COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PILGRIMAGE SITES AND SHRINES IN ISLAMIC WORLD I: FORM, FUNCTION AND MEANING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIN 5075 PILGRIMAGE SITES AND SHRINES IN ISLAMIC WORLD I: FORM, FUNCTION AND MEANING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Religious Tourism

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜRHAN AKTAŞ

Offered to

Religious Tourism

Course Objective

The main objective of this class is to examine the Pilgrimage Sites and temples, such as mosque, masjid, wall mosque, tomb, qunbad and dargah which situated among the most valuable tangible cultural heritage of the Islamic World (outside of Turkey), and increasingly protected by local governments or global organizations, in terms of architectural aesthetics, function and historical-social meaning.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the basic terminology related to Islamic and Turkish architecture.
2   Recognising the important regions and the places with religious tourism, outside of Turkey.
3   Classifying types of buildings with pilgrimage, in terms of form and function.
4   Having knowledge about the historical and social meanings of the pilgrimage sites.
5   Understanding the importance of religious architecture in terms of faith tourism.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Terminology related to Islamic arts and architecture.
2 The construction of the ancient pilgrimage site, Ka'ba, and the circumambulation cult.
3 Muslims and Ka'ba.
4 The beginning of the Islamic temple architecture: Masjid al-Nabi.
5 Qubbat Al-Sakhra and Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
6 Great Mosque of Cordoba: Muslims in the West.
7 The first burial structures in the Muslim World: Form and function.
8 The spread of burial structures in the 10.-13. century Islamic world, and the ancestral cult among the Turkic Tribes.
9 Visiting places and shrines in the 14th -15th century Iran and Turkestan.
10 Pilgrimage sites and temples in the 12th-15th century Indian Subcontinent.
11 Mughals in the 16th-19th century Indian Subcontinent: Humayun's Mausoleum and Nizamuddin's Dargah
12 Mughals in the 16th-19th century Indian Subcontinent: Fatehpur Sikri and Taj Mahal.
13 General Review: Historical and cultural value of pilgrimage shrines in terms of faith tourism.
14 Term Paper Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Suut Kemal Yetkin, Islam Sanatı Tarihi, Ankara, 1954.
2. Suut Kemal Yetkin, Islam Mimarisi, Ankara, 1965.
3. Oktay Aslanapa, Türk Sanatı, Istanbul 1989.
4. Markus Hattstein and Peter Delius (ed.) Islam: Art and Architecture, Könemann, 2000.
5. Christian W. Troll, Muslim Shrines in India: Their Character, History and Significance, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research topics and homework with the support of visual materials (pictures and videos).

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 * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be determined that to what extend to reach the learning otcomes.

Assessment Criteria

Midterm performance of the students, homework and a final exam are evaluated based on their performance in the course.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

s.palali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 14:00 - 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 132

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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