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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / TİB621 - BASIC ISLAMIC SCIENCES

Code: TİB621 Course Title: PHILOSOPHY OF SUFISM 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 ADEM ÇATAK (ademcatak@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ADEM ÇATAK,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The main objective of this course is to examine and evaluate the opinions and thoughts of Sufis on the concepts of thought.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 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.
PO-8 Can be able to develop new approaches in order to solve unpredictable problems encountered in their field of study.
PO-14 Can be able to collect data related with their field of study, review and put them in practice, checking them in the process of announcing the results and taking into consideration the scientific, cultural, artistic, social and ethical values.
Examination
LO-2 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-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.
Presentation
LO-3 PO-10 Can be able to examine the social relations and the norms guiding these relations from a critical point of view and act on the spot to change them when needed.
PO-14 Can be able to collect data related with their field of study, review and put them in practice, checking them in the process of announcing the results and taking into consideration the scientific, cultural, artistic, social and ethical values.
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Performance Project
LO-4 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-2 Can be able to the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields of study.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Gives Information About the Philosophical Dimensions of Sufism.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The emergence and development of mystical thought Discussion Explanation Article criticism
2 Sufi thought concepts Discussion Explanation Article criticism
3 Representatives of mystical thought Discussion Explanation Article criticism
4 Sufi thought literature and sources Discussion Explanation Article criticism
5 Sufi thought literature and sources Discussion Explanation Article criticism
6 Tevhid Discussion Explanation Article criticism
7 existence Discussion Explanation Article criticism
8 mid-term exam
9 stage of being Discussion Explanation Article criticism
10 stage of being Discussion Explanation Article criticism
11 Vahdet-i vücûd Discussion Explanation Article criticism
12 Vahdet-i vücûd Discussion Explanation Article criticism
13 Vahdet-i şühûd Discussion Explanation Article criticism
14 perfect human being Discussion Explanation Article criticism
15 wisdom Discussion Explanation Article criticism
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Kelabazi, Ebubekir (1992): et-Taarruf: Doğuş Devrinde Tasavvuf (haz. S. Uludağ). İstanbul: Dergah Yayınları: 67
Required Course instruments and materials
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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 6 14 84
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 3 1 3
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 2 2 4
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 5 7 35
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 5 1 5
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 175