COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FAITH AND PILGRIMAGE ROUTES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIN 5030 FAITH AND PILGRIMAGE ROUTES 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

In a vast territory extending from the west coast of Europe to the Asian steppes and to the eastern shore of the Indian sub-continent, and the first span of many faith systems, consecrated settlements which from ancient world to the modern world religious thoughts integrated into topography, has occurred. The basic purposes of the course are to examine the historical routes to the main center of attraction, Middle East, and to introduce major pilgrimage sites of the routes in terms of religious character, architectural form and texture.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the historical relationship between the temple buildings and settlements.
2   To recognize the historical character of religious pilgrimage routes and paths.
3   To identify the major cities with pilgrimage sites.
4   To have an idea about the historical city texture of the holy settlements, and to classify the religious building of them in terms of architectural form and function.
5   To have knowledge about the historical and social significance of the pilgrimage routes and understanding the importance of the routes aspect 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 Historical and conceptual framework: basic terminology related to the history of art and architecture.
2 Ancient Settlements: Central Asia
3 Ancient Settlements: Indus Valley.
4 Ancient Settlements: Mesopotamia.
5 Polytheism to monotheism: the Prophet Abraham's route (Harran, Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem).
6 St. Paul routes (1-2): Antioch, Samandağ, Cyprus, Antalya, Perge, Yalvaç, Konya / Jerusalem, Antioch, Tarsus, Çanakkale, Macedonia.
7 St. Paul routes (3-4): Antioch, Tarsus, Konya Ephesus, Istanbul, Athens / Jerusalem, Antioch, Tarsus, Datca, Maltese Islands, Rome.
8 Muslim holy city of Mecca and Medina.
9 The main pilgrimage routes in the Islamic world: from West to Hijaz (Cordoba, Qayrawan, Fustat).
10 Balkans to the Hijaz: Istanbul, Bursa, Konya, Aleppo, Damascus.
11 Central Asia to the Hijaz: Bukhara, Samarqand, Nishapur, Isfahan, Najaf, Baghdad.
12 Indian sub-continent to Hijaz: Fatehpur Sikri, Gwalior, Delhi, Surat, Sirhind, Sind.
13 General Review: Historical and cultural value of pilgrimage shrines and routes in terms of faith tourism.
14 Term Paper Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Anna G. Edmonds, Turkey s religious Sites, Damko Publicaitons, Istanbul,1997.
2. Theuns-de Boer, 1000 Sacred Places, Fullman press, 2014.
3. José Periera, The Sacred Architecture of Islam, Arian Books, New Delhi, 2004.
4. Hermann Kulke,Dietmar Rothermund, A History of India, Routledga, 2010.
5. Suut Kemal Yetkin, Islam Mimarisi, Ankara, 1965.
6. Markus Hattstein and Peter Delius (ed.) Islam: Art and Architecture, Könemann, 2000.
7. 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

Students are determined to what extent they have reached their course and program outcomes.

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 2,5 35
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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