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TOURISM RESEARCH INSTITUTE / TRT521 - TURİZM REHBERLİĞİ (TEZSİZ YÜKSEK LİSANS)

Code: TRT521 Course Title: TURKISH MYTHOLOGY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department TURİZM REHBERLİĞİ (TEZSİZ YÜKSEK LİSANS)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MERAL DURSUN (meraldursun@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) MERAL DURSUN,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
It is aimed to examine old Turkish myths and epics and to reveal the richness of Turkish Mythology.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Will be able to explain Turkish Mythology with its main lines. PO-1 Have a deeper understanding of tourism and its related fields.
PO-6 Understand, analyze and interpret the cultures, history, religions, and the art of the civilisations that have lived in Turkey.
PO-11 Analyze, critically interpret and evaluate the knowledge and skills they have gained.
Examination
Presentation
LO-2 The lives of gods, demigods, heroes, and mythical beings in myths can explain their relationships with one another and with humans. PO-1 Have a deeper understanding of tourism and its related fields.
PO-6 Understand, analyze and interpret the cultures, history, religions, and the art of the civilisations that have lived in Turkey.
PO-11 Analyze, critically interpret and evaluate the knowledge and skills they have gained.
Examination
Presentation
LO-3 Can explain the main Turkish Epics before and after Islam. PO-1 Have a deeper understanding of tourism and its related fields.
PO-6 Understand, analyze and interpret the cultures, history, religions, and the art of the civilisations that have lived in Turkey.
PO-11 Analyze, critically interpret and evaluate the knowledge and skills they have gained.
Examination
Presentation
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Social structure in ancient Turks, Shamanist mythology, epics before and after Islam, and narratives that make up Anatolian Mythology.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to Mythology and Concepts Lecture
2 The Origins of the Turkish Mythology Central Asia Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
3 Shepherds Hunting Period, matriarchal and patriarchal period, Turkish Mythology Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
4 Shamanistic mythology Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
5 Previous Islam Turkish Epics Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
6 Previous Islam Turkish Epics Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
7 Previous Islam Turkish Epics Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Post-Islamic Turkish Epics Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
10 Cults and Variations of Turkish Mythology Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
11 Theogony Myths in Turkish Mythology Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
12 Cosmogony Myths in Turkish Mythology Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
13 Eschatology Myths in Turkish Mythology Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
14 Folk Culture, Folk Belief and Mythology Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
15 Legends, Memorates and Mythologies from Turkish Folk Culture Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Uraz, M.,1992; Türk Mitolojisi.İstanbul
Required Course instruments and materials
Computer, Projection

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 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0 0 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 2 11 22
       e) Term paper/Project 0 0 0
Oral Examination 0 0 0
Quiz 0 0 0
Laboratory exam 0 0 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 7 14
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 7 14
final exam 1 1 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
Total work load; 150