GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

CENTRAL ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY II/5680006

Course Title:	CENTRAL ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY II
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	2	Compulsory/Elective	Compulsory

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof. Dr. Süleyman Yücel Şenyurt

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

www.gazi.edu.tr/~senyurt

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

senyurt@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Obtaining knowledge on Central Asian civilisations and cultures from Scythian Period up to the Göktürks

-- 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	Scythians
2. Week	Kimmerians-Sarmatians
3. Week	Tagar Culture
4. Week	Cist Grave Cultures in Mongolia and Buryatia (8 – 3. centuries BC)
5. Week	City States in Oasis ( 500 BC – 500 AD)
6. Week	Achaemenid/Persian Period in Central Asia
7. Week	The Time of Alexander The Great - Seleukids – Parthian Empire in Central Asia
8. Week	Mid-Term Exam
9. Week	Xiongnu Confederations (3. century BC - 1. century AD)
10. Week	Xiongnu Confederations (3. century BC - 1. century AD)
11. Week	Western Han Dynasty (202 BC – 9 AD)
12. Week	Kushan Empire and Eastern Han Dynasty (25 AD–220 AD)
13. Week	The Huns (2. century BC – 6. century AD)
14. Week	The Kingdoms of Sasanid-Harezm-Sogdiaan
15. Week	Türkish Khanates – Avars (Juan-Juanlar) - Göktürks
16. Week	Final Exam

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

H. Parzinger, Die frühen Völker Eurasiens. Vom Neolithikum bis zum Mittelalter, München, 2006.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	50
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		50

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	14	3	42
Searching in Internet and Library	14	3	42
Designing and Applying Materials	4	2	8
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation	6	3	18
Presentation	1	2	2
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	15	15
Final and Studying for Final	1	20	20
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			189
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.56
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

Gazi University