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
130300105107	HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST	Elective	3	5	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The objective of this course unit is to introduce students the history of the Middle East.

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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	Acquire analytical thinking and critical reading skills
7	Develop research skills required for social sciences
8	Analyze impact of globalization over the Middle East political history

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

The course module will examine the history of the modern Middle East, its late Ottoman foundations, European encroachments, the emergence of new nation states and the international and ideological conflicts that shaped Middle Eastern history in the twentieth century.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Housekeeping and Introduction	reading, explanation, discussion
2	Imperialism and the Middle East I: Nineteenth Century Encounters	reading, explanation, discussion
3	Imperialism and the Middle East II: World War I and Redefining the Region	reading, explanation, discussion
4	Birth of New Nations	reading, explanation, discussion
5	World War II and Its Aftermath	reading, explanation, discussion
6	Israel - Palestine Conflict	reading, explanation, discussion
7	The Arab Middle East I: Pan-Arabism and Six-Day War	reading, explanation, discussion
8	Midterm Exam.
9	The Arab Middle East II: The Struggle for Power	reading, explanation, discussion
10	Iran during the Cold War and the 1979 Revolution	reading, explanation, discussion
11	Middle East at the End of the Cold War	reading, explanation, discussion
12	Middle Eastafter the Cold War	reading, explanation, discussion
13	The Middle East in the 21st Century	reading, explanation, discussion
14	General assessment of period	reading, explanation, discussion

Recommended or Required Reading

Textbooks: Ernest Tucker, The Middle East in Modern World History, Pearson, 2013.; William L. Cleveland, Modern Ortadoğu Tarihi, Agora Yay., 2008; Tuncay Öğün, Cizreli İzzeddin Şir Bey ve İsyanı, İstanbul: Yeditepe Yay., 2010.

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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