TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Reyhan Ünal Çınar
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Explicate culture, religion, language, economy and technology of miscellaneous civilizations over time and space. 2) Develop an understanding of the basic mode of production for subsistence and governmental systems and have analytical skills of evaluation of the various civilizations. 3) Have the ability to correlate belief and thought systems, political systems, economic systems of ancient civilization with each other and also with contemporary world.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course is a survey of the emergence and various civilizations in the history with an emphasis is on the political, social, and cultural developments from ancient to modern times and on the interactions between those civilizations. To this end the course examines how continuity and change diversify and transform systems and traditions of thoughts, beliefs, values and lifestyles. The course also provide students with basic historical literacy on various institutions such as art, religion, education, family, social organization, patterns of production, consumption, settlement, transportation, commerce and industry across critical periods in noteworthy civilizations in the history of humanity.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to History of Civilizations. Main Conceptions of Civilization 2nd Week Ancient History and Civilizations 3rd Week Ancient Mesopotamia 4th Week Ancient Egypt 5th Week Anatolian Civilizations 6th Week Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, the Roman Empire. Rise and Fall of the Western Roman Empire 7th Week Mid-Term 8th Week Middle Age Civilizations 9th Week History of Judaism, Christianity and Islam 10th Week Europe and Ottoman Empire in the New Age 11th Week Industrial Revolution 12th Week The Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment 13th Week World War I and World War II 14th Week Globalization
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Mc Neil W.(2002). Dünya Tarihi (Çev. Alaeddin Şenel). Ankara: İmge Kitapevi. Boorstin D.J. (1994). Keşifler ve Buluşlar (Çev. Fatoş Dilber). Ankara: Türkiye İş Bankası. Burke P. (1996). Yeniçağ Başında Avrupa Halk Kültürü (Çev. Göktuğ Aksan). Ankara: İmge Kitapevi. Burke P. (2006). Kültür Tarihi (Çev. Mete Tunçay). İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. Childe G.(2007). Tarihte Neler Oldu (Çev. Alaeddin Şenel; Mete Tunçay).İstanbul: Kırmızı Yayınları. Elias N. (2001). Uygarlık Süreci Cilt 1: Batılı Dünyevi Üst Tabakaların Davranışlarındaki Değişmeler (Çev. Ender Ateşman). İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. Elias N. (2002). Uygarlık Süreci Cilt II: Toplumun Değişimleri Bir Uygarlaşma Teorisi İçin Taslak (Çev. Erol Özbek). İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. Films: Guns, Germs and Steel 2005 (Director :Cassian Harrison & Tim Lambert) Baraka, 1992 (Director: Ron Fricke)
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Attendance 1 20 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 2 2 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam 1 60 60 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 50 50 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Total Workload 156 Total Workload / 30 5,2 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No