COURSE SYLLABUS

SHAMANISM AND OLD TURKISH RELIGIONS

1	Course Title:	SHAMANISM AND OLD TURKISH RELIGIONS
2	Course Code:	TDE5124
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
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:	Prof. Dr. HÜLYA TAŞ
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç. Dr. M.Emir İLHAN
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	htas@uludag.edu.tr 0224 294 18 17 Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü, E-117 Nolu Oda, Nilüfer/BURSA
18	Website:	htas@uludag.edu.tr
19	Objective of the Course:	To learn the Turkish history of religions and to determine the effects of the old religions of the Turks on their culture
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To learn the religious history of the Turks and to be able to determine the effects of the religions that Turks believed in in the past on their culture.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Explain key concepts and brief history of pre-Islamic Turkish religions such as Shamanism, Mannheism, Buddhism Karayism (Karaylık), Christianity and their influences on Turkish culture.;
2	Key concepts and brief history of pre-Islamic Turkish religions such as Shamanism, Mannheism, Buddhism Karayism (Karaylık), Christianity and their influences on Turkish culture.;
3	Explain the comparative treatment of the religious concepts and manner of the other cultures with consideration of basic religious and mythological themes and motifs.;
4	To recognize as see the text remains of shamanism in the Muslim Turks;
5	To determine the shaman's social roles;
6	To evaluate shamanism in terms of Turkish culture;
7	Fortune telling-divination, marriage and birth, death and the death cult may have information on topics like;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Shamanism in history
2	Shamanism in terms of Turkish culture
3	Shaman and the shaman's social roles
4	Earth and water gods
5	Fire and stove
6	Ritual, ceremonies and feasts
7	Fortune telling and divination
8	Marriage and birth
9	Death and the death cult
10	Remains of Shamanism in the Muslim Turks
11	Burhanism
12	Manichaeism
13	Buddhism
14	Christianity

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Zeki Velidi Togan, Umumi Türk Tarihine Giriş, Enderun Kitapevi, İstanbul,1981. Jean Paul Roux, Türklerin ve Moğolların Eski Dini, Kabalcı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2002. Mircea Eliade, Şamanizm, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 1999. Abdulkadir İnan, Tarihte ve Bugün Şamanizm, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara, 1995. Abdulkadir İnan, Makaleler ve İncelemeler I. Cilt, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara, 1998. Yusuf Ziya Yörükan, Müslümanlıktan Evvel Türk Dinleri Şamanizm, Ötüken Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013. Fuzuli Bayat, Ana Hatları İle Türk Şamanlığı, Ötüken Yayınları, İstanbul, 2006. Fuzuli Bayat, Türk Kültüründe Kadın Şaman, Ötüken Yayınları, İstanbul, 2012. Fuzuli Bayat, Türk Şaman Metinleri, Üç Ok Yayınları, İstanbul, 2005. Yaşar Çoruhlu, Türk Mitolojisinin Ana Hatları, Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2002. Yaşar Kalafat, Altaylar’dan Anadolu’ya Kamizm Şamanizm, Yeditepe Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2004. Sedat Veyis Örnek, 100 Soruda İlkellerde Din, Büyü, Sanat, Efsane, Gerçek Yayınevi, Ankara, 1971.
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	The system of relative evaluation is applied.
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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