COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PILGRIMAGE IN RELIGIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIN 5069 PILGRIMAGE IN RELIGIONS 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

To provide students to understand the pilgrimage in the World's Living Religions in terms of faith tourism. The basic aims of the lectures are examining the religious journeys and their importance in the mentioned religions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students shall learn the importance of pilgrimage in the Judaism and its practice.
2   Students shall learn the importance of pilgrimage in the Christianity and its practice.
3   Students shall learn the importance of pilgrimage in the Islam and its practice.
4   Students shall learn the importance of pilgrimage in the Hinduism and its practice.
5   Students shall learn the importance of pilgrimage in the Buddhism and its practice.
6   Sudents shall learn the importance of pilgrimage in the Jainism and Sikhism.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: The aims and sources of the lectures
2 The importance of pilgrimage in Judaism
3 Solomon's Temple: Foundation and importance
4 The importance of pilgrimage in Christianity
5 Sacred journeys in Christianity
6 The importance of pilgrimage in Islam
7 Mecca and Medina
8 Midterm exam
9 The importance of pilgrimage in Hinduism
10 Varanasi and Ganges
11 The importance of pilgrimage in Buddhism
12 Sarnath and Bodhgaya
13 Pilgrimage in Jainism
14 Pilgrimage in Sikhism

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Dallen J. Timothy & Daniel H. Olsen, Tourism, Religion and Spiritual Journeys, Routledge, London, 2006.
2. Kevin Hannam & Anya Diekmann, Tourism and India: A Critical Introduction, Routledge, London, 2011.
3. Simon Coleman & John Elsner, Pilgrimage: Past and Present in the World Religions, Harvard Uni. Press, Massachusetts, 1995.
4. David Martin Gitlitz & Linda Kay Davidson, Pilgrimage and the Jews, Praeger Publishers, 2006.
5. Ian Bradley, Pilgrimage: A Spiritual and Cultural Journey, Lion Book, England, 2009.
6. Victor Turner & Edith Turner, Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture, Columbia Uni. Press, New York, 2011.
7. F. E. Peters, The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places, Princeton Uni. Press, Princeton, 1994.
8. Knut A. Jacobsen, Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition: Salvific Space, Routledge, London, 2013.
9. Diana L. Eck, Banaras: City of Light, A. Knopf Book, New York, 1982.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To be announced soon.

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

To be announced soon.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced soon.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced soon.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assis. Prof. Dr. Hammet ARSLAN

Office Hours

To be announced soon.

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 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 6 12
Preparing presentations 2 6 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1344
LO.2334
LO.3434
LO.44
LO.5
LO.6

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