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HISTORY

About the Program

Tarih, sosyal bilimlerin neredeyse tamamını kullanan bir bilim dalıdır. İlahiyat, sosyoloji, filoloji, diplomasi, hukuk, iktisat gibi diğer bilim dalları, tarihin alet ilimlerinden addedilir. Ülkemizin bulunduğu coğrafya, kadim medeniyetler kavşağında yer aldığından, siyasi ve diplomatik gelişmeler sürekli tarihe atfedilmektedir. Pekçok bilim dalından daha eski bir geçmişe sahip olan tarihin, asırlardır yapılan çalışmalar bakımından ülkemizde geleneği yerleşmiş addedilebilir. Yine diğer bilim dallarıyla mukayese edildiğinde, dünya çapında ve atıf alan yayın ve araştırma sahasına sahiptir. Yakın çevremizdeki onlarca devletin tarihinin Osmanlı arşivlerinden araştırabileceği düşünüldüğünde Tarih Bölümünün önemi bir kat daha artmaktadır. Rusça, Farsça, İtalyanca, İspanyolca ve diğer orta Avrupa dillerinin bilinmesi halinde dünyanın en orijinal ve en kıymetli tarih araştırmalarının sadece ülkemizde yapılabileceği kolayca anlaşılabilir. Sosyal bilimlerin öneminin giderek arttığı çağımızda, programımız ülkemizin ve çevre ülkelerin ihtiyacı olan tarih araştırmacılarını yetiştirmeyi hedeflemektedir. Bu hedefe ulaşmak için İstanbul’da bulunan Osmanlı Arşivleri, Yazma Eserler Başkanlığı, Beyazıt Kütüphanesi, IRCICA Kütüphanesi, İSAM Araştırma Merkezi en önemli unsurlardan oluşmaktadır. Üniversitemiz bünyesinde bulunan Eğitim Fakültesi tarafından verilecek olan formasyon dersleri, mezunlarımızın öğretmen olarak atanmaları için ayrıca bir kapı aralayacaktır.

 

 

Program Objectives & Goals

Objectives

  1. As the Department of History, our goal is not only to train students with historical knowledge and skills, but also to prepare nearly two hundred students each year for life after graduation and to meet them with different job opportunities. Our department, which sets out with this goal, tries to create job opportunities for its students primarily in academic careers in universities (master's, non-thesis master's, doctorate, research assistant) and in professions such as teaching in public/private schools and private teaching institutions. In addition, it tries to direct our students who graduated by gaining the qualification of historians to different fields where they can use their equipment and skills. In this context, it is to lay the groundwork for job opportunities such as expert or assistant specialist in Ottoman archives, clerk in foreign affairs, personnel, specialist and assistant specialists in libraries, journalism, editorship in editorial boards, expertise in the ministries of culture and tourism.

Goals

  1. Teaching of societies way of life, history of their organizations (social, economic and cultural) from antiquity to present as to social science methodology to students and bringing in student the ability to use this methodology. By means of this ability, It is aimed to grow up history students as perfect researchers in their area.
Program Learning Outcomes

