Bayburt University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
Tİ211	Kelam Düşüncesinin Teşekkül Devri	Elective	1	1	6

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To contribute to understanding the freedom of thought by recognizing the important theological schools and thoughts that occurred in the history of Islamic Thought

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Abdulaziz ARTIŞ

Learning Outcomes

1	To have general information about the Development of Islamic Thought
2	To understand and interpret the Kalam thoughts of the sects that occurred in the History of Islamic Thought by linking them with historical, political and juridical conditions.
3	To be able to examine which Kalam schools have emerged in history, how they were affected by social, cultural and political conditions, what kind of impact they have made on these environments.
4	To be able to defend the view that he adopts by showing the right or wrong according to his own belief, not to determine the place and value of the opinion put forward in the Islamic Thought.

Mode of Delivery

Normal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

none

Recommended Optional Programme Components

none

Course Contents

The method, views, activities and contribution of the sects that occurred in the history of Islamic Thought to Islamic Thought will be discussed.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	First Periods, Hâricîes	.	.
2	The First Hâricîs, Their Main Beliefs and Creed	:	:
3	The First Shiite Events During the Umayyad Period	:	:
4	The General Religious Movement, Its Intellectual Aspects	:	:
5	Admonition of God's Events	.	:
6	Changing Destiny and Fatalism	:	:
7	Faith and Community, the Accepted Western View	:	:
8	MIDTERM	:	:
9	The Theoretical Foundations of the Abbasid Administration	:	:
10	The Beginning of Systematic Reasoning and Kalam	:	:
11	The Birth of Mu'tezilism	:	:
12	The thought system of mu'tezilism	:	:
13	Sunnism and the Polarization of Shia	:	:
14	The Perfection of the Sunni Kalam	:	:
15	FINAL EXAM	:	:

Recommended or Required Reading

W. Watt, age of formation of Islamic thought; Abdulhamid, I'tikâdî Sects and Principles of Aqâid in Islam : Muhit Mert, Problems of the history of Kalam; Cağfer Karadaş; The History of Kalam in Outline

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		30
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		70
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

none

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	14	4	56
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	3	15	45
Individual Study for Final Examination	4	20	80
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			184

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