Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / TİB515 - BASIC ISLAMIC SCIENCES

Code: TİB515 Course Title: HISTORY OF KALAM Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BASIC ISLAMIC SCIENCES
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer BAYRAM ÇINAR (cinarbayram@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ABDULLAH NAMLI, BAYRAM ÇINAR,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course; It is to gain competence in scientific methods within the framework of reason and transmission on the problems of the history and divinity of the science of Kalam, which is the subject of Islamic belief principles.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Define the definition, subject and purpose of the science of kalam. PO-1 Can be able to improve and deepen their knowledge in the same or different field based on the graduate level qualifications in their field of study.
PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
PO-4 Can be able to use the relevant research methods and techniques and have both theoretical and practical knowledge in their field of study.
PO-6 Can be able to use the knowledge they have obtained in their field of study in order to promote the level of education, culture and arts of the society.
Examination
LO-2 Recognize the Kalam schools that emerged in the historical process. PO-1 Can be able to improve and deepen their knowledge in the same or different field based on the graduate level qualifications in their field of study.
PO-4 Can be able to use the relevant research methods and techniques and have both theoretical and practical knowledge in their field of study.
PO-7 Can be able to carry out independent studies requiring expertise related to their field of study
PO-8 Can be able to develop new approaches in order to solve unpredictable problems encountered in their field of study.
Examination
LO-3 Knows important representatives of Kalam schools and their works. PO-1 Can be able to improve and deepen their knowledge in the same or different field based on the graduate level qualifications in their field of study.
PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
PO-7 Can be able to carry out independent studies requiring expertise related to their field of study
PO-8 Can be able to develop new approaches in order to solve unpredictable problems encountered in their field of study.
Examination
LO-4 Can evaluate the schools of Kalam, which are human manifestations, with an impartial and scientific approach. PO-1 Can be able to improve and deepen their knowledge in the same or different field based on the graduate level qualifications in their field of study.
PO-7 Can be able to carry out independent studies requiring expertise related to their field of study
PO-9 Can be able to act as a leading role in solving problems related to their field of study, organizing personal, institutional teamworks at an expert level.
Examination
LO-5 Will be able to explain the social, cultural, religious and political elements in the formation of the ideas of Kalam schools. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
PO-6 Can be able to use the knowledge they have obtained in their field of study in order to promote the level of education, culture and arts of the society.
PO-9 Can be able to act as a leading role in solving problems related to their field of study, organizing personal, institutional teamworks at an expert level.
Examination
LO-6 Evaluate the contributions of Kalam schools to Islamic thought. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
PO-5 Can be able to interpret, solve and produce new data by integrating the data obtained from both their field of study and different fields of study.
PO-11 Can be able to transfer the updates and projects carried out in their field of study by reinforcing them with qualitative and quantitative data across groups within and out of their field of study.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
In this course, what is Kalam, history, periods, schools, important representatives and issues related to divinity will be discussed with religious ideas and mental proofs
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The introduction to Ilm al-Kalam; The definition, the subject matter, the aim, the method and the other titles of Ilm al-Kalam etc. Presentation
2 The first intellectual movements around belief issues, Umayyads, Abbasids Presentation
3 Sects from the first period discussions Presentation
4 Methods used in understanding verses Presentation
5 The birth of Mutazila and the opinions of Kalam Presentation
6 Mu'tazila's Basra school Mu'tazila's Baghdad school The prominent scholars of Mu'tazila Presentation
7 The Ahl al-Sunna; Salafiyya Presentation
8 mid-term exam
9 Asharism and the opinions of Kalam Presentation
10 The prominent scholars of Asharism Presentation
11 Maturidism and the opinions of Kalam Presentation
12 The prominent scholars of Maturidism Presentation
13 New Ilm al-Kalam Period Presentation
14 Contemporary Kalam (Islamic Theology) Studies Presentation
15 Contemporary Kalam (Islamic Theology) Studies Presentation
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Yurdagür, Metin. Kelam Tarihi. Ekoller-Şahıslar-Eserler. İstanbul: İFAV Yayınları, 2017.
2 Gölcük Şerafeddin. Kelam Tarihi. İstanbul: Kitap Dünyası Yayınları, 2018.
3 Namlı, Abdullah. Kader İnancının Dini Temelleri. İstanbul: Rağbet Yayınları, 2019.
4 Namlı, Abdullah. Kur’an’a Göre İnkar. İstanbul-Trabzon: Kalem Yayınları, 2021.
5 Namlı, Abdullah. Tekvin ve Kulların Fiillerinin Yaratılışı. Ankara: İlahiyat Yayınları, 2021.
Required Course instruments and materials
Texbook, Epidiascope

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 10 50
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 10 40
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 2 6
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 5 20
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 5 20
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 180