KNOWLEDGE

  1. Graduates of the department have the ability to use textbooks containing the most up-to-date information on general culture and history, application tools and high-level knowledge and skills supported by scientific resources, and can use these knowledge and skills in their profession and research.
  2. They strive to constantly improve himself in the field of history. Gains the awareness of accessing new information and ideas and lifelong learning.
  1. Graduates of the department have the ability to use textbooks containing the most up-to-date information on general culture and history, application tools and high-level knowledge and skills supported by scientific resources, and can use these knowledge and skills in their profession and research.
  2. They strive to constantly improve himself in the field of history. Gains the awareness of accessing new information and ideas and lifelong learning.
Subject-Specific QualificationsProgramme Learning Outcomes
KNOWLEDGE
Theoretical / Conceptual
  • Graduates of the department have the ability to use textbooks containing the most up-to-date information on general culture and history, application tools and high-level knowledge and skills supported by scientific resources, and can use these knowledge and skills in their profession and research.
  • They strive to constantly improve himself in the field of history. Gains the awareness of accessing new information and ideas and lifelong learning.
  • Beşeri bilimler alanında kazanılan yeterliliklere dayalı olarak güncel bilgileri içeren ders materyallerine, uygulamalı araç ve gereçlere, saha çalışmalarında uygulanan araştırma yöntem ve tekniklerine ve diğer kaynaklarda desteklenen ileri düzeydeki kuramsal ve uygulamalı bilgilere sahiptir.
  • Graduates of the department have the ability to use textbooks containing the most up-to-date information on general culture and history, application tools and high-level knowledge and skills supported by scientific resources, and can use these knowledge and skills in their profession and research.
  • They strive to constantly improve himself in the field of history. Gains the awareness of accessing new information and ideas and lifelong learning.
Relationship Between Programme Learning Outcomes and Objectives
KNOWLEDGEOBJECTIVET%
Theoretical / ConceptualO1O2
1Graduates of the department have the ability to use textbooks containing the most up-to-date information on general culture and history, application tools and high-level knowledge and skills supported by scientific resources, and can use these knowledge and skills in their profession and research. 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔10%100,00
2They strive to constantly improve himself in the field of history. Gains the awareness of accessing new information and ideas and lifelong learning. 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔10%100,00
SKILLOBJECTIVET%
Cognitive / PraticalO1O2
1 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔10%100,00
2 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔10%100,00
3 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔10%100,00
COMPETENCEOBJECTIVET%
Competence to Work Independently and Take ResponsibilityO1O2
1 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔10%100,00
2 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔10%100,00
3 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔10%100,00
4 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔10%100,00
Communication and Social CompetenceO1O2
1 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔10%100,00
2 5 VH ✔ 5 VH ✔10%100,00
NUMBER OF PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES (11)1111--
WEIGHT5555--
PERCENTAGE%100,00%100,00--
CONTRIBUTION LEVEL - VERY HIGH [5] (VH)1111

* T: Total, %: Percentage

O1 — As the Department of History, our goal is not only to train students with historical knowledge and skills, but also to prepare nearly two hundred students each year for life after graduation and to meet them with different job opportunities. Our department, which sets out with this goal, tries to create job opportunities for its students primarily in academic careers in universities (master's, non-thesis master's, doctorate, research assistant) and in professions such as teaching in public/private schools and private teaching institutions. In addition, it tries to direct our students who graduated by gaining the qualification of historians to different fields where they can use their equipment and skills. In this context, it is to lay the groundwork for job opportunities such as expert or assistant specialist in Ottoman archives, clerk in foreign affairs, personnel, specialist and assistant specialists in libraries, journalism, editorship in editorial boards, expertise in the ministries of culture and tourism.

O2 — Teaching of societies way of life, history of their organizations (social, economic and cultural) from antiquity to present as to social science methodology to students and bringing in student the ability to use this methodology. By means of this ability, It is aimed to grow up history students as perfect researchers in their area.

Contribution Level: 5 = Very High
Contribution Level: VH = Very High
Contribution Level: ✔ = Has contribution
Teaching Methods

The most frequently used Instructional Methods of the educational programs of Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University are given below.

  • Expression
  • Question-Answer
  • Discussion
  • Exercise and Practice
  • Presentation
  • Guided Practice
  • Role Playing
  • Group Study
  • Simulation
  • Brain Storming
  • Six Hat
  • Case Study
  • Experiment - Test / Lab/ Workshop / Field Practice
  • Self study
  • Problem Solving
  • Project Based Learning (Including Field Work)
Assessment Methods

The most frequently used Evaluation Methods of the educational programs of Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University are given below.

  • Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)
  • Oral Exam
  • Homework
  • Project / Design
  • Portfolio
  • Performance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / Thesis
Degree and Level Awarded

Level of Qualification & Qualification Awarded:

This is a first cycle degree program in the science of History (240 ECTS). 

You will be awarded, on successful completion of the programme and gain competencies, a degree of Bachelor in History.

Admission Requirements

Admission of national students to the HISTORY programme is allowed through the nationally centralised Student Selection Examination (ÖSS) conducted by the Student Selection and Placement Centre (OSYM). For further information please visit General Admission Requirements and Registration Procedures in the menu items of the Information on the Institution and The Student Selection & Placement Centre (OSYM).

Admission of foreign students to the programme can be done upon an evaluation of the application of students directiy to the university. For further and detailed information please visit General Admission Requirements and Registration Procedures in the menu items of the Information on the Institution.

Graduation Requirements

Qualification Requirements and Regulations:

There is no final examination or examination period at the end of an academic year, or at the end of the study programme. There is, however, a final examination and examination periods, i.e., normally takes two weeks and starts immediately after at the end of each semester. In addition to that student is required to complete a degree project and final year dissertation, (taken normally in 7th or 8th semester), which follows an oral presentation.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of Prior Learning

 

 

Procedures to recognise prior learning (RPL), including non-formal and informal learning, is in an early stage of development in Turkey and there is no a comprehensive and enabling legislative framework at the national level in place yet. However, within the institutional autonomy respected there are some implementations at the institutional level for allocating credits towards exemption from some programme requirements on the basis of RPL. This is particularly a wide spread exercise implemented in cases that students, having a certain level of knowledge, skills and competencies in relation to fields such as foreign languages and computer use, prior to admission to the university, are subjected to an examination and if they are found successful to a certain degree required by the programme they have been admitted to, they are exempted from the relevant course units of the course programme. RPL is also practiced for students who wish to transfer their studies to the equal or an upper levels at an another institution including those from abroad in the same or similar fields. In such cases, students, having received some course units in a previous programme they had studied and having been successful, may be  exempted from the same or similar course units of the programmes they are admitted to upon the approval the adaptation committees of the programmes.

Such procedures of recognition are also used comprehensively in practice at our university. The general arrangements for the recognition ofsuch implementations are outlined in the relevant section of our Education and Examination Regulations, Rules & Regulations for Graduate Programmes and that of Regulations for Lateral Transfer of Students.

Employment Opportunities

Mezunların İstihdam Olanakları ve Üst Kademeye Geçiş:
İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim Üniversitesi Tarih Bölümü’nden mezun olanlar Tarihçi unvanı alarak tarihin bir alanında araştırmacı veya Yüksek Lisans ve Doktora programlarına devam ederek akademisyen olabilir, ayrıca özel eğitim kurumlarında görev alabilirler. Bölüm öğrencileri, açılacak ücretsiz sertifika programları sayesinde arşivler, müzeler, turizm sektörü, tarihî bilgi birikimi gerektiren basın-yayın ve görsel medya gibi farklı alanlarda da iş imkânı bulabilirler.

Access to Further Studies

The students graduating from this program may apply to second cycle programs.

Study Plan

1th Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 7 Number of Elective Courses: 0

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
TAR 103 Ottoman Turkish I CompulsoryTurkish220453
TAR 105 Introduction to Islamic Law CompulsoryTurkish300353
TAR 107 History Methodology CompulsoryTurkish300353
TAR 109 Introduction to Turkish History CompulsoryTurkish300353
TUR 101 Turkish Language I CompulsoryTurkish200232
YDL 101 English I CompulsoryEnglish300343
IZU ORT-1 IZU Common Elective IZU Common ElectiveTurkish200232
Total:18202030,019,0

2nd Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 7 Number of Elective Courses: 0

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
TAR 104 Ottoman Turkish II CompulsoryTurkish220453
TAR 106 History of Seljuks CompulsoryTurkish300353
TAR 108 Ancient History CompulsoryTurkish300353
TAR 110 Western and Eastern Roman History CompulsoryTurkish300353
TUR 102 Turkish Language II CompulsoryTurkish200232
YDL 102 English II CompulsoryEnglish300343
IZU ORT-2 IZU Common Elective IZU Common ElectiveTurkish200232
Total:18202030,019,0

3rd Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 6 Number of Elective Courses: 0

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
ATA 101 Ataturk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I CompulsoryTurkish200232
TAR 201 Ottoman History I CompulsoryTurkish300353
TAR 203 History of Europe-I CompulsoryTurkish300363
TAR 205 Ottoman Paleography I CompulsoryTurkish220473
TAR 207 History of Political Thoughts CompulsoryTurkish300363
IZU ORT-3 IZU Common Elective IZU Common ElectiveTurkish200232
Total:15201730,016,0

4th Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 6 Number of Elective Courses: 0

