Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
1HIST 503World History I3+0+038

Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Master's Degree
Department / Program Master of Arts in History
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Online
Objectives of the Course The course expects students to become aware of the common dynamics of social, economic, and political aspects of human societies, what different solutions have been offered to these problems, understand and appreciate variations in them, and ultimately develop a critical sensitivity how all these are narrated in local and global historiographies.
Course Content This is the first part of a two semester sequence. The course will cover a long period of human history from the emergence of the first human groupings to the rise of Mesopotamian, Mediterranean, Chinese and Indian civilizations up until the eve of Europe’s opening to the Atlantic Ocean. A plenty of examples from world history will be presented through some common theoretical themes such as forms of hunting and gathering societies in the prehistoric and later times; dynamics of mounted peoples and steppe empires; models of agrarian production, taxation systems, and corresponding economic and political structures.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. Ercüment Asil
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources see the syllabus
see the syllabus

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Assignment 5 % 25
Attendance 1 % 10
Practice 1 % 25
Project 1 % 40
Total
8
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 8 112
Assignments 5 6 30
Presentation 1 15 15
Project 1 30 30
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 8 229

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Developing a solid vision of the overall shape of world history.
2 Recognizing major transitions in world history, expansion of civilizations, crises, inter-civilizational linkages and interactions
3 Conceiving fundamental theoretical frameworks to understand common dynamics of economic, social, cultural and political aspects of human societies
4 Comparing different civilizations and identifying their particular differences
5 Understanding the specificity of world history as a distinctive genre.
6 Problematizing, de-essentializing and historicizing the East/West divide and building a basic, multi-dimensional critique of Eurocentrism.


Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction
2 What is History? Ernest Gellner, Plough, Sword and Book, 11-23.
3 What is World History? Peter N. Stearns, Western Civilization in World History, 1-27. Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel, 9-32.
4 Intellectual Preconditions of World History Clive Ponting, World History: A New Perspective, 1-12. Michael Cook, A Brief History of the Human Race, 3-18.
5 Origins, Hunter-Gatherers Ponting, 15-47. Diamond, 35-78. Cook, 3-18.
6 Transition to agriculture Ponting, 51-71. Cook, 1-37. Diamond, 85-214.
7 Transition to civilization Stearns, 31-34. Ponting, 72-108. Cook, 38-52. Diamond, 215-292.
8 Eurasia, general Ponting, 72-74; 98-108; 140-149; 153-154; 158-165; 175-177; 184-192; 250-257; 261-264; 333-334; 351-363; 445-449.
9 South-west Asia Cook, 125-146. Ponting, 72-94, 98-108, 155-158, 165-170, 204-207, 214-216, 239-242, 268-270.
10 The Mediterranean Cook, 205-233. Ponting, 171-176; 207-213; 216-229; 242-256; 259-263; 268-270; 273-280; 288-300; 310-313; 425-426.
11 The Mediterranean - 2 Ponting, 273-280; 288-300; 310-313; 425-426.
12 Africa, America, Australia, Polynesia Ponting, 109-137. Diamond, 53-66, 295-321, 354-401. Cook, 55-124.
13 India Cook, 147-174. Ponting, 66-67; 95-98; 159-165; 189-190; 200-204; 238-239; 250-257; 264-266; 270-273; 286-288; 355-363; 401-405.
14 China and its close neighbors Diamond, 308-319. Cook, 175-204. Ponting, 62-64; 179-187; 188-200; 232-238; 246-259; 261-263; 264-268; 270-273; 280-286; 313-328; 333-334; 339-344; 348-348; 363-368; 372-394; 445-463.


Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
All 5 5 5 4 1 5 5 5
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant


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