TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	First Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Instructor Taner Zorbay
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn descriptive and analytic historical perspectives and read the historical development of Western Civilization through these perspectives. 2) Explain the fundamental concepts of history of civilization, and the distinctive characteristics of these concepts. 3) Recognizes the concepts of culture and civilization. 4) Express the differences between the concepts of culture and civilization. 5) Know and tell the civilizations which have existed in and around Anatolia through history. 6) Explains the major civilizational developments in the world and their effects. 7) Know and tell the civilization developments during Renaissance-Reform and Enlightenment. 8) Determines the place of these civilizations in the history of world civilization. 9) Demonstrate the connections and differences among different civilizations.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION	The aim of the course is to survey the history of civilization from the perspective of the development and progress in science, and to study the continuities and breaks in history with regard to creativity and a growing confidence in mathematics. The period from the Hellenic Age to the beginning of the nineteenth century will be analyzed. The aim of the course is to broaden the students' perspective beyond the one-dimensional concept of history.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction of the Course, Thinking History and Science of History 2nd Week The first known settled civilizations and the beginning of written history: Sumerian, Babylonian and Egyptian civilizations (Chambers, Chapter 1; Mc Neill, Chapter 1,2.) 3rd Week Transition from polytheistic to monotheistic beliefs: Judaism (Chambers, Chapter 1; Mc Neill, Chapter 3.) Greek and Hellenistic Period (Chambers, Chapter 2-3; Mc Neill, Chapters 5-8) 4th Week Rome from Republic to Empire (Chambers, Chapter 4; Mc Neill, Chapter 9) 5th Week Diocletian Period and Christianity (Chambers, Chapter 5; Mc Neill Chapter 12) 6th Week Early Medieval Age: 9th-11th centuries; Origins of Papacy, monasteries, the church; Byzantine Empire, Eastern and Western Churches; Franks, Carolingians (Empire of Charlemagne) (Chambers, Chapter 6-7; Mc Neill, Chapters 14-12) 7th Week High Medieval Age and Late Medieval Age: 11th-13rd centuries; Economic and social developments: Feodalism- Manorialism - commercial developments and rebirth of city-states, government structures of European states, crisis and reform in the Western Church: strengthening of the Papacy, Religion-state conflict, establishing Universities, Scholastic philosophy, corruption in the Church - mystic movements (Chambers, Chapter 8-9; Mc Neill, Chapter 16) 8th Week Midterm exam week 9th Week City economy and unification of states, England, France, Holy Roman Empire, Crises and Revival Period: Social Uprisings, Hundred Years War, Conquest of Istanbul. (Chapter 10-11) 10th Week Changes in the European Cultural Structure (Europe in 14th-16th centuries) Renaissance Age, Humanism-Neoplatonism(Chambers, Chapter 12; Mc Neill, Chapter 19) 11th Week Reform in Religion, Thirty Years' War, Treaty of Westphalia. (Chambers, Chapter 13 and Chapter 15: pp.437-440/453-456; Mc Neill, Chapter 19.) 12th Week Transoceanic trade and rise of colonialism. (Chambers, Chapter 14; Mc Neill, Chapter 18) 13th Week European States System - absolutism(Chambers, Chapter 17; Mc Neill, Chapter 23) 14th Week Industrial Revolution (Chambers, Chapter 18; Mc Neill, Chapter 26.) Enlightenment Age and conditions preparing the French Revolution (Chambers, Chapter 18; Mc Neill, Chapter 26)
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Chambers, Mortimer, Barbara Hanawalt, Theodore K.Rabb, (2007) The Western Experience, Ninth Edition, Mc Graw Hill, New York. McNeill, William H. Dünya Tarihi, çev. Alaeddin Şenel, İmge Kitabevi, 2015.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 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 40 40 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 40 40 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1,15 1,15 Homework Total Workload 152,15 Total Workload / 30 5,07 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No