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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | GEP0506 | ||||||||
Ders İsmi: | History of the Modern Middle East | ||||||||
Ders Yarıyılı: |
Spring Fall |
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Ders Kredileri: |
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Language of instruction: | English | ||||||||
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Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: | No | ||||||||
Type of course: | GE-Elective | ||||||||
Course Level: |
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ | ||||||||
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Course Objectives: | To give undergraduates a general survey of modern middle eastern history since the break-up of the Otoman Empire until the 2000’s. |
Course Content: | The course will cover major themes in contemporary middle east such as state-building; state power; political economy and the energy question; and the role of religion in politics. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | The End of Empire | Readings on the break-up of the Otoman Empire; colonialism; independence of colonial states; centralized state systems of Iran and Turkey |
2) | State power in the Arab world | Authoritarian states; classes and other groups |
3) | Family rule in the Arab world | Royal family rule in Jordan and Morocco; Libya |
4) | Uses and misuses of oil revenues | The rentier state: Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states |
5) | Arab nationalism | Intra-Arab state relations; Arab-Israeli relations |
6) | State and politics outside the Arab world | Israel, Iran and Turkey |
7) | Re-designing the Middle East after the Gulf War | Regional effects of the Gulf War; the domestic effect of the Gulf War; developments in the 1990’s. |
8) | Economic and political liberalization | Egypt; Bin Ali’s Tunisia; and Israel |
9) | Dini uynanış ve dini devrim | Islamic Republic of Iran; religion and politics in Arab states; religion and politics in Israel; Christians between communalism and nationalism |
10) | Non-state actors I | Rural politics; organized labor; women in politics; Palestinians |
11) | Non-state actors II | Civil society in Yemen, Iran, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey |
12) | Economic development of Turkey | Structural adjustment: 1980’s-2000’s |
13) | The impact of September 11, 2001 | The effect of Al-Jazeera; the making of post September 11 US policy |
14) | Review | |
15) | Final Exam | |
16) | Final Exam |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Course Notes / Textbooks: Roger Owen (2003) State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East. Routledge, London and New York; M.E. Yapp (1996) The Near East Since the First World War. Longman, Pearson, Essex.; Articles to be announced. |
References: | Course Notes / Textbooks: Roger Owen (2003) State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East. Routledge, London and New York; M.E. Yapp (1996) The Near East Since the First World War. Longman, Pearson, Essex.; Articles to be announced. |
Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları | |||||||||||
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Program Outcomes | |||||||||||
1) Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society | |||||||||||
2) Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | |||||||||||
3) Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area | |||||||||||
4) Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey | |||||||||||
5) Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | |||||||||||
6) Being able to write a script ready to be shot | |||||||||||
7) Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment | |||||||||||
8) Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | |||||||||||
9) Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages | |||||||||||
10) Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage | |||||||||||
11) Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white | |||||||||||
12) Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society | 4 |
2) | Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | 3 |
3) | Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area | 1 |
4) | Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey | 1 |
5) | Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | 2 |
6) | Being able to write a script ready to be shot | 2 |
7) | Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment | |
8) | Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | |
9) | Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages | |
10) | Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage | |
11) | Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white | 3 |
12) | Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility | 5 |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Quizzes | 1 | % 15 |
Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 10 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 35 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 65 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 35 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 11 | 1 | 11 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Project | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Quizzes | 3 | 6 | 18 |
Midterms | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Final | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Total Workload | 99 |