COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY WORLD AND TURKISH HISTORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CEREN UÇAN

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

At the end of this course, students will be able to explain the important events occurring in the world from the First World War to the present day and have a general discussion about the situation of Turks in the contemporary world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To discuss the concept knowledge of intellectual, economic and political changes that form the basis of the contemporary world
2   2. To analyse the causes and consequences of the First and Second World Wars
3   3. To be able to analyze world power balances during the Cold War era
4   4. To be able to analyze the developments in post-Cold War period
5   5. To be able to recognize the status of Turks in contemporary world

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Rational and importance of the course-Rules and the requirements of the course Introducing the basic resources of the course, Contemporary World Concept Concept of contemporary world
2 Causes of the First World War and the development stages of the war
3 Results of World War I and the new situation of the world
4 Developments In The World During The Period Between The Two Great Wars
5 The beginning of the Second World War and the development stages of the war
6 The Yalta Conference and the end of World War II
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 NATO
9 NATO and Warsaw Pact
10 EEC, the European Union, dissolution of the USSR
11 Gulf War
12 The terrorist attack of September 11 and its implications
13 Independent Turkic Republics
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Armaoğlu, Fahir (2003). 19. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi 1789-1914. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları
2- Armaoğlu, Fahir (2010). 20. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi. Istanbul: Alkım Yayınları
3- Hobsbawm, Eric (2006). Kısa 20. Yüzyıl, 1914-1991 Aşırılıklar Çağı. Istanbul: Everest Yayınları
4- Langlois, Georges (2003). 20. Yüzyıl Tarihi, Çeviren: Ömer Turan. Istanbul: Nehir Yayınları
5- Sander, Oral (2006). Siyasi Tarih, 2 Cilt. Ankara: Imge Yayınları
6- Fromkin, David (2004). Barışa Son Veren Barış, Modern Ortadoğu Nasıl Yaratıldı 1914-1922. Istanbul: Epsilon Yayınları
7- Hourani, Albert (1997). Arap Halkları Tarihi. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları
8- Yergin, Daniel (1999) Petrol, Para ve Güç Çatışmasının Epik Öyküsü. Istanbul: Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları
9- Kennedy, Paul (2005). Büyük Güçlerin Yükseliş ve Çöküşleri, 16. Yüzyıldan Günümüze Ekonomik Değişim ve Askeri Çatışmalar. Istanbul: Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, cooperative learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm, Final,Resit Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is expected of students to come preapeared to the class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ceren.ucan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10:30-12:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 91

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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