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)	Assistant Professor Ayşe Duvarcı
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Explain the major stages of development of world cultures. 2) Summarize the basic sources and methods for gaining full insight into the Turkish culture. 3) Compare the similarities and differences between cultures. 4) Relate history and cultural heritage.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No
COURSE DEFINITION	This course introduces the meaning of culture as a social term and, examines a set of terms related to culture, as well as cultural developments of representative civilizations, contents of Turkish culture, its sources and the phases it has gone through.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Development of world civilization with comparative chronology 2nd Week Mesopotomia and Egypt civilizations 3rd Week Anatolian civilizations 4th Week Hellenic and Roman civilizations 5th Week China and Indian civilizations 6th Week Islamic civilization 7th Week Europe in medieval times 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Modern Western civilization 10th Week World languages and religions 11th Week Turkish culture before Islamic period 12th Week Islamic civilization and Turks 13th Week Turkish culture in the Ottoman period 14th Week Turkish culture in the modernization period
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Atlaslı Büyük Uygarlıklar Ansiklopedisi. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2000. Barthold, Wilhelm ve Fuad Köprülü. İslam Medeniyeti Tarihi. Ankara: Diyanet Vakfı Yayınları, 1999. Bonnefay, Yves. Mitolojiler Sözlüğü- Antik Mitolojiler ve Çağdaş Dünya Dinleri. Ankara: Dost Yayınları, 2000. Braudel, Ferdinand. Uygarlıkların Grameri. Ankara: İmge Yayınları, 1996. Çoruhlu, Yaşar. Türk Mitolojisinin Ana Hatları. İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınları, 2000. Durant, Will. Medeniyetin Temelleri. İstanbul: Birleşik Yayınları, 1996. Golf, J. E. Ortaçağ Batı Uygarlığı. İzmir: Dokuz Eylül Yayınları, 1999. Öztuna, Yılmaz. Büyük Osmanlı Tarihi. İstanbul: Ötüken Yayınları, 1997. Pirenne, Henri. Ortaçağ Avrupası'nın Ekonomik ve Sosyal Tarihi. İstanbul: Alan Yayınları, 1983. Rossanberg, Donna. Dünya Mitolojisi. Ankara: İmge Yayınları, 1996.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Presentation,Project,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 35 Assignment 2 15 Project 1 10 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 2 28 Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20 Course hours 14 2 28 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 15 15 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework 1 16 16 Total Workload 109 Total Workload / 30 3,63 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No