COURSE SYLLABUS

ISLAMIC MYSTICISM I

1	Course Title:	ISLAMIC MYSTICISM I
2	Course Code:	İLA3013
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. SALİH ÇİFT
16	Course Lecturers:	Mustafa Kara, Abdullah Kartal, Abdurrezzak Tek
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	sacift@uludag.edu.tr 0224 243 10 66-60131, U.Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Understanding the place and importance of sufism in Islamic tradition while exploring the manifestations of mystical thought in Islamic context.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Understanding the importance of Sufism in the context of Islamic thought.;;
2	Making connections between the early period of sufism and the Prophetic times.;;
3	Making comparison between Prophetic experience and other mystical experiences.;;
4	Making comparison between sufistic experience and other mystical experiences.;;
5	Analyzing the philosophical thought of sufism.;;
6	Evaluating the role of sufi orders within the social and political area.;;
7	Analayzing the impact od sufi thought in the west.;;
8	Producing new ideas on the impact of sufism within the Islamic context.;;
9	Analyzing the classical and modern sources of sufism. ;;
10	Criticisng the new ideas within the sufi circles.;;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The definition of sufism, its subject and its purpose.
2	Sufism and mysticism
3	The place and importance of sufism within the Islamic thought.
4	The interaction of Sufism with other Islamic disciplines.
5	The period of asceticism and its characteristics.
6	The period of sufism.
7	Sufi schools.
8	The basic sufi concepts.
9	The literature of sufism.
10	The orthodox sufism and al-Ghazzali
11	The heterodox sufi gropus
12	Ibn al-Arabî and his teachings
13	The Akbarian school and its extensions
14	The illuminationist philosphy and its representatives

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Mustafa Kara,Tasavvuf ve Tarikatlar Tarihi, İstanbul 1995. 2. H. Kamil Yılmaz, Ana Hatlarıyla Tasavvuf ve Tarikatlar, İstanbul 2004. 3. Süleyman Derin, İngiliz Oryantalizmi ve Tasavvuf, İstanbul 2007. 4. Annemarie Schimmel, İslam’ın Mistik Boyutları,İstanbul 2001. 5. Mustafa Çakmaklıoğlu, İbnü’l-Arabî’de Marifetin İfadesi, İstanbul 2007. 6. Toshihiko İzutsu, İslam’da Varlık Düşüncesi, İstanbul 1999.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High