Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
170201007101	ISLAMIC MYSTICISM	Compulsory	4	7	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The emergence, development, and historical course of Sufism aim to provide students with sufficient knowledge about Sufism today.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Büşra Arslan Meçin

Learning Outcomes

1	1. By the end of the course, the student gains a general understanding of Sufism and becomes knowledgeable about the historical course of Sufism. 2. The student reaches a level of knowledge to evaluate the Sufi movements that they see around them in today's world.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

To have knowledge of Turkish, Arabic, and basic Islamic knowledge.

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

The definition of Sufism, its emergence and development, the terms used in Sufi science, especially fundamental terms such as tawhid, fana, baqa, wahdat al-wujud, and information about the orders (tarikat) are covered in this subject.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Mysticism and Sufism (General Introduction)
2	Definition, Subject, Purpose, and Characteristics of Sufism
3	Primary Sources of Sufism (Classical Sufi Works)
4	Source of Sufism: Qur'an and Sunnah, Sufism's Place in Islam
5	Sufism's Relationship with Other Islamic and Formal Sciences (An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sufism)
6	Sufism as a Field of Study and Different Sufi Understandings
7	Periods in the History of Sufism, the Period of Asceticism, Asceticism in the Qur'an, the Life of the Prophet Muhammad and His Companions
8	Important Ascetics (and Schools of Asceticism)
9	Sufism Period: General Introduction
10	Characteristics of the Sufism Period
11	Sufi Orders and Sufi Masters
12	Basic Terminology Used in Sufism
13	The Period of Sufi Orders (General Assessment)
14	Major Sufi Orders and Their Founders (and Brief Evaluations of Their Current Status)

Recommended or Required Reading

-Selçuk Eraydın, Sufism and Orders, 11th Edition (Istanbul: M.U. Faculty of Theology Foundation Publications, 2014). -Ahmet Ögke, Sufism: Handbook, ed. Kadir Özköse, 3rd edition (Ankara: Grafiker Publications, 2015). -Mustafa Kara, Sufism and Orders in the Ottoman Empire with Texts (Bursa: Sir Publications, 2004). -Alexander Kynysh, History of Sufism, (Istanbul: Ufuk Publications, 2011). -Mehmet Demirci, Sufi Culture from History to Present Day, (Istanbul: Vefa Publications, 2009).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Attending Lectures	2	14	28
Question-Answer	5	2	10
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	8	8
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	10	10
Reading	3	5	15
Homework	4	5	20
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			93

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High