GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY SCIENCE/TAR-103
Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY SCIENCE
Credits 2 ECTS 3
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Şennur Şenel
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/sennur
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  sennur@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Describe the basic concepts of the science of History
Discuss the emergence of historiography
Identify İbn Haldun’s place in historiography
Explain the of gains of new aproaches of Annales School to historiography
Evaluate the German school of historiography
Explain the contents of the philosophy of history
Recite the ideas of the English and American historians
 -- 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  Emergence of Historical Writing
2. Week  Approaches to History in the World and Turkey
3. Week  Ibn Haldun and his mentality of historiography
4. Week  The Annales School
5. Week  The Annales School
6. Week  Influences of The Annales School in Turkey
7. Week  The School of German Historians
8. Week  Mid-term exam
9. Week  Aproaches of Austria
10. Week  Notions of English historians
11. Week  Notions of American historians
12. Week  Philosophy of History
13. Week  Philosophy of History
14. Week  Discussions and Evaluations
15. Week  Discussions and Evaluations
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1- Mübahat Kütükoğlu, Tarih Araştırmalarında Usul, Kubbealtı, İstanbul 1995. 2- Bekir Kütükoğlu, Vekayinüvis, c: XIII, ss. 271-287. 3- İlhan Tekeli, Tarih Yazımı Üzerine Düşünmek, Dost Kitapevi, Ankara 1997. 4- Emre Bağce, Frankfurt Okulu, İstanbul 2006. 5- Peter Burke, Fransız Tarih Devrimi: Annales Okulu, Ankara 2002. 6- R. G. Collingwood, Tarih felsefesi Üzerine Denemeler, İstanbul 2000. 7- Keith Jenkins, Tarihi Yeniden Düşünmek, Ankara 1995. 8- İbn Haldun, Mukaddime, İstanbul 1983.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  none
 -- 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
16
2
32
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
5
2
10
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
2
10
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
5
2
10
 Preparing Presentation
5
2
10
 Presentation
5
2
10
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
2
2
 Final and Studying for Final
1
2
2
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
86
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.44
 ECTS: 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1The graduate of this program, has a grasp of the basic concepts, knowledge and literature of his/her fieldX
2is able to assess historical events from different perspectives and can conclude original consequential connectionsX
3is able to utilise his/her knowledge in accordance with the history methodology and is in possession of the necessary methods and toolsX
4is able to utilise his/her knowledge at resolving/analysing current issuesX
5has a grasp of the communication and computation technologies which are related to the field of historyX
6gives importance to have a multidisciplinary approachX
7is in possession of a high academic confidence and has the ability to discuss his/her knowledge in various platformsX
8is able to conduct research on and discuss historical events and social developments. He/she also has the ability to analyse events in their own capacity, as well as to write academic papers and rapportsX
9is able to follow and update the recent findings in his/her field as well as related fieldsX
10is able to define and criticise historical events, as well as asking questions, and making interpretationsX
11is always considerate of his ethical principles and social responsibilitiesX
12is able to perform in a single or multidisciplinary working environment, as well as actively communicating with othersX