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Lesson Information

Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Level of Course	Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
Course Coordinator	Prof. Dr. CELAL NAZIM İREM
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course	This course will examine major themes in world history during the early modern and modern periods. We will pay special attention to the development of modernity, including modern government, society and culture. We will also examine the unique role played by western civilization in shaping developments in the rest of the world through its practice of colonialism and imperialism. The course will cover the period from roughly 1500 to the 1980s. It will focus particularly on developments within Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Course Content	This course is a survey of world history from the early sixteenth century to the present, emphasizing social, intellectual and political topics.

The aim of the course

This course will examine major themes in world history during the early modern and modern periods. We will pay special attention to the development of modernity, including modern government, society and culture. We will also examine the unique role played by western civilization in shaping developments in the rest of the world through its practice of colonialism and imperialism. The course will cover the period from roughly 1500 to the 1980s. It will focus particularly on developments within Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Course Content

This course is a survey of world history from the early sixteenth century to the present, emphasizing social, intellectual and political topics.

Learning Outcomes

Adequate knowledge in mathematics, physical sciences and the engineering subjects of individual branches; the ability to implement theoretical and practical knowledge in the respective areas to modeling and solving engineering problems.
Ability to identify, define, formulate and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and implement the appropriate analysis and modeling methods in this respect.
Ability to design and conduct experiments for analyzing engineering problems or research subjects specific to the discipline, to collect data, to analyze and interpret the results.
Ability to use, choose and develop modern techniques and means required for engineering applications; ability to use information technologies effectively.
An ability to design and conduct experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret results for the study of complex engineering problems or discipline-specific research topics.
Awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning; ability to reach information, follow the latest developments in science and technology; ability to ensure self-renewal perpetually.
Acting in line with ethical principles, sense of professional and ethical responsibility; knowledge on the standards of engineering applications.
Ability to work effectively in interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams and individual works.
Information about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and safety in terms of universal and social aspects and information about the problems of the era; awareness about the legal results of engineering solutions.
Ability to communicate efficiently both in oral and written ways in Turkish; knowledge of at least one foreign language; ability to effectively prepare reports and understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, effective presentation, giving and receiving clear and understandable instructions.
Knowledge of business practices such as project management, risk management and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation; information about sustainable development.

Weekly Course Subjects

1	Early Modern World: Age of Exploration
2	Early Modern Europe: Reformation and Everyday Life
3	Absolutism and Consitutionalism
4	Age of Revolution
5	19th Century Europe: Industrialization
6	19th Century World
7	Modernization: Japan and Ottoman Empire
8	Midterm
9	The World Wars: The Great War and Russian Revolution
10	The World Wars
11	The World Wars: Totalitarianism
12	Post War: Cold War
13	Post War: Latin America
14	Post War: Africa

Resources

1-1) Andrea and Overfield, The Human Record, vol. II, 7 ed., Houghton Mifflin, ISBN:
978-0-495-91308-5
2) Madame de Lafayette, The Princesse de Clèves, Penguin Classics, ISBN: 0-14-
044587-0
3) Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Anchor Books, ISBN: 0-385-47454-7
4) Duiker and Spielvogel, The Essential World History, vol. II, 6 ed.,
Wadsworth/Cengage, ISBN: 0495902926 (optional)

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