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Program of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

GMS280

HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION

Course Code
GMS280
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
2 + 0
ECTS
3
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS3
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Recognizes the concepts of culture, identity and cultural history.
  2. Recognizes the world civilizations and asks about the present day in the light of this equipment.
  3. Perceives the events in the country and the world better.
  4. Understand the distant future by learning the past of our world.
  5. Conducts an interdisciplinary investigation and research on issues related to the history of civilization, culture and cultural history.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionPaleontology and Paleoanthropology, the existence of the universe, geological times, the existence of the Earth and the unwritten times, written times, Egyptian civilization, Anatolian civilizations, Greek civilization, Persian civilization, Minoan and Mycenaean civilization, Steppe cultures, the rise of Islam, Russia, America, Western influence, Industrial Revolution, I-II. World War II.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week General Information and Introduction to the Course, Terminology of the History of Civilization
2nd Week What is history? is a fossil? Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, thinking of the past, the existence of the universe, geological times, the existence of the Earth
3rd Week Unwritten Times: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic
4th Week Written Tenses: Sumerian and Babylonian Civilizations
5th Week Egyptian Civilization: Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
6th Week Hatti Civilization and Anatolia, Hittite Empire. (Read: Seeher J. "Contents of Turkey Hittite Cultural Heritage Site" Hittite and Hittite Empire., Kunst.und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland., Bonn, 2002)
7th Week Minos and Mycenaean civilizations and project presentations
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Greek Civilization: Political and administrative situation, Athens and Sparta and colonization
10th Week Socrates, Aristotales, Plato, Thales, Hippocrates, Anaximandras, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Anaxagoras, Epicurus, Oklides, Apollonius, Archimedes
11th Week Persian Civilization, Chinese Civilization, Indian Civilization
12th Week Social and political structure in the Roman Empire I
13th Week Social and political structure in the Roman Empire II
14th Week Steppe cultures, Byzantine Empire, Seljuk Empire. Feudalism and Medieval Europe, Renaissance. St. St. Augustine, Bede, St. Augustine. Anselmus, Bacon, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham
15th Week The rise of Islam, Islamic thought, Science and Scholars: Al-Kindi, Farabi, Al-Hazen, Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd, Al-Idrisi, Ibn al-Haytham, Battani, Al-Biruni, Omar Khayyam, Ibn Khaldun, Ottoman Empire
16th Week Russia, America, Western influence, cultural change, Industrial Revolution. I. and II. world War
17th Week Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading1. Gombrich, E. H. (1973). Genç Okurlar İçin Kısa Bir Dünya Tarihi. İnkılap Kitabevi, İstanbul.
2. Ribard, A. (1983). İnsanlığın Tarihi. Say Kitap, İstabul.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Practice
  • Presentation
  • Project
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Assignment 1 10
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 3 5 15
Preparation for Final exam 1 25 25
Course hours 14 2 28
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 15 15
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 3 1 3
Total Work Load89
Total Work Load / 30 (h)2.96
ECTS Credit of the Course3
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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