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UNDERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS CORE PROGRAM

HIST 101 Historical Method and Thought I                                   (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 5
(Tarihte Yöntem ve Düşünce I) 
An introduction to the discipline of history and its sources. A survey of historiography and of the variety, traditions and analytical tools of historical writing. Designed to familiarize students with the basic agendas and problematics of history writing and to provide a critical and comparative perspective on different approaches and methods used in the discipline.
 
HIST 102 Historical Method and Thought II                                  (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 6                     
(Tarihte Yöntem ve Düşünce II)
An introduction to historiography and to the methods of historical writing through the study of a wide variety of authors, past and present. The aim is to expose the students to a selection of texts that illustrate the evolution of the discipline, the wide range of approaches used in history, and the interdisciplinary nature of research in the humanities and the social sciences.
 
HIST 105 The Making of the Modern World I                               (3+1+0) 3 ECTS 5
(Modern Dünyanın Oluşumu I)
A comparative inquiry into the origins, development and interaction of world civilizations. Exploration of the ancient, classical, Byzantine, medieval, Islamic and early Renaissance past of the Mediterranean region and the Near East; the impact of the early Turkic peoples in Central Asia and the Islamic World; the diverse cultures of South East Asia, China and Japan. Weekly discussion sessions and the study of audio-visual materials required.
 
HIST 106 The Making of the Modern World II                              (3+1+0) 3 ECTS 5
(Modern Dünyanın Oluşumu II)
A comparative exploration of the political, social and economic worlds of the three major Islamic empires of the early modern age; the Renaissance and the Reformation; the making of the absolutist states of Europe; science and commerce; the English Revolution and the Enlightenment; the American, French and Russian Revolutions of the modern age; the Industrial Revolution; nationalism and imperialism; World Wars I and II; the decline and transformation of China, Japan, India, the Ottoman world, Iran and Egypt in the modern age. Weekly discussion sessions and the study of audio- visual materials required. 
 

HIST 209 Research Methods in History I                                     (4+0+0) 4 ECTS 5
(Tarihte Araştırma Yöntemleri I)

Introduction to the practice and skills of research in history with emphasis on quantitative methods and written sources. Quantitative methods in history, developing skills in handling, visualizing, mapping and interpreting social science data in printed and digital formats. Critical tools and basic techniques used in historical research and writing. Exposure to historical materials from written, material and visual evidence to oral accounts, and from archival, library, and archaeological materials to audiovisual and web-based sources through discussions, presentations, research projects and papers.

Prerequisites: HIST 101 and HIST 102

 

HIST 210 Research Methods in History II                                    (4+0+0)  4 ECTS 5
(Tarihte Araştırma Yöntemleri I)

Introduction to the practice and skills of research in history with emphasis on methods of oral history and visual and material data. Quantitative methods in history, developing skills in handling, visualizing, mapping and interpreting social science data in printed and digital formats. Critical tools and basic techniques used in historical research and writing. Exposure to historical materials from written material and visual evidence to oral accounts, and from archival, library, and archaeological materials to audiovisual and web-based sources through discussions, presentations, research projects and papers.

Prerequisites: HIST 101 and HIST 102

 

HIST 221: History of Medieval Turco-Persian Societies (800-1250) (Ortaçağ Türk-İran Toplumları Tarihi (800-1250)) (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 5

History of the geography and peoples of Central Asia, Iran and Anatolia between the ninth and the thirteenth centuries. The encounter and interaction between Turkic and Iranian societies within the wider context of the medieval eastern Islamic world.  Patterns of state formation and fragmentation analyzed in tandem with discussions of cultural, social and religious identities. Nomadism, cities and architecture, Silk Road exchange, language and literature, concepts of political sovereignty, conquest and settlement, continuity and change in pre-Islamic traditions, forms of medieval Islamic learning and historiography.

