COURSE SYLLABUS

AVICENNA AND AVICENNIAN TRADITION

1	Course Title:	AVICENNA AND AVICENNIAN TRADITION
2	Course Code:	İLA4348
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	8
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:	Doç. Dr. HIDAYET PEKER
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	hidayetp@uludag.edu.tr 0224 2431066-60415 Uludağ Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The curriculum aims at instructing students in Avicenna’s philosophy (as the most important muslim philosopher) and its influence on the Muslim and Western thouhgt,
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	The student will learn about the details of Ibn Sina's philosophy and its effect on the history of thought.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To have knowledge of the most important philosophical activity in the classical age of Islamic thought.;
2	To analyze a religious subject philosophically.;
3	To determine the influence of Greek thought in Islamic thought.;
4	To examine specific and common subjects of schools of thought in Islam.;
5	To have knowledge of the elements of Avicenna’s philosophy.;
6	To comprehend the history of Islamic science.;
7	To examine the content of Islamic thought after Avicenna;
8	Avicennist;
9	To analyze Avicennism in Western thought.;
10	To compare Contemporary Islamic thought to classical Islamic thought ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Islamic Thought and Islamic Philosophy
2	Philosophy in Greek civilization
3	The Sources of Avicenna’s philosophy
4	Content analysis of Avicenna’s works
5	Avicenna’s concept of God
6	God-universe relation in Avicenna’s philosophy
7	Nature thought in Avicenna’s philosophy
8	The concept of human in Avicenna’s philosophy
9	The concept of prophecy in Avicenna’s philosophy
10	Islamic philosophy after Avicenna
11	The influence of Avicenna in Islamic thought
12	The influence of Avicenna in Islamic theology
13	The influence of Avicenna in Islamic mysticism
14	The influence of Avicenna on Western thought

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Ahmet Cevizci, Felsefe Tarihi, İstanbul 2003 Macit Fahri, İslam Felsefesi Tarihi, İstanbul 1987 Ali Durusoy, İbn Sina Felsfesinde İnsan ve Alemdeki Yeri, İstanbul 1997 Hidayet Peker, İbn Sina’nın Epistemolojisi, Bursa 2000 İbn Sina, Şifa, İlahiyat, Çev.Ekrem Demirli-Ali Durusoy-Ömer Türker, İstanbul 2010 İbn Sina, İşaretler ve Tenbihler, Çev. Ekrem Demirli-Ali Durusoy-Ömer Türker, İstanbul 2010. M.M.Şerif, İslam Düşüncesi Tarihi, Çeviri ed.Mustafa Armağan, İstanbul 1994
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	There will be a midterm and a final exam.
Information	The midterm exam will be held after 7 weeks of lessons, and the final exam including all lessons will be held at the end of the semester.

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