COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROPHETIC BIOGRAPHY AND ISSUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 5123 PROPHETIC BIOGRAPHY AND ISSUES 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 apprehend the relation of Seerah with other disciplines and to have knowledge about the history and problems of Seerah within the context of traditional and modern approaches and the thoughts of the East and the West.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will have knowledge on the place, meaning, and benefits of Seerah discipline and its relation with other social sciences
2   will meet Seerah sources and their types and features
3   will learn different approaches to Seerah writing
4   will apprehend the value and limits of historical data
5   will be able to use the studies in other disciplines and different methodological approaches.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Appearing Seerah and Maghazi as Disciplines
2 Sources of Seerah and the Problems
3 Quran and Seerah
4 Tafseer and Seerah
5 Hadith and Seerah
6 Fiqh and Seerah
7 Kalaam and Seerah
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Tasawwuf and Seerah
10 Types of Seerah Writing I: Chronological Seerah Writing
11 Types of Seerah Writing II: Thematic Seerah Writing
12 Traditional Approaches to the Perception of the Prophet Muhammad
13 Modern Approaches to the Perception of the Prophet Muhammad
14 The Perception of the Prophet Muhammad in the Thought of the East and the West and Their Comparing

Recomended or Required Reading

Quran
Hadith Literature
Tafseer Literature
Fiqh al-Seerah, Muhammad Ghazali
Fiqh al-Seerah, Ramadan el-Buti
Ilim ve Din Açısından Mucize, Osman Karadeniz, Marifet, Istanbul 1999.
Türkiye'de Siret Yazıcılığı, ed: Tahsin Koçyiğit, TDV Yay., Ankara 2012.
Islam Ansiklopedilerinin ilgili Maddeleri
Başlangıcından Günümüze Islâm dünyasında Peygamber Imajı, Ilhami Oruçoğlu, Uludağ Ün. Basılmamış Doktora tezi, Bursa 2008.
Islam Peygamberi, Muhammed Hamidullah, Istanbul 1966.
Siyer Farklı Okumak, Mehmet Azimli, Ankara Okulu Yay.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question - answer, studying on examples, homework 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 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/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1555
LO.255
LO.35
LO.455
LO.555

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