COURSE SYLLABUS

HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY AND CRITICISM

1	Course Title:	HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY AND CRITICISM
2	Course Code:	İLH3023
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	2
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:	Prof. Dr. MUSTAFA ASIM YEDİYILDIZ
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	yediyildiz@uludag.edu.tr 0224-2431337 (60214) U.Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To get student comprehend main methodological principles and points of view in historical studies.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	The ability to comprehend modern methods of historical studies.;
2	The ability to comprehend what critique o history is and how it should be done.;
3	The ability to evaluate the meaning of historical source and kinds of sources.;
4	The ability to evaluate the importance of point of view in history.;
5	The ability to comprehend the content and importance of the division in history.;
6	The ability to comprehend the sciences relevant to history and how to use them.;
7	The ability to explain the process of analysis in historical studies.;
8	The ability to distinguish where to find historical sources and how to use them.;
9	The ability to practice the process of synthesis (via seminars) in historical studies. ;
10	The ability to comprehend the sense and logical approach in the critique of history. ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The importance of the methodology in historical studies.
2	Definition of the critique of history. Is history a science? Are there principles of history.
3	The difference between historical truth and historical reality, and the problem of objectivity.
4	Historical sources, traces of the past and the problem of evidence.
5	How to reach historical sources. Discovery of documents (heuristique).
6	Elements of historical criticism (external and internal critique), excessive criticism, leaving out the sense.
7	The situation of having too much or unique evidence and historian’s attitude when there is no evidence.
8	Ethic of the historian
9	The relation between history and relevant sciences. Relevant disciplines to understand the sources.
10	Relevant sciences to determine and define the facts
11	The place of biographies in historical studies, the role of great leaders in history.
12	The problem of division in history (time, place, theme).
13	Definition of human geography and its effect on historical facts.
14	The processes of analysis and synthesis in historical studies, and composing the work.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Léon-E. Halkın, Tarih Tenkidinin Unsurları, çev. Bahaeddin Yediyıldız, Ankara, 1989. Stradling, Robert, 20. Yüzyıl Avrupa Tarihi Nasıl Öğretilmeli, çev. Ayfer Ünal, Tarih Vakfı Yay., İstanbul 2003. Braudel, Fernand, Tarih Üzerine Yazılar, çev. M. Ali Kılıçbay, İmge Yayınları, Ankara, 1992. Carr, E.H., Fontana, J., Tarih Yazımında Nesnellik, çev. Özer Özenkaya, İmge Yayınları, Ankara, 1992.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	20
Final Exam	1	50
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

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