COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ŞEYHMUS RECAI TEKOĞLU

Offered to

History
History

Course Objective

This lesson aims to have an analysis on the true nature of religious and occultic associations and on the loyality and fidelity of their member and attendants in classification with the basis of their doctrines, rituals, believes and symbolic languages. The word used in Turkish to express the religious and occultic associations is "tarikat" from Arabic and it refers mostly to the islamic branches, but in the history of mankind and particularly in the history of West it is something more general than the Arabic meaning implies and it refers to associations, societies, clubs and so on. Tarikat is a religious way and order in Islam and their doctrines are always open to public but historical western societies are mostly closed to publix and they are defined by the words "sacred" and "occultic". The main expectation of the lesson is to give an idea to the studends on what kind of role these associations played in the history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

N. Goodrich, The Western Esoteric Traditions, Oxford University Press, 2008

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) presentations
2) discussions ann readings

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1) % 40 of midterm exam
2) % 60 of final exam will be assessed

Assessment Criteria

1) LO 1-3 in midterm exam
2) LO 1-5 in final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

% 70 of attendance to the lessons is compulsory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

recai.tekoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes