GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
HISTORY OF AEGEAN AND GREEK CIVILIZATIONS/TAR- 351
Course Title: HISTORY OF AEGEAN AND GREEK CIVILIZATIONS
Credits 2 ECTS 4
Semester 5 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   Prof. Esma Reyhan
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/esmareyhan
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  esmareyhan@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Understand the Aegean and Greek history.
Understand the sources of Ancient history.
Recognize the Aegean geography.
Understand the prehistory cultures.
Get acquainted with the Minoans and Mycenaean civilizations
Get acquainted with the Aegean migrations and the dark ages.
Understand the origin and emergence of religious ideologies.
Understand the city states, political regimes and reforms.
Get acquainted the Persians.
 -- 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  A general introduction to the history of Aegean Sea and Greece.
2. Week  Sources of the Ancient History.
3. Week  Aegean geography and prehistory cultures
4. Week  Cradle of the Aegean civilization: Minoans
5. Week  Achaeans and Mycenaean
6. Week  Aegean Sea and Don Migrations
7. Week  City-states (Polis): Political regimes, Law makers and Reformers.
8. Week  Mid-term exam
9. Week  Age of Colonization.
10. Week  Two important Greek cities: Athens and Sparta.
11. Week  Persian Wars and western Anatolian cities.
12. Week  Peloponnesian wars.
13. Week  Macedonian rule in Greece.
14. Week  Disintegration of the Alexandria Empire.
15. Week  Hellenistic period.
16. Week  Final
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1. Blanck, H., Eski Yunan ve Roma'da Yaşam. İstanbul 1999. 2. Carradice, I.-Price, M., Hellen Dünyasında Sikke. Çev.: O. Tekin. İstanbul 2001
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Yok
 -- 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
3
15
 Preparing Presentation
5
3
15
 Presentation
5
3
15
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
2
2
 Final and Studying for Final
1
2
2
 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
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