the prairie
11 Steppe Nomadism and Culture
12 Turkish family structure
13 State Organization
14 Culture and Language: Inscriptions Culture and Language: Epics
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Roux, Jean, Paul, Türklerin Tarihi, Istanbul, 1998
Yardımcı Kitaplar:
Ibrahim Kafesoğlu, Türk Milli Kültürü, Ankara, 1982
L. Rasony, Tarihte Türklük, Ankara, 1996
Z. Velidi Togan, Umumi Türk Tarihine Giriş, Enderun yay. Istanbul 1981

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
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) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1225
LO.22253
LO.32253
LO.4225
LO.5225