CPAP 100
CPAP is a program to improve computer proficiency. CPAP is not a regular course; it aims to measure, evaluate and develop the skills of the students in Word Processing and Spreadsheet Applications. Students can study from the on-line video lectures provided in the link http://home.ku.edu.tr/~cpap/lecnotes.html Undergraduate students must pass CPAP's proficiency test in order to fulfill the degree requirements. They can register to the scheduled tests by registering to one of the classes of CPAP100 using KUSIS Course Planner. More information is provided in the link http://home.ku.edu.tr/~cpap/..
HIST 201
Introduction to the ancient civilizations of Anatolia. Important human social developments in the past, such as the establishment of first temples in the world, origins of agriculture, emergence of cities, extensive use of metals and long-distance, international trade. Settlement organization and architecture, religion, economy, trade and artistic expression in ancient Anatolia. The period from 8000 BC to 600 BC including the prehistoric and protohistoric times and the Assyrian colonies of Anatolia, Hittites, Urartians, Phrygians, Lydians and the Persian conquest of Anatolia in 550 BC.
HIST 205
Emergence of a distinctive western European civilization out of Christian, Greco-Roman and Germanic institutions, the formation and transformation of medieval European society, the Renaissance and the Reformation, and state building and social change in the early modern era.
HIST 212
This course introduces the major themes of the early modern European cultural history from the late middle ages to the French Revolution. In addition to providing a general survey, it aims to familiarize the students with the historiography, that is, the writing of history, of this period. Topics will include the crisis of the late Middle Ages; the Renaissance of the Italian humanists; popular culture and social control; science, magic, and wonders; women and their world; witches and witch hunts; discovery of the Americas; and the Reformation and Counter Reformation.
HIST 217
The period between the late nineteenth and mid twentieth centuries. The Ottoman port cities of Istanbul and Salonica, Haussmann?s Paris, immigrant New York, the new Turkish capital of Ankara, Soviet Moscow, and Berlin during the interwar period. Exploring mainly the dialectical relationship between the built environment ·urban space- and social change. Illustrate the specificities and similarities of concurrent historical experiences in these different social entities.
HIST 103
The philosophy of history and various methodological approaches used in studying the past. Critical reading and writing skills emphasized.
HIST 204
Examines the complex changes the Ottoman State and society underwent from the end of the reign of Suleyman to the beginning of the Tanzimat. Crisis of the central state, the rise of the ayan in the provinces, changes in urban society and culture, and changing relations with and perceptions of Europe.
HIST 207
Chief themes and events in modern history, roughly since 1848. Industrialization, the American Civil War, start of true `globalization? · the spread of westernization, the rivalries of the Great Powers, World War I. The spread of Americanization, the rise of Communism, the Russian Revolution; the peace-treaties of the period 1919 · 1923 (Versailles to Lausanne).
HIST 216
A general introduction of Middle Eastern history from the birth of Islam to the present time with a special emphasis on 19th century changes. Analyzes social, political and economic structures of the Middle East in a historical perspective.
HIST 221
Introduction to the origins, development and enduring legacy of Late Antique and Byzantine civilization. The course traces the transformation of the ancient world and the emergence and role of Byzantium as a major political, economic and cultural power in Europe and Near East. Topics covered include the spread of Christianity, the development of imperial ideology and the institutions of state, warfare and diplomacy, social and economic life, literary, artistic and architectural achievements, and cultural interaction with Western Europe and the Islamic states of the Near East.
HIST 100
Basic introduction to Modern Turkish History. Looking at 19th and 20th centuries of Ottoman Empire and Türkiye. Analysis of different reading pieces and documentaries related to Modern Turkish History.
HIST 203
The Classical Age The origins, construction and transformation of the Ottoman polity from late medieval frontier principality to early modern empire. The geographical, ethnic and ideological premises of the Ottoman state’s establishment. A detailed analysis both of its expansion into the Balkans and the Arab world, and of the development of its central institutions as such. On the question of periodization, and introduces students to the key historiographical debates and methodological problems involved in the study of classical-period Ottoman history.
HIST 206
Emergence of modern societies in Europe, the transition from the absolutist state to the French revolution and its aftermath in Western and Eastern Europe.
HIST 214
This course introduces some of the major issues in the history of the Ottoman Empire with a focus on the cultural life. Topics will include: life at the frontiers; relations between Ottomans and their neighbors; imperial ideology; the social fabric, gender, and ethnic structure; social unrest and religious movements; the new world order and the Ottoman response. Students will be encouraged to compare and contrast academic approaches to Ottoman History with its representation in historical novels and film.
HIST 219
The period between the destruction of the Janissaries in 1826 and the end of single party rule in Türkiye in 1950. Different theoretical approaches to labor history, artisans? experience with the Industrial Revolution, the making of an industrial labor force, ethnic and gendered segmentations among workers, state and labor relations, and different labor migration patterns.
