TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) know the history and important phases of American missionary work during the Ottoman period; 2) critically understand and analyze, in a broader perspective, the aims and impact of American missionary activities; 3) make critical comments as regards American missionary activities within the context of Turkish-American relations; 4) combine his/her knowledge of American missionary work in Ottoman Turkey with his/her knowledge of American culture and literature and enhance his/her historical, cultural, political and literary knowledge about America.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No
COURSE DEFINITION	The contents of this course include a study of American missionary work, which was carried out extensively from the 1830s to the 1920s in various parts of Turkey and involved, among others, education, health, social work, and cultural interaction. Moreover, various missionary narratives as regards Turkish life and society, geography and culture also constitute part of the contents. Particularly, the representation of, and comments on, the Turkey of the period in these missionary narratives, which may be referred to as ?American Missionary Literature,? are focused on.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: the subject and contents of the course explained in broader terms. The multiple significance of the subject; the contrişbution of the course to the study of American culture and literature. 2nd Week The beginnings of the American missionary activities in Ottoman Turkey (from the 1830s on); the aims of the missionaries; the early missionaries and their activities (until the 1860s). Missionary work in Izmir and Istanbul for the growth of missionary activities; activities as regards education and health services; the establishment and educational goals of Robert College; missionary relations with Ottoman minorities. 3rd Week (Continued) 4th Week (Continued) 5th Week The spread of missionary activities through Anatolia; the increasing concentration of missionary activities with multiple goals in various Anatolian towns and cities (İzmir and the vicinity, Kayseri, Sivas, Erzurum, Elazığ, Malatya, Maraş, Adana-Tarsus, Bitlis, Van, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep and so forth). 6th Week Midterm I 7th Week Critical analysis of the political, social, cultural, ideologic, racist and intelligence aspects of the missionary activities other than the dissemination of Protestantism among the Ottoman minorities. 8th Week (Continued) 9th Week (Continued) 10th Week Midterm II 11th Week American missionary activities in Turkey during World War. 12th Week Redefinition of missionary activities in the early Republic years; restriction solely to education and health services. 13th Week The missionary institutions in Turkey and their activities today. 14th Week General revision; questions and answers.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Washburn, George. Fifty Years in Constantinople and Recollections of Robert College. 3rd ed. Istanbul: Boğaziçi University Press, 2012. Putney, Clifford. The Role of the American Board in the World: Bicentennial Reflections on the Organization's Missionary Work, 1810-2010. Eugene, Or.: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2012. Aydın, Mustafa. Turkish-American Relations: Past, Present, and Future. London: Routledge, 2004. Allison, Robert J. The Crescent Obscured: The United States and the Muslim World. 1776-1815. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Armaoglu, Fahir. Belgelerle Türk-Amerikan Münasebetleri [Turkish-American Relations through Documents]. Ankara: Turk Tarih Kurumu, 1991. Daniel, Robert L. American Philanthropy in the Near East. 1820-1960. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1970. Hamlin, Cyrus. Among the Turks. New York: Carter, 1877. Hamlin, Cyrus. My Life and Times.6th ed. Boston: Pilgrim, 1924. Kocabasoglu, Uygur. Kendi Belgeleriyle Anadolu'daki Amerika: 19. Yüzyılda Osmanlı İmparatorluğundaki Amerikan Misyoner Okulları [Through Their Own Documents, the America in Anatolia: The American Missionary Schools in the Ottoman Empire in the Nineteenth Century]. Istanbul: Arba, 1989. Martin, Edwin M. The Hubbards of Sivas: A Chronicle of Love and Faith. Santa Barbara, CA: Fithian, 1991. Salt, Jeremy. Imperialism, Evangelism and the Ottoman Armenians. 1878-1896. London: Cass, 1993. Schauffler, William G. Autobiography of William G. Schauffler. Forty-Nine Years A Missionary in the Orient. New York: Randolph, 1887. Umunç, Himmet. "On the Edge of the Civilised World: Cyrus Hamlin and the American Missionary Work in Turkey." Belleten LXVIII, 253 (December, 2004): 671-85.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 50 Oral Exam 1 15 Attendance 1 10 Total(%) 75 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 75 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 25 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam Course hours Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam Homework Total Workload Total Workload / 30 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No