COURSE SYLLABUS

PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION

1	Course Title:	PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION
2	Course Code:	İLA2011
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	3
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
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. İBRAHİM GÜRSES
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç. Dr. İbrahim Gürses, Doç. Dr. Ahmet Albayrak, Öğr. Gör. Akif Hayta
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	hayatihokelekli@hotmail.com / 2431066 - 60351
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Aims to gain ability to students of viewing divine subjects with humane aspect, noticing his religious experience and behavior and forecasting about other’s religious world and comment on them.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Student applies methods of researching, data gathering from internal and foreign resources and interpretation.;
2	Student recognizes history and prominent representatives of psychology of religion.;
3	Student uses scientific methods of psychology of religion for interpreting human nature.;
4	Student analyses researchs whic is about this field from the point of method and content.;
5	Student recognises differences and similarities between psychology and psychology of religion.;
6	Student criticises previous researchs within the frame of contemporary theories which discuss religious life and behavior.;
7	Student evaluates impacts of religious belief and life on personality considering their positive and negative features.;
8	Student analyses religious motivations, religious experience, scepticism and disbelief, prayer and worship, periods of development and religion.;
9	Student comments on other’s religious life with reference to his religious experience.;
10	Student produces scientific knowledge about reasons and factors which effect religious life and behaviors.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Definition, subject, purpose and methods of psychology of religion
2	History of psychology of religion: Psychology of religion in Muslim world and West
3	Religion as a psychological reality
4	Religion, religiousness and spirituality
5	Dimensions of religiousness and their measurement; patterns of religiousness
6	Impacts of religiousness and factors which effect on religiousness
7	Resources of religious behavior: Religious motivation and religious desire; frustration theory
8	Fear of death; moral and psychological motivations
9	Cognitive and social motivations
10	Faith and belief, nature of faith and it’s dimensions
11	Faith as a process, fait and personality
12	Religious doubts and disbelief
13	Psychology of prayer and worship
14	Religion in childhood, adolescence and adulthood

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	- Hayati Hökelekli, Din Psikolojisi, Ankara 2001. - Hayati Hökelekli, Din Psikolojisine Giriş, İstanbul 2010.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	50
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	50
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
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