Course Code & Number
PSIR 232
Course Title
Ottoman State and Society II
Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits
(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 6 ECTS Credits
Mode of Delivery:
Face-to-face
Language of Instruction:
English
Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::
Pre-requisites: NONE
Co-requisites: NONE
Course Objectives
The objective of the course to make the students familiar about social, economic and political structure of the later Ottoman state and society. The course analyzes the political, social and economic reasons of the Empire’s gradual decline and the peculiar influence of the rise of Western powers on Ottoman Empire.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon succesful completion of this course, a student will be able to
1. Recognize the significance of the social, political and economic transformation in the declining period of the Ottoman Empire .
2. Discern the different patterns of modernization and the different ways of perceiving the West as a socio-political ideal.
3. Establish the links between the socio-political transformations in the later centuries of the Ottoman Empire and the modern Turkey.
4. Develop particular reasoning by making historical comparisons.
5. Develop complex argumentation skills in speech and writing.
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:
Telling/Explaining
Discussion/Debate
Questioning
Reading
Oral Presentations/Reports
Web Searching
Assessment Methods and Criteria:
Test / Exam
Quiz
Case Studies / Homework
Presentation (Oral/Poster)
Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:
Recommended Reading
1. Bruce McGowan, Donald Quataert, Suraiya Faroqi, Sevket Pamuk (eds), An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire 1600-1914, Vol. II (Cambridge University Press, 1994).
Required Reading
1. Suraiya Faroqi (ed.), The Cambridge History of Turkey, Vol. 3, The Later Ottoman Empire 1603-1839 (Cambridge University Press, 2006).
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods Others:
Student Workload:
| Workload | Hrs |
|---|
| Case Study Analysis | 16 |
Course & Program Learning Outcome Matching:
