NEW MEDIA
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
GEP0515	New Religious Movements	Spring	3	0	3	4

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

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	GE-Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Course Lecturer(s):	Prof. Dr. İSMAİL TAŞPINAR
Recommended Optional Program Components:	none
Course Objectives:	Students on completion of this course, acquire a general knowledge of modern religious movements as of the beginning of the 20th century till today. While doing this, they aknowledge the different religious movements of the century and learn to relate them to other religious and cultures.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1)To analyze and recognition of the modern religious movements
2)To define status of modern religious movements in the traditional religious.
3)To analyze of the new religious movements.
4)To understand the development process and appearance of new religious movements.
5)To understand inner workings of new religious movements.
6)To recognize some negative consequences of the new religious movements in the community.

Course Content

This course will analyze and recognize of new religious movements.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Definition of new religious movements, subjects, sources
2)	Indian and Far Eastern New Religious Movements and their general specificities. The Hare Krishna movement
3)	Sai Baba Movement
4)	Transandantal Meditasyon ve Bagwam Osho Movement
5)	Properties of New Religious Movements in the Christians and Jehovah's Witnesses
6)	The Mormons Movement
7)	The Moons Movement
8)	The Scientology Movement
9)	The Satanism Movement
10)	The Evangelical Christianity Movement
11)	New Religious Movements in the İslam and Bâbî ve Bahâî Movement
12)	Kadıyani Movement
13)	İsmaîlî Movement
14)	General Property of New Religious Movements in Turkey

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	1. İsmail Taşpınar, Günümüzde Yeni Dini Hareketler, yayına hazırlanmakta olan ders kitabı ve notları. 1. John A. Saliba, Understanding New Religious Mouvements.
References:	1. Encyclopedia pf New Religious Mouvements, edit. Peter b. Clarke. 2. Michael York, Historical Dictionnary of New Age Movements. 3. New Religious Movements in the 21th Century, edit.: Philip C. Lucas, Thomas Robbins

Evaluation System

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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication.
2)	To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level.
3)	To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them.
4)	To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends.
5)	To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner.
6)	To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents.
7)	To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content.
8)	To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit.
9)	To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication.
10)	To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels.