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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / TAR385 - HISTORY

Code: TAR385 Course Title: TURKISH RELIGION HISTORY Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department HISTORY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer LÜTFİ GÜRKAN GÖKÇEK (gurkangokcek@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
to teach that Religions have accepted throughout history by the Turks

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can help to make historical research PO-1 To have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of history such as Prehistory, Ancient History, Medieval Era, New Age, Modern Age, and the Era we are in with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and define these concepts.
PO-3 Define the historical problems, evaluate with a critical approach, analyze with theoretical and applied knowledge.
PO-15 With the knowledge determine the learning needs of those working under him, execute the musts of graduate education.
Examination
LO-2 can research about the history of religion PO-2 Discover, assess, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of historical data.
PO-9 Have the knowledge to determine the needs related to his area and to direct his learning.
PO-15 With the knowledge determine the learning needs of those working under him, execute the musts of graduate education.
Examination
LO-3 Can establish relationship between past and present PO-1 To have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of history such as Prehistory, Ancient History, Medieval Era, New Age, Modern Age, and the Era we are in with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and define these concepts.
PO-2 Discover, assess, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of historical data.
PO-4 Use the interdisciplinary approach at learning process.
PO-6 By comprehending the developmental features of the societies and their differences, relate their history to their current situation.
PO-7 Develop suitable material for a subject on a historical area, to use the knowledge and experience gains with different methods
PO-15 With the knowledge determine the learning needs of those working under him, execute the musts of graduate education.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
religions have accepted throughout history by the Turks
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Historical Background 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
2 Belief in Gök Tanrı 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
3 Common Scriptures 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
4 Believe that the forces of nature 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
5 The cult of Ancestors 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
6 Confucianism and Taoism 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
7 Buddhism 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Mazdaism 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
10 Manicheism 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
11 Christianity 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
12 Judaism 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
13 Islam and the Turks 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
14 Islam and the Turks 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
15 Islam and the Turks 1:Expression 2:Question-Answer 3:Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Ünver Günay-Harun Güngör, Türklerin Dini Tarihi, Rağbet Yayınları, İstanbul 2003.
2 Abdulkadir İnan, Eski Türk dini tarihi
Required Course instruments and materials
text book

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 9 18
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 1 7 7
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 7 7
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 90