Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TİB-23-153KELAM TARİHİElective136
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Teaching on formative, developing and changing Kalam
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1Analysing and synthesizing skills
2Problem Solving Skill
3Decision making skill
4Criticizing and self-criticizing skills
5Skill of evaluating diversity and multi-culture
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Process Era of Kalam and its foundator.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Faith debates in early Islamic period
2The fate, faith-action relationship and attitudes of God
3Formative period of Kalam science and its foundatiors
4Debates between Kalam Scholars and Hadith Scholars
5Definition of Kalam science and its content
6Formative period of sects of Kelam
7Processes developing and changing sects of Kelam
8Midterm Exam
9Mutezile a- Mutazila of Basra, b- Mutazila of Baghdat
10Kalam Scholars Mutezili
11Ahl al-Sunnah a-Ash’arism, b-Maturidism
12Kalam Scholars from Ash’arism, Maturidism
13Kalam Studies in Ottoman Empire
14Contempoarary Kalam Studies
15Final exam
16
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Muhit Mert, Kelam Tarihi, Corum 2004. 2. Serafeddin Golcuk, Kelam Tarihi, 1989. Bekir Topaloğlu, Kelam Đlmi, Đstanbul ty. 3. Muhit Mert, “Kelam Đlminin Zemmi Uzerine Bir Arastırma”, Đslami Arastırmalar, cilt: 14, sayı: 1, Ankara 2001. 4. “Hasan Basri’nin Kader Risalesi Uzerine Bir Đnceleme”, (Michael Schwarz, “The Letter of al-Hasan al-Basri”, Oriens, 20, 1967, ss. 15-30), cev. Muhit Mert, GU. Corum Đlahiyat Fakultesi Dergisi, Sayı:3, 2003, s.123-142.
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 Activities50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Makeup Examination122
Attending Lectures1212144
Discussion339
Question-Answer111
Writing Paper224
Criticising Paper326
Oral Examination224
Homework144
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)177
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
LO5
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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