COURSE SYLLABUS

HISTORY AND CULTURE OF BALKANS

1	Course Title:	HISTORY AND CULTURE OF BALKANS
2	Course Code:	TRH3093
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	Yok
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Dr. AYŞENUR BİLGE ZAFER
16	Course Lecturers:	Öğr. Gör. Dr. Muhammed Seyyit ŞEN
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ayşenur BİLGE ZAFER aysenurb@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 0224 294 18 89 Uludağ Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tarih Bölümü 16059-Görükle / BURSA
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19	Objective of the Course:	The purpose of the lecture is to teach Balkan history at undergraduate level. The targets of the lecture are to make connections with the past, to get to know the Balkan peoples today, to understand the source of the problems and to inform them about their historical development.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To have information about the Balkans by studying the peoples living in the Balkans from the past to the present and the state political and social histories in the Balkans.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Comprehending of historical past of citizens who live in Balkans;
2	Apprectiating of events in Balkans after Migration of tribes;
3	Learning about episodes of Turks' settlements in Balkans in accordance with historical process.;
4	To grasp existing process of contemporary Balkan states. ;
5	To have idea about Turkey's role in Balkan policy.;
6	Students comprehend perspectives abd policies of Balkan states towards Turkey.;
7	Evaluating of geostrategic importance of Balkans in past and future.;
8	Evaualtion of geopolitic importance ofBbalkans in past and future.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Word of Balkan and meaning of word of Balkan, Geostrategic and geopolitic importance of Balkans, Balkan geography
2	Balkans from Primeval Era down to Ottoman Empire.
3	Balkans under Ottoman sovereignity, Turk settlements in Balkans
4	French Revolution and its effects in Balkans, 19th century Independence movements
5	Kingdoms of Greece, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro
6	Kingdom of Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary administration in Bosnia-Herzegovina
7	Balkan Wars and expanding their borders of Balkan states
8	Balkans in term of World War II
9	Balkans after Cold War
10	Thrace and Macedonia Questions
11	Balkans and Turkey, migrations from Balkans to Anatolia
12	Balkan culture and acculturation process
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23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	- Mithat Atabay, 20. Yüzyılda Türkiye ve Balkanlar (Savaş, Barış, Göç ve Dramın Tarihi), 1. Basım, Kriter Yayınları, İstanbul, 2012. - Barbara Jelavich, Balkan Tarihi I (18. ve 19. Yüzyıllar), 4. Baskı, çev. İhsan Durdu vd., Küre Yayınları, İstanbul, 2015. - Barbara Jelavich, Balkan Tarihi II (20. Yüzyıl), 3. Baskı, çev. Zehra Savan-Hatice Uğur, Küre Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013. - Bilgehan A. Gökdağ – Osman Karatay (Ed.), Balkanlar El Kitabı (1. Cilt: Tarih), 2. Basım, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara, 2013. - Bilgehan A. Gökdağ – Osman Karatay (Ed.), Balkanlar El Kitabı (2. Cilt: Çağdaş Balkanlar), 2. Basım, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara, 2013. - Maria Todorova, Balkanları Tahayyül Etmek, 5. Baskı, çev. Dilek Şendil, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2015. - L. Carl Brown, İmparatorluk Mirası (Balkanlar’da ve Ortadoğu’da Osmanlı Damgası), 7. Baskı, çev. Gül Çağalı Güven, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2017.
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 are performed according to the Rules & Regulations of Bursa Uludağ University on Undergraduate Education.
Information	Two exams that are one midterm and one final exam in 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