GEP1005 History of Civilization IBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs FILM AND TELEVISIONGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
FILM AND TELEVISION
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
GEP1005 History of Civilization I Spring 3 0 3 5
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: E-Learning
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi NURAN FERYAL TANSUĞ DOURLARİS
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi DERYA TARBUCK
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi NURAN FERYAL TANSUĞ DOURLARİS
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: Introducing the students to the history of civilizations through a comparative perspective.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Students shall develop critical thinking
2. Students shall analyze and critique historical developments
3. Students shall synthesize diverse kinds of information and to express ideas clearly and cogently.
4. Students shall develop abilities to recognize and analyze historical problems
5. Students shall understand and critique the concept of civilization
6. Students shall understand why the first civilizations did emerge in the eastern part of the world.

Course Content

Examining how civilization came into being and analyzing emergence of major world civilizations.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) What is Civilization? & Why History of civilization Course? Explanation of Time Table coursebooks
2) Neolithic Age: discovery of Agriculture & Sedentary Life coursebooks
3) Bronze Age; River Valley Civilizations Mesopotamian Civilizations; Euphrates & Tigris coursebooks
4) Egypt: The Nile & Mediterranean Civilizations; The Minoan, Mycenaean & Phoenician Civilizations, and Jewish people coursebooks
5) India; The Indus coursebooks
6) China; The Yellow river coursebooks
7) Ancient Greece & The Hellenistic World Part I coursebooks
8) Ancient Greece Part II, Society, Arts & Culture coursebooks
9) The Anatolian Civilizations; Hittite, Troy, Phrygia, Lydia, and Persia coursebooks
10) Rome Part I & The Rise and Spread of Christianity coursebooks
11) Rome Part II Society, Arts & Culture coursebooks
12) The Rise and Spread of Islam; Umayyad & Abbasid Empires coursebooks
13) The Byzantium Empire coursebooks
14) Europe After the Fall of the Roman Empire; The Early Middle Ages coursebooks

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Course Notes / Textbooks
Peter Stearns, Michael Adas et all, The Global Experience, World Civilizations
Albert M. Craig, William A. Graham et all, The Heritage of World Civilizations
References: None

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Quizzes 2 % 20
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Quizzes 2 8 16
Midterms 1 15 15
Final 1 20 20
Total Workload 93

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) 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