COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 1028 CONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NEDIM YALANSIZ

Offered to

History
History

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of the landmarks of the modern world history and their reasons and outcomes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   define the reasons of Industrial Revolution
2   explain Colonial expansion in the 19th century
3   compare the Liberalism, socialism, fascism
4   reach results from The outcomes of the First and Second World Wars
5   explain Economic crises
6   anlayze the Cold War
7   reach results from the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the period of the dissolution
8   interpret main issues of the modern world history such as the September 11 attacks

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Industrial Revolution
2 The colonial expansion in the 19th century
3 The emergence of liberalism, nationalism, and socialism
4 The First World War (1914-1918)
5 The period between two world wars (1919-1939)
6 The Second World War (1939-1945)
7 The Cold War (1945-1960)
8 The mid-term examination
9 The developments and changes in (1960-1980)
10 Recent developments in the world politics (1980-1990)
11 The dissolution of the Eastern Block
12 The September 11 attacks and after
13 The Arab Spring and the end of dictatorships
14 Economic Crises in countries of EU

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Fahir Armaoğlu, XX.Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarih, Istanbul 2008
2. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih 1918-1994, Ankara, 2007.
3. Eric Hobsbawm, Kısa 20. Yüzyıl(1914-1991), Sarmal yay., Istanbul, 1996.
4. Coşkun Üçok, Siyasi Tarih, Istanbul 1955.
5. Gökçen-Faruk Alpkaya, 20. Yüzyıl Dünya ve Türkiye Tarihi, Tarih vakfı, Istanbul, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 +FCG * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-4: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term examination.
2. LO 7-8: This will be evaluated through the performance in the assignment.
3. LO 1-8: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Student are not allowed to bring any course material (books, lecture notes, etc) to the examinations.
3. Cheating in any examination is considered an extremely serious offence.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0-232-3018744
nedimyalansiz@hotmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 0
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 12 12
Preparation for Final Exam 1 14 14
Preparation for Quiz etc. 0
Preparing Individual Assignments 0
Preparing Group Assignments 0
Preparing Presentations 1 6 6
Other (please indicate) 0
Final 1 1,5 2
Mid-term 1 1,5 2
Quiz etc. 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.145
LO.245
LO.345
LO.455
LO.545
LO.645
LO.745
LO.845

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