HISTORY (ENGLISH, THESIS)
Master	TR-NQF-HE: Level 7	QF-EHEA: Second Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
HST5051	Methodology	Spring	3	0	3	8

Basic information

Language of instruction:	Turkish
Type of course:	Must Course
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Prof. Dr. HEATH W. LOWRY
Course Lecturer(s):	Assist. Prof. DERYA TARBUCK
Recommended Optional Program Components:	none
Course Objectives:	This colloquium is intended to provide a comprehensive introduction to the most relevant fields of study, theoretical debates, and methodological trends in the discipline of history. It is the first of a three-part sequence that will offer graduate students the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the process of conceiving, researching, and producing historically-informed work. The goal is to set a solid foundation for our students to master current historiographical trends and help them define/refine their own research agenda.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Over the course of the semester, students will:
1. demonstrate an understanding of historiography, that is, a familiarity with a range of
historical methods, theories, and schools of interpretation; and
2. be able to research and write a thesis-driven paper of at least 12 pages on an
historical topic, using appropriate sources.

Course Content

This course introduces students to the discipline of history as it is taught at the college level. Students will discover how and why historians debate issues of evidence and interpretation. By studying the “history of history,” students will learn to distinguish between various schools or styles of academic history; to improve reading, note-taking, and library skills; and to formulate meaningful thesis statements. Students will apply the lessons of the course in a hands-on
research experience which will result in the preparation and presentation of a finished historical essay in approved scholarly form.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Tarih Araştırmalarında Usul, Mübahat Kütükoğlu, Elif Kitabevi, İstanbul 2007.
1. Excerpt from Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, and Margaret Jacob, Telling the
Truth about History, pp. 247-51.
2. “Things in and as Exhibits, Museums, and Historic Sites” from Berkhofer
Fashioning History.
3. “Plagiarism: The Cases of Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin,”
in Peter Hoffers’ Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Fraud---American History
from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin.
4. Sources and Evidence: “Primary and Secondary Sources” from Robert C.
Williams’ The Historian’s Toolbox, A Student’s Guide to the Theory and
Craft of History,” 56-78.
5. Reading on Braudel “The Annales” and Elton “Empiricism” from Houses of
History.
6. “The Great Cat Massacre” from Robert Darnton’s The Great Cat Massacre
and Other Episodes in French Cultural History (New York: Basic Books,
1984).
7. Excerpts from “The Trial of Joan of Arc.”

References:

1. Waitman Beorn, “Negotiating Murder: A Panzer Signal Company and the
Destruction of the Jews of Peregruznoe, 1942,” Holocaust and Genocide
Studies 23 no. 2 (Fall 2009): 185-213.
2. Shannon Lee Fogg, “Refugees and Indifference: The Effects of Shortages
on Attitudes towards Jews in France’s Limousin Region During World
War,” Holocaust and Genocide Studies 21, no. 1 (Spring 2007): 31-54.
3. Peggy McCracken, “The Amenorrhea of War,” SIGNS: Journal of Women
in Culture and Society 28 no 2 (Winter 2002): 625-43.
4. Robert Rosenstone, “The Reel Joan of Arc: Reflections on the Theory and
Practice of Historical Film,” The Public Historian 25, no. 3 (Summer 2003):
61-77.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments	1	% 35
Presentation	1	% 15
Midterms	1	% 25
Final	1	% 25
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 75
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 25
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	16	3	48
Study Hours Out of Class	14	7	98
Presentations / Seminar	1	2	2
Project	2	10	20
Homework Assignments	1	15	15
Quizzes	2	3	6
Midterms	3	3	9
Total Workload			198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Students are trained as productive scholars.	5
2)	Students perform historical research and analysis by using the theoretical and methodological tools.	3
3)	Use comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives.	4
4)	Students utilize and analyse Primary Sources in Ottoman	4
5)	Students perform their researches objectively.	5
6)	They gain the ability to do comparative research	2
7)	Students will attain knowledge of other social sciences' methods.	5
8)	Students perform their researches by being loyal to the historical context.	4