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
ATA 102 Ataturk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II CompulsoryTurkish200232
TAR 202 Ottoman History II CompulsoryTurkish300353
TAR 204 History of Europe-II CompulsoryTurkish300373
TAR 206 Ottoman Paleography II CompulsoryTurkish220473
TAR 208 History of Turkish Control CompulsoryTurkish300353
IZU ORT-4 IZU Common Elective IZU Common ElectiveTurkish200232
Total:15201730,016,0

5th Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 6 Number of Elective Courses: 0

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
TAR 301 Public History Studies CompulsoryTurkish300353
TAR 303 Chronicles and History Writing CompulsoryTurkish300363
TAR 305 Ottoman Social-Economic History-I CompulsoryTurkish300363
TAR 307 History of Turkish Modernisation CompulsoryTurkish300353
BLS 001 Departmental Elective Course Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
IZU ORT-5 IZU Common Elective IZU Common ElectiveTurkish200232
Total:17001730,017,0

5th Semester Elective Courses

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
TAR 309 History of the Mediterranean Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 311 History of Balkans Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 313 Readings on Evliya Çelebi Travelogue Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 315 History of Egypt Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 317 Histiory of Iran Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
Total:15001525,015,0

6th Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 6 Number of Elective Courses: 0

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
TAR 302 Verbal and Local History Studies CompulsoryTurkish300353
TAR 304 History of Russia CompulsoryTurkish300363
TAR 306 American History CompulsoryTurkish300353
TAR 308 Ottoman Diplomacy History CompulsoryTurkish300363
BLS 001 Departmental Elective Course Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
IZU ORT-6 IZU Common Elective IZU Common ElectiveTurkish200232
Total:17001730,017,0

6th Semester Elective Courses

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
TAR 310 Historical Geography Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 312 History of Eurasia Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 314 History of Andalusia Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 316 Maritime History Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 318 Ottoman Urbanism History Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
Total:15001525,015,0

7th Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 6 Number of Elective Courses: 0

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
TAR 403 History of Contemporary World CompulsoryTurkish300353
TAR 405 Archives and History CompulsoryTurkish300353
TAR 407 Ottoman History-Selected Texts-I CompulsoryTurkish300353
TAR 409 History of Civilization CompulsoryTurkish300353
Tar 421 Graduation Project I CompulsoryTurkish200252
BLS 001 Departmental Elective Course Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
Total:17001730,017,0

7th Semester Elective Courses

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
SOS 305 Ottoman Social and Political Structure Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 411 Daily Life in Ottoman Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 419 History of Turkish Culture Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 423 Museums As A Source Of Historical Research Departmental ElectiveTurkish030351.5
Total:9301220,010,5

8th Semester

Number of Compulsory Courses: 5 Number of Elective Courses: 0

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
TAR 406 Contemporary World CompulsoryTurkish300363
TAR 408 History of Turkish-Islam Civilisation CompulsoryTurkish300363
TAR 410 Ottoman History-Selected Texts-II CompulsoryTurkish300353
TAR 422 Graduation Project II CompulsoryTurkish200282
BLS 001 Departmental Elective Course Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
Total:14001430,014,0

8th Semester Elective Courses

CodeCourse NameTypeLanguage of InstructionTPLHECTSCr.
SOS 304 Historical Sociology Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 412 Ottoman Urbanism History Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 414 Women's Studies History Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 416 Ottoman Archive Research: Topics and Sources Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
TAR 418 History and Ethics Departmental ElectiveTurkish300353
Total:15001525,015,0

Course Load Summary

Course Load SummaryTPLHECTSCr.
Grand Total (Number of Courses: 49)13180139240,0135,0
Compulsory Course Total (Number of Courses: 39)10780115202,0111,0
Elective Course Total (Number of Courses: 10)24002438,024,0
Course TypeNumber of CoursesRatio (%)
Zorunlu Ders3979,59
Seçmeli Ders1020,41
Bölüm Dışı Seçmeli Ders816,33

T: Theory, P: Practice, L: Laboratory, WCH: Weekly Course Hours, ECTS: European Credit Transfer System, Cr.: Credit

