COURSE SYLLABUS

UMAYYADS

1	Course Title:	UMAYYADS
2	Course Code:	ITS6103
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	7
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. ADEM APAK
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	ademapak@uludag.edu.tr , 0224 243 10 66-60212, U.Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The ability to obtain information on political and social structure during the Umayyad period, and give perspective on causes and consequences of events in this period to assess and allow the use of this knowledge in contemporary issues.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	The ability to understand the importance and place of the Umayyad period in the history of Islam.;
2	The ability to realize the historical conditions before the establishment of Umayyads.;
3	The ability to compare political, military and social practices of the Umayyad calips.;
4	The ability to analyze the emergence of new developments during the Umayyads.;
5	The ability to explain the reasons for the emergence of different views and madhaps during the Umayyads.;
6	The ability to make analogy between some of nowadays/today’s events and developments of the Umayyad period.;
7	The ability to produce independent ideas about the applications the Umayyad period.;
8	The ability to recognize the classical and modern sources about the Umayyad period.;
9	The ability to critique the modern approaches about the Umayyad period by using the scientific methods.;
10	The ability to evaluate about the position and functions of the caliphate institution during the Umayyad period.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The political history of the Umayyads until the establishment.
2	The establishment of Umayyad State.
3	The caliphate of Muawiya and his managment approach.
4	The internal political activities in the period of Muawiya.
5	Transformation the caliphate into the sultanate.
6	Incident of Karbala and its consequences.
7	Responses to Incident of Karbala
8	The transition of management to Marwanids.
9	The caliphate of Abd al-Malik
10	The conquests of Valid b. Abd al-Malik era.
11	The conquests of Sulayman b. Abd al-Malik era.
12	Ummayyads stagnation period.
13	The fragmentation of the Umayyad State.
14	Destruction of Umayyad State and its reasons.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Adem Apak, Anahatlarıyla İslam Tarihi, III, İstanbul 2012 Hüseyin Algül, İslam Tarihi, İstanbul 1986 İrfan Aycan, İbrahim Sarıçam, Emeviler, Ankara 1993 Wellhausen, J. Arap Devleti ve Sukutu, Ankara 1963.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
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