COURSE SYLLABUS

MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY

1	Course Title:	MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY
2	Course Code:	TAR5129
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
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:	Doç. Dr. NİLÜFER ALKAN GÜNAY
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Ersin GÜLSOY
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. Nilüfer ALKAN GÜNAY E-posta: niluferalkan@uludag.edu.tr Telefon: 0 224 2941889 Adres: Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tarih Bölümü, Görükle Kampüsü, 16059 Bursa
18	Website:	http://tarih.uludag.edu.tr/
19	Objective of the Course:	Main purpose of the course is to evaluate the many-sided transformation in Europe after medieval period. Renaissance and reform movements, age of discoveries, weaking ties of feudality, the rise of monarchies, new balances of power among these monarchies, the price revolution and the emergence of capitalism are main titles of this course.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To be qualified to Early Modern Europe History by learning about currents, states and social structure of Europe in Early Modern time.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To know the literature about early modern European history. ;
2	To be able to evaluate the socio-economic reasons behind the rise of European Civilization. ;
3	To be able to interpret the start of colonialism and different types of colonialism occurred in Europe. ;
4	To be able to interpret the formation of capitalism in Europe and the social transformation it caused.;
5	To be able to evaluate the rise of Protestantism as a third sect of Christianity.;
6	To be able to explain conflicts of Christian sects in connection with the relationships of Catholicism-Protestantism and the European balance of powers.;
7	To be able to understand the formation of balance of powers in in Europe in seventeenth Century. ;
8	To be able to explain the term of “the great divergence” and “the rise of the west”;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Beginning of Early Modern Era as a problem of periodization.
2	Age of exploration, historical background and their results.
3	Renaissance period.
4	Distribution of reformation, Luther, Calvin and Zwingli
5	Impacts of printing upon the Reform movement.
6	Rise of Protestantism in Europe and stance of Catholic Church
7	Start of thirty years war period and clash of the sects.
8	Peace of Westphalia and establishing balance of power in Europe.
9	Colonial Activities of Spain and Portugal
10	Establishment of Absolutism in France and political and religious struggle in England for supremacy.
11	Habsburg-Valois Conflict, and political situation in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Northern Europe.
12	Armaments and armies: The power of using force of states in Early Modern Europe.
13	Expansion of Capitalism and price revolution.
14	General remarks, questions and evaluations.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Stephen J. Lee, Avrupa Tarihinden Kesitler (1494-1789), Çev. Ertürk Demirel, 4. b., Ankara: Dost Kitabevi, 2012. Merry E. Wiesner, Erken Modern Dönemde Avrupa (1450-1789), İş Bankası Kültür Yay., İstanbul 2009. Cipolla, Carlo M., Fatihler, Korsanlar, Tüccarlar, çev. T. Altınova, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yay., İstanbul 2003. Elton, G.R., Reformation Europe, 1517-1559, 2nd ed., Blackwell Publishers, Massachusetts USA 1999. Robert Jütte, Erken Modern Avrupa’da Yoksulluk ve Sapkınlık, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi, İstanbul 2011. Robert Darnton, Büyük Kedi Katliamı, Küy Yay., İstanbul 2017.
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	Final exam at the end of the semester.
Information	In addition to the exams, the student's in-class activities are also taken into consideration.

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