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
130300104207	BYZANTINE HISTORY-II	Elective	2	4	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The objective of this course is to enable students to summarize the political history of the Byzantine Empire from the reign of Romanos III Argyros (1028-1034) to the end of the Byzantine Empire (1453), to summarize the administrative structure, social and economic life, subjects of science and art in the Byzantine Empire.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Öğr. Gör. Emin Nuri SALMANOĞLU

Learning Outcomes

1	The individuals who are major in their field and experienced are being grown as dependent on main principles of Republic of Turkey and convenient for the main aims of Turkish national education system.
2	They will achieve some behaviour such as being open-minded while doing scientific investigations, being suspicious and delaying decisions in the situation of having no complete proof, and they can maintain their studies with patience and care.
3	They will apply the modern methods writing and investigating history by being loyal to scientific ethical rules.
4	By learning other disciplines which can be an assist to science of history, they will benefit from the branches which will help them in their investigations and studies.
5	They will have the information of archive, library and documents. In addition, by evaluating these sources in decent way through its originality, they will present service and being of academic society.
6	To be able to summarize the political history of the Byzantine Empire from the reign of Romanos III Argyros (1028-1034) to the end of the Byzantine Empire (1453)
7	To be able to summarize the administrative structure, social and economic life, subjects of science and art in the Byzantine Empire.
8	To be able to examine the role and impact of the Byzantine Empire in world history

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Latin domination during the period until the conquest of Istanbul in 1453 the Byzantine Empire.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Political, military and social developments in Byzantine between 1028 and 1071	reading, explanation, discussion
2	Political, military and social developments in Byzantine between 1071 and 1204	reading, explanation, discussion
3	The Fourth Crusade and separation of the Byzantine Empire into Latin and Grek states	reading, explanation, discussion
4	Political, military and social developments in Byzantine between 1240 and 1261	reading, explanation, discussion
5	The reign of Michael VIII Palaiologos (1259 – 1283) and recapture of İstanbul (1261))	reading, explanation, discussion
6	Political, military and social developments in Byzantine between 1282 and 1354	reading, explanation, discussion
7	Political, military and social developments in Byzantine between 1354 and 1453	reading, explanation, discussion
8	Midterm Exam.
9	The fall of the Byzantine Empire	reading, explanation, discussion
10	The administrative structure of the Byzantine Empire	reading, explanation, discussion
11	Military building in the Byzantine Empire	reading, explanation, discussion
12	Social structure in the Byzantine Empire	reading, explanation, discussion
13	Economic structure in the Byzantine Empire	reading, explanation, discussion
14	The effect of Byzantine culture and civilization on other cultures	reading, explanation, discussion

Recommended or Required Reading

Ostrogorsky, Bizans Devleti Tarihi 2. Charles Diehl, Bizans İmparatorluğu Tarihi 3. Cyril Mango, Bizans Yeni Roma İmparatorluğu 4. Paul Lemerle, Bizans Tarihi

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

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	13	2	26
Self Study	14	2	28
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	9	9
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	10	10
Reading	7	2	14
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			90

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