TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Associate Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Instructor Serhan Gündüz
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Understand about culture, identity and history of culture. 2) Know The World Civilisations and ask questions related to novadays. 3) Understand better the cases happening on the globe. 4) Understand the far future by learning the past. 5) Examine and searche interdiciplinary the matters related to culture and history of culture. 6) Use the thecnichs, methods and materials in studies related to history of civilisation.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Non
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week What means culture? What means civilisation? Sumerian Civilisation 2nd Week Mesopotamian Civilisations after Sumerians. Assyrian and Babylonian Civilizations. 3rd Week Ancient Egypt civilisation; Early Dynasctic Period, Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Periods 4th Week Minoan Civilization and Mycenaean Civilization 5th Week Ancient Greek Civilization; politic and administrative status; Athens ve Sparta, Colonization. 6th Week Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Thales, Hippocrates, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Anaxagoras, Epicurus and Oclides, Apollonius, Archimedes. 7th Week Persian Civilization. 8th Week Midterm exam. 9th Week Roman Empire, social and administrative status. 10th Week Phoeniken Civilisations and Carthagena, Steppe cultures. 11th Week Byzantine Empire 12th Week European Medieval History, Feodalizm, Renaissance and Great Seljuk Empire 13th Week St. Augustine, Bede, St. Anselmus, Bacon, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham 14th Week Ottoman Empire, Islamic Golden Age, Islamic scholars; El-Kindi, Farabi, El-Hazen, İbni Sina, İbn-i Rüşd, El-İdrisi, İbnü'l-Heysem, Battani, El-Biruni, Ömer Hayyam, İbni Haldun
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	- Gombrich, E. H., Genç Okurlar İçin Kısa Bir Dünya Tarihi (İstanbul: İnkılap Kitabevi, 19973) - Ribard, A., İnsanlığın Tarihi (İstanbul: Say Kitap, 1983)
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Project 1 30 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 1 6 6 Preparation for Final exam 1 50 50 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 30 30 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework 1 20 20 Total Workload 150 Total Workload / 30 5 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No