 
HIST 222, Ottoman History 1300-1600 (Osmanlı Tarihi 1300-1600)                                                                         (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 5

Survey of Ottoman history between ca. 1300 and ca. 1600. The formation and subsequent transformations of the polity; the key issues in Ottoman social, economic and cultural history. Frontier society and the emergence of the Ottomans, conquest, consolidation and resistance to state-building, formation of the centralized empire and its institutions, imperial ideology and its representations, urban order and disorder, gender, communal relations, and the late sixteenth-century crisis and transformations. Discussion of historiographic issues; focus on a comparative perspective on Ottoman historical patterns.

 

HIST 241 Western European Societies, Politics and Cultures 1450 – 1750                                                                 (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 5
(Batı Avrupa Toplumları, Politika ve Kültür 1450 – 1750)

Western European History between ca. 1450 and 1750. Focus on social, economic, cultural and political history. Social structures and representations, the economy, demography, the family, gender, popular and elite culture, Humanism and the Renaissance, literacy, Protestant and Catholic reformations, European and overseas empires, slavery, the rise of the state, the general crisis of the seventeenth century, absolute monarchies and republics, dynastic rivalries, imperialism, credit and the fiscal state, political thought and the Enlightenment. Western Europe and overseas empires. Historiographical debates on nobility, gender, witchcraft, popular revolt, absolute monarchy and Louis XIV.

 

HIST 242 Western European Societies Politics and Cultures 1750 – 1890                                                                  (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 5
(Batı Avrupa Toplumları, Politika ve Kültür 1750 – 1890 )

European History between 1750 and 1890. The French Revolution and its impact, modernizing development of Europe in the nineteenth century. The revolutions of 1789, 1830, 1848, economic modernization, artisans, gender, the development of political consciousness, new ideologies of liberalism, socialism, and nationalism, religion and popular culture, literacy and the public sphere, economic development, the development of class struggle, movements for the unification of Italy and Germany, the Second Republic and Second Empire, and Imperial Germany. Debates and historiography alongside primary sources. 

 

HIST 321 Ottoman History 1600-1876 (Osmanlı Tarihi 1600-1876)                                                                             (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 5

Survey of Ottoman history between 1600 and 1876. Focus on the formation of the early modern Ottoman state as of the 17th century in a comparative perspective around the key issues of Ottoman economic, social and political history. Military, fiscal, social transformation through the 17th and 18th centuries, rise of various other polities and powers in the 18th century, rural and urban economic transformation, reform and modernization attempts in the late 18th century and the Tanzimat. Emphasis on Ottoman historiography and its implications.

 

HIST 322 History of Modern Turkey (Modern Türkiye Tarihi) (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 5

Late Ottoman and Republican history up to the 2000's. Discussion of the Ottoman legacy and the making of the nation-state, followed by a study of the evolution of the political and social structures during the Republican era in a comparative perspective. Wars and mass violence in the late Ottoman Empire, reforms and nationalism in the early republican period, political currents, role of the army, social transformations and cultural developments since the 1950's. Emphasis on the notions of nation, citizenship and identity, and the historiographic debates surrounding them.

 
HIST 335 History of the Byzantine Empire, 4th-9th centuries (Bizans İmparatorluğu Tarihi, 4.-9. Yüzyıllar)                       (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 5

A survey of the late Roman and early Byzantine world from the foundation of Constantinople in 330 to the end of Iconoclasm in 843. Transformation of the Roman Empire into the Byzantine Empire in the late antique period; the transformations and challenges Byzantine society faced in the first few centuries of the Middle Ages. A chronological presentation of political developments and emphasis on social, economic, religious, and cultural aspects of Byzantine history.

HIST 336 History of the Byzantine Empire, 9th-15th centuries  (Bizans İmparatorluğu Tarihi, 9.-15. Yüzyıllar)                 (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 5

A survey of Byzantine history from the struggles and transformations of the 8th and 9th centuries to the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Major political, social, economic, and cultural developments, focusing on topics such as social and economic structures, religion as institution and practice, and arts. Developments in the Byzantine world in the context of the medieval world, including the Muslims, the Slavs, the Latin West, and the Crusaders.

