AUDIOMETRY (TURKISH)
Associate	TR-NQF-HE: Level 5	QF-EHEA: Short Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 5

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
GEP1505	History of Mediterranean World	Fall Spring	3	0	3	3

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	Turkish
Type of course:	GE-Elective
Course Level:	Associate (Short Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Assoc. Prof. ÖZLEM KUMRULAR
Recommended Optional Program Components:	none
Course Objectives:	This course aims to cover the general history of the Mediterranean, focusing majorly on the social, economic, religious, linguistic, cultural and literary interactions in the Modern Ages.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
At the end of this semester, the students
1-will have a general notion of the Mediterranean geography,
2-will be able to compare/contrast the social groups of the Modern Ages with the comtemporary ones,
3-will have developed a complex understanding of the Mediterranean in all its façades: social, political, historical, economical, anthropological, etc.,
4-will have created a developed vision of the cross-roads in the Mediterranean and their social/historical outcomes,
5-will have interpreted the state of war and peace in this geography and its major consequences on different levels.
6-will have analysed the clash between the state and the common people.

Course Content

The Mediterranean as a world of meeting point with its wide range of settled and “floating” population in the 16th and 17th centuries like couriers, agents, spies, double spies, triple spies, informants, merchants, renegades, double renegades, travellers, captains, religious figures belonging to different sects and men in exile will be analysed through outstanding works that offer a vivid profile of the Mediterranean in literature, cinema, theatre, etc.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	The general historical geography of the Mediterranean.
2)	The major political powers in the Mediterrean in the Modern Ages.
3)	The Mediterranean island and their role in the political clashes.
4)	Maghreb as the periphery of the Ottoman Empire
5)	Corsairs as a social group uniting the North and the South.
6)	Pilgrims and the route to the Holy Land.
7)	Informants, spies and merchants
8)	The Spanish Inquisition and religious conflicts.
9)	Castles, watch-towers and “atalayas”.
10)	Mediterranean as a meeting point: cross-cultural issues.
11)	Outstanding sea-battles and their modern interpretations.
12)	Literary sources and their interpretations
13)	Genres to reconstruct the Modern Mediterranean History: Avisos, relaciones de sucesos, dispacci, etc.
14)	How to interpret the archival sources of the Modern Ages?
15)	Final Exam
16)	Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Roger Crowly, Empires of the Sea, İstanbul, 2008.

References:

Athanasiadis-Novas,Giorgio: “Discorso Introduttivo”, Il Mediterraneo nella seconda metà del ‘500 alla luce di Lepanto, ed. Gino Benzoni, Olschki, Firenze, 1974,
Haedo, Diego de:Topografía e historia de Argel, Madrid, 1927
Ibarra, Miguel Ángel de Bunes: La imagen de los musulmanes y del norte de Africa en la España de los siglos XVI y XVII, los caracteres de una historia, Madrid, 1989
Lafaye, Jacques:La era de Carlos V, Francisco y Solimán (1500-1557), Brevarios del Fondo de cultura económica, México, 1999.
Malvezzi, Aldobrandino: L’islamismo e la cultura europea, Firenze, 1956.
Preto, Paolo: Venezia e i turchi, Firenze, 1975,
Pursuit of Power: Venetian Ambassadors’ reports on Spain, Turkey & France in the age of Philip II, 1560-1600. ed. & trans. James C. Davis, NY, Evanston, London, 1970
Sherley, Anthony : Le “Peso Político de todo el Mundo”´, ed. Xavier Flores, (D’Anthony Sherley ou un aventurier anglais de l’Espagne. Paris, Bibliothèque Générale de L’école Pratique des Hautes études, 1963.
Vacalopoulos, Apostolos E. : The Greek Nation 1453-1669. The Cultural & Economic background of Modern Greek Society. 1976,
Wheatcroft, Andrew: Infidels: A History of the conflict between Christendom and Islam.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Field Work	1	3	3
Study Hours Out of Class	4	10	40
Midterms	1	5	5
Final	1	10	10
Total Workload			100

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)	The student acquires theoretical and practical knowledge related to his field at a basic level.
2)	The student owns information about moral discipline and ethical rules related to his field.
3)	The student uses theoretical and practical knowledge related to his field at a basic level; basic fundamental computer programs and related technologies.
4)	The student manages a duty independently by using the knowledge about his field at a basic level.
5)	The student possesses the consciousness of wholelife learning.
6)	The student evaluates the knowledge about his field at a basic level with a critical approach, he designates his learning needs and directs his learning.
7)	The student is sensitive to and he monitors progress about the events related to his field of study and in the agenda of the society and the world. He informs relevant people and institutions by using his acquired basic knowledge and skills about these issues.
8)	The student supports the social environment projects and activities with a sense of social responsibility.
9)	The student monitors the information about his field and communicates with his colleagues by using a foreign language.
10)	The student uses information and communication technologies with basic level of computer software which his field of study requires.
11)	The student contributes to the stages of data collection, interpretation, implementation and announcing the results related to his field of study in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values.
12)	The student complies with and contributes to quality management and processes.
13)	The student has sufficient consciousness about individual and public health, environmental protection and work safety issues.
14)	The student acts in accordance with laws, regulations, legislations and professional ethics related to individual duties, rights and responsibilities.