TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	3
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Tulga Albustanlıoğlu
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Recognizes the concepts of culture, identity and cultural history. 2) Recognizes the world civilizations and asks about the present day in the light of this equipment. 3) Perceives the events in the country and the world better. 4) Understand the distant future by learning the past of our world. 5) Conducts an interdisciplinary investigation and research on issues related to the history of civilization, culture and cultural history.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, the existence of the universe, geological times, the existence of the Earth and the unwritten times, written times, Egyptian civilization, Anatolian civilizations, Greek civilization, Persian civilization, Minoan and Mycenaean civilization, Steppe cultures, the rise of Islam, Russia, America, Western influence, Industrial Revolution, I-II. World War II.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week What is history? is a fossil? Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, thinking of the past, the existence of the universe, geological times, the existence of the Earth 2nd Week Unwritten Times: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic 3rd Week Written Tenses: Sumerian and Babylonian Civilizations 4th Week Egyptian Civilization: Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom 5th Week Hatti Civilization and Anatolia, Hittite Empire. (Read: Seeher J. "Contents of Turkey Hittite Cultural Heritage Site" Hittite and Hittite Empire., Kunst.und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland., Bonn, 2002) 6th Week Minos and Mycenaean civilizations and project presentations 7th Week Greek Civilization: Political and administrative situation, Athens and Sparta and colonization 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Socrates, Aristotales, Plato, Thales, Hippocrates, Anaximandras, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Anaxagoras, Epicurus, Oklides, Apollonius, Archimedes 10th Week Persian Civilization, Chinese Civilization, Indian Civilization 11th Week Social and political structure in the Roman Empire 12th Week Steppe cultures, Byzantine Empire, Seljuk Empire. Feudalism and Medieval Europe, Renaissance. St. St. Augustine, Bede, St. Augustine. Anselmus, Bacon, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham 13th Week The rise of Islam, Islamic thought, Science and Scholars: Al-Kindi, Farabi, Al-Hazen, Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd, Al-Idrisi, Ibn al-Haytham, Battani, Al-Biruni, Omar Khayyam, Ibn Khaldun, Ottoman Empire 14th Week Russia, America, Western influence, cultural change, Industrial Revolution. I. and II. world War 15th Week Final Exam
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	1. Gombrich, E. H. (1973). Genç Okurlar İçin Kısa Bir Dünya Tarihi. İnkılap Kitabevi, İstanbul. 2. Ribard, A. (1983). İnsanlığın Tarihi. Say Kitap, İstabul.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Practice,Presentation,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Assignment 1 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 3 5 15 Preparation for Final exam 1 25 25 Course hours 14 2 28 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 15 15 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 3 1 3 Total Workload 89 Total Workload / 30 2,96 ECTS Credits of the Course 3
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No