Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / TİB637 - BASIC ISLAMIC SCIENCES

Code: TİB637 Course Title: ORIENTALISTS' APPROACH TO THE QUR'AN 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 YAHYA YAŞAR (yahyayasar@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) YAHYA YAŞAR,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is to inform the students about the orientalists' perspective on the Qur'an.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Students can grasp the basic point of view of orientalists. PO-2 Can be able to the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields 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-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
LO-2 The student has an idea about the methods used by orienteering tests 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-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-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-3 Understands the aims of orientalists and can make analysis 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-8 Can be able to develop new approaches in order to solve unpredictable problems encountered in their field of study.
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
LO-4 Understands the effects of orientalists on 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-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.
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
LO-5 Understands whether there are orientalist influences in contemporary commentary texts. 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-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-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Basic information about the concept of orientalist, its effects on the Islamic world, Orientalists' studies on the Quran
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Definition of the orientalist concept lecture, question and answer, group discussion
2 Orientalists' studies on the Qur'an lecture, question and answer, group discussion
3 Orientalists' methods of researching Islam lecture, question and answer, group discussion
4 The effects of orientalists on the Islamic world of thought lecture, question and answer, group discussion
5 The question of the objectivity of the orientalists lecture, question and answer, group discussion
6 Orientalist influences in tafsir texts lecture, question and answer, group discussion
7 Topics mainly covered by orientalists lecture, question and answer, group discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Studies conducted in the Islamic world on the main arguments of orientalists. lecture, question and answer, group discussion
10 Discussing some orientalists' key arguments lecture, question and answer, group discussion
11 Analyzing the orientalist perspective on the Quran lecture, question and answer, group discussion
12 Analyzing the orientalist perspective on the Quran lecture, question and answer, group discussion
13 Criticism of Orientalist ideas lecture, question and answer, group discussion
14 Analyzing the general adventure of orientalist studies lecture, question and answer, group discussion
15 General evaluation of orientalist ideas lecture, question and answer, group discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Bilal Gökkır,Necmettin Gökkır, İslam Araştırmaları ve Oryantalizm, İstanbul: M.Ü. İlahiyat fak. Yayınları,1999
2 Zerḳanî, Muhammed Abdulazîm. Menahilü'l-‘irfân fî ‘ulûmi'l-Ḳur’ân. Beyrut: Dâru’l-kitabi’l-‘Arabî, 1995.
Required Course instruments and materials
Articles on the subject.

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 15 4 60
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 3 9
       c) Performance Project 4 1 4
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 4 2 8
       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 4 20
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 180