Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
130300107110PREHISTORIA- IElective473
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Determine the outline, history and the boundaries of place of Ancient History. To provide general information about Prehistory and Protohistoria
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1The 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.
2They 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.
3They will apply the modern methods writing and investigating history by being loyal to scientific ethical rules.
4By 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.
5Learn the main points of ancient history.
6May have general information about the science of Prehistory.
7The first form of life of people able to understand the structures of culture and thought.
8May have information about the daily life of prehistoric communities.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
History and Prehistory meaning of the terms and definitions given in Chronological and Geographical boundaries will be determined Ancient History, Ancient History, which Basic Sciences; Chronology, Geography, Anthropology, Archaeology, Epigraphy and Numismatic information about transferring. Will be given information about the remains of the prehistoric era.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1What is History? Terminological meanings and definition of history reading, explanation, discussion
2Chronological and geographical outline of Ancient Historyreading, explanation, discussion
3The relationship between the basic sciences of Ancient History; Archaeology, Ethnography, Geography, Geology, Botany etc.reading, explanation, discussion
4The main lines of the former East Prehistoria. The first settlements in Africa and around the Mediterranean.reading, explanation, discussion
5The Paleolithic period and its characteristicsreading, explanation, discussion
6The locations of the Paleolithic period and its characteristics. Importance of residential areas in the cave.reading, explanation, discussion
7Neolithic period and the age of revolutions in human history.reading, explanation, discussion
8Midterm Exam.
9The locations of the Neolithic period and characteristicsreading, explanation, discussion
10Chalcolithic period and featuresreading, explanation, discussion
11Chalcolithic settlementsreading, explanation, discussion
12The birth of civilization in the ancient Eastreading, explanation, discussion
13Civilization and the spread of the scriptreading, explanation, discussion
14Mesopotamia and Egyptreading, explanation, discussion
Recommended or Required Reading
Ekrem Memiş, Eskiçağ Tarihi, Konya, 2006. Ş.A. Kansu, İnsanlığın Kaynakları ve İlk Medeniyetler, Ankara 1991. R. J. Braidwood, Tarih Öncesi İnsan, İstanbul 1995.
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Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures13226
Self Study14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination199
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
Reading7214
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
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