Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
130300104101ANDALUSIAN UMAYYAD STATEElective243
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To comprehend of expansion of Islam to Iberian Peninsula
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.
5The ability to understand the spread of Islam to North Africa
6The ability to follow up period of foundation of The State of Umayyad Andalus
7The ability to analyze relations between the State of Umayyad Andalus and Christian States
8The ability to recognize period of fall of the State of Umayyad Andalus
Mode of Delivery
Evening Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
The conquest of the Iberian peninsula. Andalusian governor and ethno-political conflict. The establishment of the Umayyad Emirate of Andalusia. Caliphs and conquest of Andalusia. Diplomatic relations with the Caliphate during the reign of Christian countries. Caliphate during the reign of diplomatic relations with Muslim countries. In Andalusia and the Andalusian Umayyad Empire's domination of hâcip fall.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1The Conquest of Iberian Peninsula Reading, criticizing
2The Province Of Al-Andalus and Ethnopolitical ConflictsReading, criticizing
3Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil and Establishment of The Emirate of Umayyad AndalusReading, criticizing
4Relations with East Islamic World at the Period of EmirateReading, criticizing
5III. Abdurrahman en-Nasir and the transition to the caliphate of the emiratesReading, criticizing
6Caliphs and conquest of AndalusiaReading, criticizing
7Caliphs and conquest of AndalusiaReading, criticizing
8Midterm Exam
9Diplomatic Relations with Christian States at The Caliphate PeriodReading, criticizing
10Diplomatic Relations with Christian States at The Caliphate PeriodReading, criticizing
11Diplomatic Relations with Muslim States at The Caliphate PeriodReading, criticizing
12Diplomatic Relations with Muslim States at The Caliphate PeriodReading, criticizing
13The Management Control of Khajibs at Al-Andalus and The Fall Down of The State of Umayyad AndalusReading, criticizing
14The Period of Taifa KingsReading, criticizing
Recommended or Required Reading
Özdemir, Mehmet, Endülüs Müslümanları I, Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara 1994. Lütfi Şeyban, Reconquista: Endülüs’te Müslüman-Hıristiyan İlişkileri, İz Yayıncılık, İstanbul 2003. Ziya Paşa, Endülüs Tarihi, Selis Kitaplar, İstanbul 2005. İsmail Hakkı Atçeken, Endülüs’ün Fethi ve Musa b. Nusayr, Araştırma Yayınları, Ankara 2002. Doğuştan Günümüze Büyük İslam Tarihi IV: Endülüs Emevileri, (Ed. Hakkı Dursun Yıldız), Çağ Yayınları, İstanbul 1988.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
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 Lectures13339
Field Work8216
Self Study14114
Individual Study for Homework Problems224
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)76
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