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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / TAR640 - HISTORY (DOCTORATE DEGREE)

Code: TAR640 Course Title: STEPPE TRIBES HISTORY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 3rd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department HISTORY (DOCTORATE DEGREE)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer KÜRŞAT KOÇAK (kursatkocak@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
North of Central Asia and the Black Sea steppe tribes to teach the Domination and Cultural Geography.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Information about ıskits. PO-1 Able to conceptualize historical events and phenomenon with scientific methods and techniques by expert appraisal.
PO-2 Able to use interdisciplinary approaches during the study
PO-3 Able to define the information acquired at the level of expertise, evaluate critically and analyze the information which was obtained.
PO-4 Able to access to historical datas, interpret these datas and assess the reliability and validity of these datas
PO-12 Able to develop customs suitable for democracy, human rights and scientific and professional ethics.
Examination
LO-2 Can give information about the steppe culture. PO-1 Able to conceptualize historical events and phenomenon with scientific methods and techniques by expert appraisal.
PO-2 Able to use interdisciplinary approaches during the study
PO-3 Able to define the information acquired at the level of expertise, evaluate critically and analyze the information which was obtained.
PO-6 Able to develop applicable materials in the area of history
Examination
LO-3 Can give information about the state of the hun. PO-1 Able to conceptualize historical events and phenomenon with scientific methods and techniques by expert appraisal.
PO-2 Able to use interdisciplinary approaches during the study
PO-3 Able to define the information acquired at the level of expertise, evaluate critically and analyze the information which was obtained.
PO-5 Able to use national and universal values and assimilate these values.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Steppe culture ensued from insufficiency of settled agriculture economy, and based on livestock. A nomadic lifestyle, based on livestock economy, began by following wetlands and grasslands. This new lifestyle named steppe-horse draw culture. Large sheep herds were guided by horses, and new watery and grassy lands were discovered. This nomodic lifestyle based on three principles; horse, sheep and metal.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Emergence of Steppe Culture Lecture Question and answer technique
2 Steppe Culture and Geography Lecture Question and answer technique
3 Emergence and name of the Scythians Lecture Question and answer technique
4 Political history of the Scythians Lecture Question and answer technique
5 Culture of the Scythians Lecture Question and answer technique
6 Emergence and name of Sarmatian Lecture Question and answer technique
7 Sarmat Political History and Culture Lecture Question and answer technique
8 mid-term exam
9 Huns Name and Emergence Lecture Question and answer technique
10 Huns Political History Lecture Question and answer technique
11 Huns Political History Lecture Question and answer technique
12 Huns Culture Lecture Question and answer technique
13 Gokturk Name and Emergence Lecture Question and answer technique
14 Gokturk Political History Lecture Question and answer technique
15 An overview Lecture Question and answer technique
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 İlhami DURMUŞ; İskitler, TKAE Yayınları, Ankara 1993.
2 İlhami DURMUŞ; Sarmatlar, Ankara 1997.
3 Prof. Dr. Bahaeddin Öğel; Büyük Hun İmp. Tarihi, , TTK yayınları.
4 Salim KOCA; Türk Kültürünün Temelleri II, Ankara 2003.
5 Laszlo RASONYI; Tarihte Türklük, TKAE. Yayınları, Ankara 1996. Akdes Nimet Kurat, İdil Boyu ve Karadeniz'in Kuzeyindeki Türk Kavimleri ve Devletleri, Murat Kitap ve Yayınevi
6 LIU MAU TSAI; Doğu Türkleri(Çin Kaynaklarına Göre), Terc. Ersel KÂHYA- Deniz BANOĞLU, Selenge Yayınları, İstanbul 2006.
7 Ahmet TAŞAĞIL; Kök Tengri'nin Çocukları, Bilge Kültür Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul 2014.
Required Course instruments and materials
Books, articles and so on.

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) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 8 9 72
       b) Search in internet/Library 7 5 35
       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 2 7 14
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 5 15
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 180