GEP1505 History of Mediterranean WorldBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs DENTAL PROSTHETICS TECHNOLOGY (TURKISH)General Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
DENTAL PROSTHETICS TECHNOLOGY (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 basic structure of the human body, including head and neck region primarily forming organs and structures of systems to learn. 2
2) Laboratory equipment and materials used in dental prostheses have knowledge about. 2
3) The work carried out in the laboratories of dental prostheses and practical application can theoretically know. 1
4) Basic computer knowledge as well as to the profession learns to use the software and hardware. 4
5) Know the correct terminology for communication dentistry. 2
6) The structure of the masticatory system used in prosthetic and orthodontic treatment can produce fixed and removable prostheses and appliances. 3
7) Related to the use of dental laboratory equipment, maintenance and simple repairs when necessary. 1
8) Knows and applies the necessary hygiene rules to protect herself/himself and other employees from cross infection in the laboratory. 1
9) With dentists and other dental prosthetist can communicate effectively. 1
11) Ethical principles and professional values ​​embraced and apply them capable, professional liability, with the profession about the developments to follow and life-long learning and self-development as it champions, teamwork, within the team and provide services that communicate with people open to the dental prosthetist to be. 1
12) Dental prosthesis technology, and with it all kinds of dental development and innovation in attempts to follow and implement them, self-confidence, national and international level to be respected dental prosthetist. 1
13) Ethical principles and professional values ​​embraced and apply them capable, professional liability, with the profession about the developments to follow and life-long learning and self-development as it champions, teamwork, within the team and provide services that communicate with people open to the dental prosthetist to be. 1
14) Dental prosthesis with theoretical and practical knowledge about technology as dental prosthetist its own or in a team can produce all kinds of prosthetic apparatus. 1
15) This service can open laboratory to produce its own as a profession in the public or private organization is able to perform.
16) In line with developments in dentistry, science and technology, taking advantage of all sorts of doctors wants prosthetic and orthodontic apparatus can produce on its own.
17) These appliances can repair the disorder. While these practices pay attention to universal values​​, ethical principles and responsibilities depend on the owner works as a dental prosthetist.