Core Area Distribution
Core AreaTotal ECTSRatio (%)
Humanities149.470.1%
Teacher Training and Education Science24.511.5%
Humanities17.58.2%
Social and Behavioural Science14.16.6%
Social and Behavioural Science52.3%
Teacher Training and Education Science2.51.2%
Course Category List

Compulsory Courses

CourseECTSRatio (%)
ATA 101 - Ataturk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I3
22 - Humanities%90
31 - Social and Behavioural Science%10
ATA 102 - Ataturk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II3
22 - Humanities%90
31 - Social and Behavioural Science%10
TAR 103 - Ottoman Turkish I5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 104 - Ottoman Turkish II5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 105 - Introduction to Islamic Law5
14 - Teacher Training and Education Science%50
31 - Social and Behavioural Science%50
TAR 106 - History of Seljuks5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 107 - History Methodology5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 108 - Ancient History5
14 - Teacher Training and Education Science%50
31 - Social and Behavioural Science%50
TAR 109 - Introduction to Turkish History5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 201 - Ottoman History I5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 202 - Ottoman History II5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 203 - History of Europe-I6
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 204 - History of Europe-II7
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 205 - Ottoman Paleography I7
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 206 - Ottoman Paleography II7
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 207 - History of Political Thoughts6
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 208 - History of Turkish Control5
14 - Teacher Training and Education Science%50
31 - Social and Behavioural Science%50
TAR 301 - Public History Studies5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 302 - Verbal and Local History Studies5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 303 - Chronicles and History Writing6
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 304 - History of Russia6
14 - Teacher Training and Education Science%50
31 - Social and Behavioural Science%50
TAR 305 - Ottoman Social-Economic History-I6
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 306 - American History5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 307 - History of Turkish Modernisation5
14 - Teacher Training and Education Science%10
22 - Humanities%90
TAR 308 - Ottoman Diplomacy History6
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 403 - History of Contemporary World5
14 - Teacher Training and Education Science%50
TAR 405 - Archives and History5
22 - Humanities%70
TAR 406 - Contemporary World6
14 - Teacher Training and Education Science%50
31 - Social and Behavioural Science%50
TAR 407 - Ottoman History-Selected Texts-I5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 408 - History of Turkish-Islam Civilisation6
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 409 - History of Civilization5
22 - Humanities%100
Tar 421 - Graduation Project I5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 422 - Graduation Project II8
22 - Humanities%100
TUR 101 - Turkish Language I3
22 - Humanities%100
TUR 102 - Turkish Language II3
22 - Humanities%100
YDL 101 - English I4
14 - Teacher Training and Education Science%100
YDL 102 - English II4
14 - Teacher Training and Education Science%100

Elective Courses

CourseECTSRatio (%)
TAR 317 - Histiory of Iran5
14 - Teacher Training and Education Science%50
22 - Humanities%50
TAR 318 - Ottoman Urbanism History5
31 - Social and Behavioural Science%100
TAR 411 - Daily Life in Ottoman5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 416 - Ottoman Archive Research: Topics and Sources5
22 - Humanities%100
TAR 419 - History of Turkish Culture5
22 - Humanities%100
Beytullah KAYA
Bölüm Başkanı - Prof. Dr.

Beytullah KAYA

beytullah.kaya@izu.edu.tr 0212 692 97 38
Research Areas Eğitim Bilimleri ve Öğretmen Yetiştirme Temel Alanı, Temel Eğitim, Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi, Tarih Eğitimi, Eğitim tarihi
Muhammed HARB
Prof. Dr.

Muhammed HARB

muhammed.harb@izu.edu.tr 0212 692 97 80
Research Areas Osmanlı Tarih, Yeniçağ Tarihi, Mısır Tarihi
Mehmet Ali BOLAT
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi

Mehmet Ali BOLAT

mehmet.bolat@izu.edu.tr
Research Areas Kafkasya, Milli Mücadele Dönemi, Uluslararası Öğrencilik
Nuray OCAKLI
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi

Nuray OCAKLI

nuray.ocakli@izu.edu.tr 0212 692 88 53
Research Areas Osmanlı Balkanlar'ının Sosyo-Ekonomik Tarihi
Musa BİÇKİOĞLU
Doktor Öğretim Görevlisi

**Musa BİÇKİOĞLU