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
170201001105	THE LIFE OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD	Compulsory	1	1	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Understanding the importance and place of the prophet in the history and the basic knowledge about the sirah studies.

Name of Lecturer(s)

مساعد دكتور عبد الحليم أوفلاز

Learning Outcomes

1. The ability to understand the importance and place of Arabian history before Islam in the sirah studies.; 2. The ability to realize the environment and conditions of Meccah and around it before his prophethood.; 3. The ability to explain the reasons of opposition pagans against the Prophet Muhammed's notification.; 4. The ability to compare the Prophet Muhammed’s activities in order to spread of his prophethood and applications in this issue.; 5. The ability to analyze the new developments within the framework of the Prophet Muhammed’s relations with Madina before the hijra.; 6. Understanding the Ansar-Muhacir brotherhood and its consequences after the Migration and taking these as an example in the relations between people today.; 7. The ability to make analogy between his political methods during the struggling to pagans of Mecca, jews and hypocrites and …; 8. The ability to produce an idea about results of Prophet Muhammed’s notification activities he carried out in Arabian Peninsula.; 9. The ability to produce an idea with respect to universal messages which spoke out in farewell sermon; 10. The ability to critique the modern and classical approaches about the period of the Prophet Muhammed by using scientific methods

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Compulsory

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The main sources of Sirah: Quran and Sunnah.
2	The social, cultural and religious environment that the Prophet Muhammed finds ready.
3	Mecca period before Islam
4	In the pre-Islamic period Mecca.
5	Prophet Muhammed's birth and childhood.
6	The Prophet Muhammed's position in social life.
7	The first revelation and the first muslims.
8	Meccans activities and the reasons of opposition to Islam.
9	The Prophet Muhammed’s strategy to struggle of pagans
10	The Hijrah to Abyssinia and Madinah
11	The efforts of new community-building in Madinah
12	The relations of with the polytheists of Mecca, jews and hypocrites
13	The letters of invitation to Islam and the results of these
14	The Prophet Muhammed’s fareweel sermon and his death

Recommended or Required Reading

1. İbrahim Sarıçam, Hz. Muhammed ve Evrensel Mesajı Ankara 2004. 2. Adem Apak, Anahatlarıyla İslam Tarihi I, İstanbul 2011 3. Muhammed Hamidullah, İslam Peygamberi, I-II, İstanbup 1990-1991

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	2	2
Final Examination	1	4	4
Attending Lectures	14	2	28
Self Study	14	2	28
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	6	2	12
Individual Study for Final Examination	6	2	12
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			86

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

LO1

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