COURSE SYLLABUS

THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET

1	Course Title:	THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET
2	Course Code:	İLA1011
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	0
6	Semester:	0
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
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:	Prof. Dr. M. Asım Yediyıldız, Prof. Dr. Salih Pay, Prof. Dr. A. İhsan Karataş
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. ADEM APAK ademapakl@uludag.edu.tr 0224 243 10 66-60212, U.Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Understanding the importance and place of the prophet in the history and the basic knowledge about the sirah studies.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Field knowledge acquisition

Learning Outcomes:

1	The ability to understand the importance and place of Arabian history before Islam in the sirah studies.;
2	The ability to realize the environment and conditions of Meccah and around it before his prophethood.;
3	The ability to explain the reasons of opposition pagans against the Prophet Muhammed's notification.;
4	The ability to compare the Prophet Muhammed’s activities in order to spread of his prophethood and applications in this issue.;
5	The ability to analyze the new developments within the framework of the Prophet Muhammed’s relations with Madina before the hijra.;
6	Understanding the Ansar-Muhacir brotherhood and its consequences after the Migration and taking these as an example in the relations between people today.;
7	The ability to make analogy between his political methods during the struggling to pagans of Mecca, jews and hypocrites and …;
8	The ability to produce an idea about results of Prophet Muhammed’s notification activities he carried out in Arabian Peninsula.;
9	The ability to produce an idea with respect to universal messages which spoke out in farewell sermon;
10	The ability to critique the modern and classical approaches about the period of the Prophet Muhammed by using scientific methods;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The main sources of Sirah: Quran and Sunnah.
2	The social, cultural and religious environment that the Prophet Muhammed finds ready.
3	Mecca period before Islam
4	In the pre-Islamic period Mecca.
5	Prophet Muhammed's birth and childhood.
6	The Prophet Muhammed's position in social life.
7	The first revelation and the first muslims.
8	Meccans activities and the reasons of opposition to Islam.
9	The Prophet Muhammed’s strategy to struggle of pagans.
10	The Hijrah to Abyssinia and Madinah.
11	The efforts of new community-building in Madinah.
12	The relations of with the polytheists of Mecca, jews and hypocrites.
13	The letters of invitation to Islam and the results of these.
14	The Prophet Muhammed’s fareweel sermon and his death.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Hüseyin Algül, İslam Tarihi II, İstanbul 1991 2. Adem Apak, Anahatlarıyla İslam Tarihi I, İstanbul 2011 3. Muhammed Hamidullah, İslam Peygamberi, I-II, İstanbup 1990-1991 4. İbrahim Sarıçam, Hz. Muhammed ve Evrensel Mesajı Ankara 2004. 5. Asım Köksal, İslam Tarihi, İstanbul 1989 6. Casim Avcı, Muhammedül Emin, İstanbul 2008 7. Watt, Montgomery, Peygamber ve Devlet Adamı Hz. Muhammed, İstanbul 2001 Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi “Muhammed” maddesi.
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	Measurement and evaluation is carried out according to the priciples of Bursa uludag University Associate and Undergraduate Education Regulation.
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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