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MA Course Plan

MA Course Plan and the List of Compulsory and Elective Courses

T.C.

IBN HALDUN UNIVERSITY

ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS INSTITUTE

MASTER'S PROGRAM 2022-2023 ACADEMIC YEAR COURSE PLAN 

FIRST YEAR

I. Semester

 

II. Semester

Course Code

Course Name

U

ECTS

Prerequisite

Course Code

Course Name

U

ECTS

Prerequisite

CIVS 502

History of World Civilizations

3

 

3

8

 

CIVS 503

Theory and Method in Civilisation Studies

3

 

3

8

 

CIVS

Scientific Research Methods and Publication Ethics

3

 

3

8

 

CIVS 505/ PHIL 505

Comparative History of Thought

3

 

3

8

 

CIVS 585

English Academic Writing I

3

 

0

3

 

CIVS 590

Seminar

3

 

0

6

 

CIVS 581

Arabic I

6

 

0

6

 

CIVS 586

English Academic Yazım II

3

 

0

3

 

xxx

Elective Course

3

 

3

8

 

CIVS 582

Arabic II

6

 

0

6

 

xxx

Elective Course

3

 

3

8

 

xxx

Elective Course

3

 

3

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

xxx

Elective Course

3

 

3

8

 

Total Credit 

 

 

12

41

 

Total Credit 

 

 

12

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECOND YEAR

III. Semester

  

IV. Semester

Course Code

Course Name

T

U

K

ECTS

Prerequisite

Course Code

Course Name

T

U

K

ECTS

Prerequisite

CIVS 583

CIVS 591**

Arabic / Turkish Academic Writing I

3

0

0

3

 

CIVS 584

CIVS 592**

Arabic / Turkish Academic Writing II*

3

0

0

3

 

CIVS 599

Thesis

0

0

0

30

 

CIVS 599

Thesis

0

0

0

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Credit 

 

 

 

33

 

Total Credit 

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

OVERALL TOTAL:

154

 

ELECTİVE COURSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FALL SEMESTER

 

SPRİNG SEMESTER

Course Code

Course Name

T

U

K

ECTS

Prerequisite

  

Course Code

Course Name

T

U

K

ECTS

Prerequisite

CIVS 504

Ethics of Global Civil Society and Politics

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 651

Asian Civilization and Tasawwuf 

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 509

Reading Civilizations Through Genre:

Shakespeare Adaptations

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 512

World Civilizations

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 511

Epistemological Bias in Popular Culture

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 514

Comparative History of

Economic and financial Institutions 

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 515

Asian Civilizations Encountering Islam I

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 516 

Asian Civilizations Encountering Islam II

3

0

3

8

 

IS 517

Contemporary Islamic Thought I

3

0

3

8

 

IS 518

Contemporary Islamic Thoughti II

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 519

Islam, Science, The Spirit

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 520

Spiritual Quest in The Contemporary World

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 521

History of İslamic Civilization I

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 522

History of İslamic Civilization II

3

0

3

8

 

HIST 562

Modernization and Reform in the Ottoman Empire

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 524

Religion and Science in Ottoman Modernization

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 525

Society Ethics and Environment

3

0

3

8

 

POLS 548

International Relations, Perspectives and Theories

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 527

Cities, Citizenship and Civilization

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 530

Concepts in the History of Western Civilization

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 531

Ottoman History

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 532

Religion and Science: Historical Controversies and Modern Approaches

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 535

Economic and Social History of Modern Turkey

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 534

Ottoman Social and Political Institutions

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 537

Islamic Debates on Contemporary Issues

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 536

Imagining The Human: Man, Monster, Machine

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 543

World Law Traditions

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 538

Bayt al-Maqdis as a Model of Civilization

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 545

Political Thought from Ottoman to Republic

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 540

Silk Road Civilizations

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 547

Comparative Architecture History and Thought

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 552

Sufism Readings II

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 551

Sufism Readings I

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 554

Development of Islamic Thought

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 553

Development of Islamic Thought I

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 560

19th and 20th Century World History

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 555

African Civilizations

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 564

Modern History of the Middle East

3

0

3

8

 

POLS 557

History of Political Thought Readings

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 566

Music and Civilization

3

0

3

8

 

POLS 563/ SOC 536

Sociology of Politics

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 568

Sources of Islamic Political Thought

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 567

Discussions of Multiculturalism and Plurality

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 572

Religion Between Tradition and Modernity

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 569

Language, Discourse and Society

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 574

Religion and Politics

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 575

Global Environment and Climate Problems

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 576

Law and Society in Islamic Civilization

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 577

Islam in Different Disciplines

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 628

Discourse Analysis

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 593

Literature and Civilization

3

0

3

8

 

 

PHIL 630

Contemporary Thought Currents

3

0

3

8

 

PHIL 595

Basic Problems in Islamic Philosophy

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 632

Cinema in Different Cultures

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 647

Orientalism

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 636

Aesthetic Conceptions of Civilizations

3

0

3

8

 

PHIL 615

Philosophy of Science

3

0

3

8

 

 

POLS 560

State between Law and Politics

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 617

Religion and Politics in World Civilizations

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 642

Contemporary Ibn Khaldun Readings

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 625

Language and Society

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 650

Text Interpretation for Social Scientists

3

0

3

8

 

CIVS 637

Heterodoxy in Different Civilizations

3

0

3

8

 

 

CIVS 653

Japanese Language and Civilization Readings

3

0

3

8

 

* Valid for students who enrolled in their studies in the academic year 2017/2018 and afterwards

** Turkish students are required to take Arabic Academic Writing courses with the course codes CIVS 583 and CIVS 584, while international students are required to take Turkish Academic Writing courses with the course codes CIVS 591 and CIVS 592.