 
HIST 401-402 Historiography I, II (Tarih Yazıcılığı I, II)                                                                                                  (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 7
A critical and comparative review of Western and Eastern historiography and literary methods. Special attention will be given to the relationship between the historian and his era.
 
HIST 495-496 Thesis I, II (Tez I, II)                                                                                                                                   (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8
Analysis of a particular problem in history. Emphasis will be placed on sound methodological approach and comprehensive bibliographical research.
 
 
ELECTIVE POOL COURSES    
       
    Hours/Week  Credits
HIST 203 Introduction to Archaeology I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 204 Introduction to Archaeology II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 205  Introduction to the History of Art and Visual Culture (3+0+0) 3
HIST 211 Ancient History and Archaeology of the Near East I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 212 Ancient History and Archaeology of the Near East II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 213 History of Medieval Europe 400-1100 (3+0+0) 3
HIST 214 History of Medieval Europe 1100-1450 (3+0+0) 3
HIST 231 Islamic History and Societies 600-1000  (3+0+0) 3
HIST 232 Islamic History and Societies 1000-1500   (3+0+0) 3
HIST 233 History of the Balkans I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 234 History of the Modern Middle East (3+0+0) 3
HIST 235 Ottoman Cultural History  (3+0+0) 3
HIST 301 Social Theory and History I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 302 Social Theory and History II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 303 Oral History (3+0+0) 3
HIST 310 History of the Americas, 1750 to the Present (3+0+0) 3
HIST 311 European social and Economic History I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 312 European social and Economic History II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 313 History of Asian Civilizations I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 314 History of Asian Civilizations II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 323 Intellectual History of the Late Ottoman Empire (3+0+0) 3
HIST 324 Intellectual History of the Republican Turkey (3+0+0) 3
HIST 325 History of The Turkic Peoples I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 326 History of The Turkic Peoples II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 331  History of Ancient Anatolia I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 332 History of Ancient Anatolia II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 333 Hittite History and Archaeology (3+0+0) 3
HIST 334  Anatolian Iron Age (3+0+0)  3
HIST 337 Byzantine Art and Architecture I  (3+0+0) 3
HIST 338 Byzantine Art and Architecture II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 341 Aegean History and Archaeology I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 342 Aegean History and Archaeology II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 343 History and Archeology of Ancient Iran I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 344 History and Archeology of Ancient Iran II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 345  Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Greek World  (3+0+0) 3
HIST 346 Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Roman World (3+0+0) 3
HIST 351 Art and Architecture of the Islamic World I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 352 Art and Architecture of Anatolia in the Seljuk and Beylik Periods (3+0+0) 3
HIST 353 The Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages (3+0+0) 3
HIST 354 Renaissance, Baroque Art and Architecture (3+0+0) 3
HIST 355 History of Modern Art and Architecture (3+0+0) 3
HIST 356 Art and Architecture of the Islamic World II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 358 Architecture and Urbanism in the Mediterranean World (3+0+0) 3
HIST 403 History and Anthropology (3+0+0) 3
HIST 405 Methods in Economic History (3+0+0) 3
HIST 406 Financial and Monetary History (3+0+0) 3
HIST 407 History and Architecture (3+0+0) 3
HIST 408 History and Urbanism (3+0+0) 3
HIST 409 The European Enlightenment (3+0+0) 3
HIST 411 Nationalism and Imperialism 1789-1914 (3+0+0) 3
HIST 412 History of War and Revolution 1900-1945 (3+0+0) 3
