GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
HISTORY OF EUROPE-I/TAR2025
Course Title: HISTORY OF EUROPE-I
Credits 2 ECTS 4
Semester 3 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assist. Prof. Hüsnü Yücekaya
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/husnuyucekaya
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Student learns these issues: The circumstances that led to the formation of present-day Europe
The emergence of Christianity
Effects of the great migration of peoples
Spread of Islam in the Mediterranean
The Crusades
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Specifying resources related to the course
2. Week  European settlement began around 2000 BC map of the formation of large migrations
3. Week  Conditions that prepared Europe: the process of disintegration of the Roman Empire, the birth of Christianity, the Roman Empire, the spread and consol
4. Week  Germanic migrations and the states that were formed as a result of them
5. Week  The effect of the spread of Islam in the mediterranean world on both European history and the shaping of the West in general
6. Week  The Frank state as the source of the European system of states
7. Week  Foundation of the Church state
8. Week  Midterm Exam
9. Week  The frontiers of European history (Normans, Slavs and Byzantium)
10. Week  The Holy Roman Empire and the Roman Catholic church as the two universal frameworks of the high middle ages in Europe
11. Week  Passage to money economy and the rise of cities in Europe
12. Week  Crusades
13. Week  The increase in the power of cities in the late middle ages and the dissolution of the feudal system; progress toward the national kingdom
14. Week  Development of the parliament in France and England; hundred years war
15. Week  Spain from Reconquista until the united kingdom
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1) Pirenne, Henri, Ortaçağ Avrupa’sının Ekonomik ve Sosyal Tarihi. Çev. Uygur Kocabaşoğlu, İstanbul, 1983. 2) PİRENNE, Z. H., Ortaçağ Kentleri, Çev. Ş. Karadeniz, İstanbul, 1991.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
12
1
12
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
9
9
 Final and Studying for Final
1
10
10
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
101
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4.04
 ECTS: 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Acquiring scientific ethics and a scientific sense of responsibilityX
2Acquiring the capability of gathering, analyzing, interpreting, discussing and making suggestions on the information that is a source of data in the discipline of historyX
3Acquiring the skill of independent or collective work on a historical topic in accordance with the rules of historical methodology.X
4Acquiring the skill of making objective and consistent comments through comparison regarding historical events that took place in different geographical areas.X
5Possessing the ability to examine and assess the effects of political, social, economic, ideological, etc. factors in the development of historical eventsX
6Acquiring the skill of following and reaching the scientific publications and technological developments in the field of history.X
7Possessing the ability to practice the knowledge from the field of history in interdisciplinary studiesX
8Becoming aware of the importance of the discipline of history on a national or international scale; possessing the ability to reason on the background of present-day eventsX
9Comprehending the necessity of acquiring new knowledge and skills throughout lifeX
10Possessing the knowledge and skill to establish parallels between world history and the national history.X
11Advancing the skill and ability of critical thinking along with the ability of written and oral communicationX
12Discovering the dynamics that prompt people into action, consciously of the requirements of social life; acquiring the skill of understanding the roles of individuals in societyX