COURSE SYLLABUS

HISTORY OF CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION (ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL)

1	Course Title:	HISTORY OF CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION (ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL)
2	Course Code:	TAR6105
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third 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:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. KAMİL DOĞANCI
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç. Dr. Reyhan ŞAHİN
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. Kamil DOĞANCI Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tarih Bölümü,Görükle Kampüsü, 16059 Bursa Telefon: 0 224 2941864 e-mail: kamil@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:	http://tarih.uludag.edu.tr/
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of this course is to introduce the student to societies and their cultures, concentrating on ancient civilizations, from the beginnings to the 13th Century. Social, economical, political, and religious institutions will be examined within an historic context
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Students learn about ancient civilizations until the 13th century.

Learning Outcomes:

1	He/She is able to evaluate the reasons for cultural differences amongst societies. ;
2	He/She is able to compare societies possessing different historical backgrounds in terms of cultural diversities. ;
3	He/She is able to apprehend politic, economic and social processes which influence in consisting of cultures and civilizations along history. ;
4	He/She is able to express similarities of cultures accepted as member of the same civilization. ;
5	Be able to find, organize and assess the primary and secondary sources of the History of the Civilizations. ;
6	Define the origins of the modern Western Civilizations. ;
7	To understand the contributions of Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations to world civilization ;
8	Be able to examine the historical events in an objective point of view. ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Meaning and contents of the term “Civilization”
2	Neolithic Revolution and the First Civilizations
3	Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations: Egypt
4	Egypt's contribution to world civilization: Religion, Technology, Culture
5	Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations: Mesopotamia and Anatolia
6	Scripts, Languages and Alphabets
7	Foundations of Western civilization: the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations
8	Forms of Government in Ancient Greece. Emergence of Democracy
9	Ancient Greek philosophers
10	Roman law and its effects
11	Ancient Civilizations of the Far East: China
12	Ancient Civilizations of the Far East: India
13	American Civilizations: Incas, Aztecs and Mayans
14	Overall Assessment and Discussion

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Server Tanilli, Uygarlık Tarihi, Alkım Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2006. Fernand Braudel, Uygarlıkların Grameri, çev: M. Ali Kılıçbay, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara, 2006. Charles Freeman, Mısır, Yunan ve Roma: Antik Akdeniz Uygarlıkları, Dost Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara, 2010. Fatma Sevinç Erbaşı-Kamil Doğancı, Anadolu Uygarlıkları (Tarih Öncesi Dönemlerden Eskiçağ'ın Sonuna Kadar), Paradigma Akademi Yayınları, Çanakkale, 2023. A.W.F. Blunt, Batı Uygarlığının Temelleri, çev: Müzehher Erim, İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 1984.
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	One final exam each semester.
Information	In addition, given homework and presentations are 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