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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / TİB 583 - BASIC ISLAMIC SCIENCES

Code: TİB 583 Course Title: HİSTORY OF THEOLOGICAL SECTS 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 ABDULLAH NAMLI (abdnamli@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ABDULLAH NAMLI,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course; To give basic information about the first period of Islamic Sects and the religious-political Islamic sects living today, to have information about the causes of religious differentiations.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Define the definition, subject and purpose of Islamic Sects. 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.
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-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-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.
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.
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.
PO-13 Can be able to keep up with the developments in Information Technologies and make the most of it in line with 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-15 Can be able to abide by and take part in the quality management process.
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-2 Recognize the main Islamic sects 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-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-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-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.
PO-15 Can be able to abide by and take part in the quality management process.
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-3 Know the important representatives of the sects and their works. 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-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-4 Can evaluate sects, which are human manifestations, with an impartial and scientific approach. 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-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-13 Can be able to keep up with the developments in Information Technologies and make the most of it in line with 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 Explain the social, cultural, religious and political elements in the formation of sectarian ideas. 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-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.
Examination
LO-6 Evaluate the contributions of sects to Islamic thought. 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-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.
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-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.
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
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Definition, subject, purpose, method of the History of Sects; Basic concepts and resources; the reasons for the emergence of sects; the first political and theological debates and sectarian movements.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The aim, field, method, basic concepts of the History of Islamic Sects course Expression
2 Classical sects historical sources and features, Classification of sects Expression
3 The first conflicts and the reasons that led to the separation into sects Expression
4 Kharijites, Ibadiyye, basic political and theological views Expression
5 Shia and Zaydiyya; basic political and theological views Expression
6 Murjie and Mu'tazila Expression
7 Ahli's-Sunnah wal-Jamaat; Salaf-i Sâlihîn, Maturidiyya and Ash'ariyya Expression
8 mid-term exam
9 Ismailiyya and Imamiyya Expression
10 Nusayris basic political and theological views Expression
11 Druze basic political and theological views Expression
12 Yezidism, its basic political and theological views Expression
13 Qadianism, its basic political and theological views Expression
14 Wahhabism basic political and theological views Expression
15 Bahaism, its main political and theological views Expression
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Kutlu, Sönmez-Onat, Hasan (Ed.). İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi El Kitabı. Ankara: Grafiker Yayınları, 2016.
2 Öz, Mustafa. Başlangıçtan Günümüze İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi. İstanbul: Ensar Neşriyat, 2014.
3 Fığlalı, Ethem Ruhi. Çağımızda İtikadi İslam Mezhepleri. Ankara: Selçuk Yayınları, 1986.
4 Çetin, Maksut-Batur, Muhammet Raşit ed. İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi. İstanbul: Lisans Yayıncılık, 2023.
5 Bulut, Halil İbrahim. İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi. Ankara: Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı Yayınları, 2016.
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbook, 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