COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ISLAMIC HISTORY II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 6022 ISLAMIC HISTORY II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Islamic Histroy and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR RIZA SAVAŞ

Offered to

Islamic Histroy and Arts

Course Objective

To teach Background of Umayyads' decline, main characteristics of Abbasid period and social and political organization of the period

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehends Abbasids call
2   Learns Background of Umayyads decline
3   Understands main characteristics of Abbasid period
4   Learns rebellions emerged in Abbasids
5   Gets knowledge about social and political organization of Abbasid period

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Abbasids call
2 Background of Umayyads decline
3 Differences between Umayyads and Abbasids
4 Thinking movements in Abbasids
5 Rebellions in Abbasids
6 Ahl al-Bayt in Abbasids
7 Foreign policy in Abbasids
8 Midterm exam
9 Stagnation period of Abbasids
10 Land Abbasids lost
11 Dynasties emerged in Abbasids
12 Social organization of Abbasids
13 Cultural organization of Abbasids
14 Course review

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Philip K. Hitti, Islam Tarihi,
2. Taberi, Tarihü l-Ümem,

Yardımcı kaynaklar: Irfan Aycan, Muaviye b. Ebi Süfyan

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question-answer, assignment and presentation

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 * 0.10 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, assignment and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

riza.savas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 15:00 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 5 65
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 171

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.144
LO.244
LO.3453
LO.4454
LO.534445