HIST 413 History of the 20th Century I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 414 History of the 20th Century II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 415 Seminar in Ottoman History I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 416 Seminar in Ottoman History II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 417 Economic History of the Twentieth Century  (3+0+0) 3
HIST 421 Ottoman Social and Economic History I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 422 Ottoman Social and Economic History II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 423 Social and Economic History of Republican Turkey I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 424 Social and Economic History of Republican Turkey II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 425 History of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century (3+0+0) 3
HIST 426 History of the Middle East in the Twentieth Century (3+0+0) 3
HIST 428 Chinese History from Ancient Times to Modernity I (3+0+0)  3
HIST 429 Chinese History from Ancient Times to Modernity II (3+0+0)  3
HIST 430 China and the Silk Road  (3+0+0)  3
HIST 431 Chinese History: From Imperial to Modern China I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 432 Chinese History: From Imperial to Modern China II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 433 Japanese History: From Feudal to Modern Japan I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 434 Japanese History: From Feudal to Modern Japan II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 435 Central Asian History: Nomads and the Frontier I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 436 Central Asian History: Nomads and the Frontier II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 437 Korean History I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 438 Korean History II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 439 History of Japan's International Relations (3+0+0) 3
HIST 440 Paths of Modernity in Asia (3+0+0) 3
HIST 442 History of the Roman Republic and Empire (3+0+0) 3
HIST 443 Seminar in Byzantine History (3+0+0) 3
HIST 444 Seminar in Medieval History (3+0+0) 3
HIST 445 Seminar in Mediterranean History I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 446 Seminar in Mediterranean History II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 447 Seminar in Modern European History I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 448 Seminar in Modern European History II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 449 Seminar in Ottoman Sources (3+0+0) 3
HIST 451 Ottoman Art and Architecture (3+0+0) 3
HIST 452 Architecture in Republican Turkey (3+0+0) 3
HIST 453 Seminar in the History of Art and Architecture (3+0+0) 3
HIST 454 The History of Art and Culture in Asia (3+0+0) 3
HIST 455 History of Performing Arts in Turkey I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 456 History of Performing Arts in Turkey II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 460 History of Modern South Asia  (3+0+0) 3
HIST 461 Cultural History of Iran I  (3+0+0) 3
HIST 462 Cultural History of Iran II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 471 Readings in Ancient Near Eastern Texts I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 472 Readings in Ancient Near Eastern Texts II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 475 Readings in Ancient Anatolian Texts I (3+0+0) 3
HIST 476 Readings in Ancient Anatolian Texts II (3+0+0) 3
HIST 479 History of Nationalism in the Balkans I : From the Orthodox Millet to the Balkan Nations (3+0+0) 3
HIST 480 History of Nationalism in the Balkans II : FRom Independence to State Modernization (3+0+0) 3
HIST 489-494 Special Topics in History (3+0+0) 3
HIST 497-499 Special Topics in History (3+0+0) 3
HIST 48A - 48Z Special Topics in History (3+0+0) 3
HIST 49A - 49Z Special Topics in History (3+0+0) 3
JP 101  Beginners Japanese I (3+0+0) 3
JP 102 Beginners Japanese II (3+0+0) 3
JP 201  Intermediate Japanese I (3+0+0) 3
JP 202  Intermediate Japanese II (3+0+0) 3
JP 301 Upper Intermediate Japanese I (3+0+0) 3
JP 302 Upper Intermediate Japanese II (3+0+0) 3
JP 401 Advanced Japanese I (3+0+0) 3
JP 402 Advanced Japanese II (3+0+0) 3
JP 403 Japanese-Turkish Translation I (3+0+0) 3
JP 404 Japanese-Turkish Translation II (3+0+0) 3
JP 405 Classical Japanese (3+0+0) 3
JP 501 Translation of Modern and Classical Turkish Texts into Japanese I (3+0+0) 3
JP 502 Translation of Modern and Classical Turkish Texts into Japanese II (3+0+0) 3
CHIN 101  Beginners Chinese I (3+0+0) 3
CHIN 102  Beginners Chinese II (3+0+0) 3
CHIN 201 Intermediate Chinese I (3+0+0) 3
CHIN 202 Intermediate Chinese II (3+0+0) 3
CHIN 301 Advanced Chinese I (3+0+0) 3
CHIN 302 Advanced Chinese II (3+0+0) 3
CHIN 401 Readings in Chinese Culture I (3+0+0) 3
CHIN 402 Readings in Chinese Culture II (3+0+0) 3