GZS202 History of civilization

4 ECTS - 2-0 Duration (T+A)- 4. Semester- 2 National Credit
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Unit FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
JOURNALISM PR.
Code GZS202
Name History of civilization
Term 2018-2019 Academic Year
Semester 4. Semester
Duration (T+A) 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 4 ECTS
National Credit 2 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Belirsiz
Type Normal
Label E Elective
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Doç. Dr. SEVDA ÜNAL
Course Instructor
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Course Goal / Objective

Provide an account of the building blocks of modern civilization which will help develop an understanding of the interconnectedness of key political and economic events, thought processes, the evolution of art as well as scientific discoveries that have shaped the west. 2. Create the groundwork for an understanding of the new technology-based global world economy. 3. Enable new generations to expand their world view perspective in order to meet the multi-faceted responsibilities of management environments. 4. To adopt the course content as lifelong learning objectives for students. 5. Present a glimpse into the world of literature, music, art and architecture as an enriching factor in personal development.

Course Content

The content of the course Hum 101 starts with the Prehistoric Ages and deals with the first civilizations, Ancient Greek and Roman cultural and political developments, the Byzantine Empire and the basic important developments in Europe during the Medieval Age.

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Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Will be able to explain the basic terms, conceptions and definitions peculiar to the discipline of history.
LO02 Will be able to define and explain the first socio-economic, cultural, religious and political formations and structures in the history of mankind by the way of exemplification.
LO03 Will be able to evaluate the important historical facts and devolopments in the framework of causality and in a comparative perspective.
LO04 Will be able to synthesize the data which they obtain directly and objectively from the historical sources.
LO05 Will be able to criticise the dynamics of the modern world by taking their first instances into consideration.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 - Knows theoretical approaches in the field of media and communication, and gains ability of development of new approaches in these fields
PLO02 - Knows communication models, and interpreting these models in terms of sociology, psychology, economics etc., puts particular contributions to these models
PLO03 - Gains competent, mainly in social and humanities sciences, in some kind of sciences, does multidisciplinary science research, and analyses these kinds of studies/research
PLO04 - Recognizing news production models, leads to new models and approaches.
PLO05 - Protuces, edits and directs news/reporting in any kind of media (newspaper, magazine, web site, radia, television etc.).
PLO06 - Takes photograph, mainly in the field of press photo, in some kind of photography fields
PLO07 - Uses communication technologies effectively, and gains production ability of appropriate contents for increasingly developing new communication technologies
PLO08 - Works as press adviser, communication coordinator and maneger, and so on in some state and private institutions
PLO09 - Learning relevant concepts and notions of, notably in journalism field, communication and mess media, make some contributions to these fields as new concepts and notions
PLO10 - Reaches at a consciousness level in which synthesises society, culture and communication concepts each other
PLO11 - Gains empathy ability to recognize both individual and societal processes
PLO12 - Getting effective communication ability, learns basic dynamics of communication processes, and goes into action in this direction
PLO13 - Evaluating contents of media organisations, finds out actual issues and lacks, and has a part to come over these problems
PLO14 - Supports peace and consensus of a society, and taking over a mediator mechanism role in any conflicts, sees communication right as primary, and tries to figure out the issues in peaceful and humanitarian ways
PLO15 - Works in any national and international medya organisations such as newspaper, magazine, web site, radio, television etc
PLO16 - Together with gaining individual/free working ability, be able to be a part of any kind of collective institutions, and be successful to adapts to grups
PLO17 - Has self-confidence both to decision making and to participate in decision making process, and takes responsibility while any issue occured
PLO18 - Recognizes new missions and works easly, and easly adapts to new trends and movements in the developing and changing world and professional life.
PLO19 - Tends to events by professional ways, and considering rational mind and knowledge, tries to figure out issues and facts on the line of scientific
PLO20 - Has an high conciseness on society and collectivism, and as be able to be successful in personal life, takes the responsibilities belonging to himself/herself in a social system.
PLO21 - Approaches to personal, interpersonal and mess communication processes, knowing what communication and its aims are; and takes an opinion leader role in the communication processes.
PLO22 - Lerans a foreign language, at least, at a good level, and in the international area, participates in news/reporting flows and so on.
PLO23 - Grasps the field of media and communication, and making in his/her actions through dynamics of these fields, contributes to development of a good communication environment.
PLO24 - Conceders social utilities in his/her works and productions, and in these directions, develops communication strategies, and pays attention to humanitarian values as primarily in producing news, reporting, photo, video, graphics etc.
PLO25 - Enables society to recognize role of media, and gains depth about such particular subjects as media literacy, new media and social media and so on.
PLO26 - Tends to contents in related to general public interests in the media and communication environments such as newspaper, magazine, radio, television, blogs and web sides etc.
PLO27 - Since absorbs ethics values of vocation, doesn’t allows to any discriminating or othering content in either his/her professional life or in contents produced by him/her, and finally tries to prevent such kind of discourses.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction to History of Civilizaiton: Discussion on Basic Historical concepts and terms Course Materials
2 from Homo Habilis to Modern Mankind: foodgatherer and hunter communities; the invention of agriculture and sedentarizaiton Reading course materials
3 The first civilizations: urbanization with its sociocultural values; religious and judicial order: Polytheism and Henotheism (emergence of Judaism) and the Codification of Laws. Reading course materials
4 Ancient Greek world: Political evolution from monarchy to democracy and its social aspects; Mythology, religion and philosophy in ancient Greece; Reformative Athens versus conservative Sparta Reading course materials
5 Alexandros the Great and Hellenistic Cosmopolitanism Reading course materials
6 Ancient Roman World: Rome from the Republican period to the ımperial age: politics, culture amd life Reading course materials
7 Ancient Roman World: Rome from the Republican period to the ımperial age: politics, culture amd life Reading course materials
8 Mid-Term Exam Reading course materials
9 Byzantine Empire Reading course materials
10 Medieval Age : The Dark Age of Europe; Feudalism Reading course materials
11 Church and State with its plitical and social aspect Reading course materials
12 Economic Revival in Europe; the emergence of Bourgeoisie Reading course materials
13 Technological developments in Europe; the Printing with its social and cultural effects Reading course materials
14 General evaluation Reading course materials
15 General evaluation Reading course materials
16 Term Exams Reading course materials
17 Term Exams Reading course materials

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