COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOUR CALIPHS PERIOD HISTORY II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 5250 FOUR CALIPHS PERIOD HISTORY II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TAHSIN KOÇYIĞIT

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

This course aims the students
1- to comprehend the general characteristics of the period of the last two of Rashid Caliphs, namely Othman and Ali; to gain acquaintance of the classical sources and modern researches; and to be able to analyze the historical anecdotes.
2- To have knowledge on the dynamics of the period.
3- To gain detailed information on the personality, statesmanship, and the administrative structure and the activities of the period of Othman,
4- To gain detailed information on the personality, statesmanship, and the administrative structure and the activities of the period of Ali.
5- To gain ability of analyzing and interpreting the background of social and administrative problems within modern historical perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students taking this course; Will be able to construct the personality, statesmanship, and the policy of conquest of Othman.
2   Will follow the personality, statesmanship, and activities of Ali from classical sources.
3   Will analyze the properties of Islamic cities, the formation of administrative and demographic structure and their impacts.
4   Will be able to understand the historical background of inner-struggle in the period of Ali.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The literature of the period of Othman
2 Caliphate of Othman
3 The conquests of the period of Othman
4 State administration in the period of Othman
5 The personality of Othman and his assassination
6 The literature of the period of Ali
7 Caliphate of Ali and his personality
8 Mid-term exam
9 Ali's understanding of state and the administration of state
10 Ali and the Battle of Camel
11 Ali and the Battle of Siffin
12 Emergence of Kharijism
13 The impacts of political events on the history of Islam
14 General Overview

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Taberî, Tarih,
2) Yakûbî, Târih,
3) Ebn Esîr, Kâmil,
4) Ibn Kesir, Bidâye,
5) Mesûdî, Muruc,
6) Cem Zorlu, Islam da Ilk Iktidar Mücadesi
7) Mustafa Fayda, Hulefâ-yı Râşidîn
8) Mustafa Fayda, Hz. Ömer döneminde Gayr-ı Müslimler

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question - answer, studying on examples, 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

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Assessment Criteria

Students' achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation to the lecture.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kocyigitt@msn.com

Office Hours

Friday 16:00 - 18:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1544
LO.254
LO.355
LO.455

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