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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ITS 5103 METHODOLOGY IN RESEARCH OF HISTORY AND ART I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

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

To get students to have ability of historical researching and academic writing in the discipline of History.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will apprehend the importance, meaning, and benefits of History and its relations with other social sciences. 2   will know the types and features of the sources of History. 3   will be able to rebuild the historical reality by discovering from the sources and then to apply this reality in his writings by having necessary knowledge, equipment, rule and process. 4   to have knowledge on the value and limits of historical data. 5   to discuss the place of theory in History and to have knowledge on the benefits and problems of using theories in historiography. 6   to get benefits from the sources of some Turkish and foreign historians by learning their methods in their studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 A discuss on the Discipline of History, its Definition, Subject, and Benefit 2 A General Look at the Development of History from Past to Present 3 Sources of History 4 Use of Sources, Critique of History, External Critique 5 Use of Sources, Critique of History, Internal Critique 6 Main Themes in Historiography - I: Political History, Biographic History 7 Main Themes in Historiography - II: Economical History, Social History 8 Mid-term Exam 9 Main Themes in Historiography - III: General History, Local History 10 Historiography and Its Interpretation - I 11 Historiography and Its Interpretation - II 12 Limits of Historical Data 13 History and Theory 14 Some Prominent Historians and Their Methods

Recomended or Required Reading

- John Tosh, Tarihin Peşinde -Mübahat S. Kütükoğlu, Tarih Araştırmalarında Usul -Leon,E. Halkin, Tarih Tenkidinin Unsurları - Seyyide Ismail Kaşif, Islam Tarihinin Kaynakları ve Araştırma Yöntemleri, Çev., Mehmet Şeker, Rıza savaş ve Ramazan Şimşek -Ahmet Güner, Islam Tarihi Disiplini, Gelişimi ve Yöntemi -E.H. Carr, Tarih Nedir - Ahmet Şimşek (Ed.) Tarih Nasıl Yazılır -Sabri Hizmetli, Islam tarihçiliği Üzerine

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, 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

Mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kocyigitt@msn.com

Office Hours

Friday 15:00 - 16:00

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 20 20 Preparation for final exam 1 25 25 Preparing assignments 1 20 20 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 LO.1 5 4 4 LO.2 4 5 LO.3 4 LO.4 5 5 LO.5 5 LO.6 4 5