HIST360 OTTOMAN LABOR HISTORY (19TH CENTURY)
| Course Code: | 2400360 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | History |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. BİRTEN ÇELİK |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of the course the students will;
- have a general knowledge on Ottoman labor in the late Ottoman Empire (19th and early 20th century),
- be able to identify the affects of the changing economic and political factors on production and working life,
- be familiar with profiles of Ottoman labors, production patterns, characteristics of working life, and ethnic and gender division in the Ottoman Empire,
- have a general knowledge on the formation of Ottoman working class, labor organizations and labor protests,
- have a general understanding of state and employers’ policies concerning labor and work in the Ottoman Empire.
Course Content
This course is designed to explore Ottoman labor history with a particular emphasis on the nineteenth century. The goal is to understand the working life, characteristics of the Ottoman working class, and the variations in the formation of the Ottoman working class as well as the various Ottoman labor movements. Main topics of the course will be: political formation, social composition and economic structure, workers, working class formation and working life in the Ottoman Empire.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students ;
- will be familiar with the general characteristics of the Ottoman labor,
- will be able to identify Ottoman labor profiles, and ethnic and gender divisions in the working life,
- will be able demonstrate knowledge of key historical facts and social and economic conditions and politics that have shaped production and working life and labor in the Ottoman Empire,
- will be able to learn characteristics of Ottoman labor organizations,
- will be able to identify Ottoman state and employers’ politics in the working life,
- will be able to demonstrate their understanding of relation between the labor protests and exploitation of rights in the working life,
- will be to examine the sources of the Ottoman labor history in particular and labor history studies in general.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | are familiar with general world historical periods and trends; demonstrate knowledge of key facts, ideas, societies, organizations, cultures, structures and processes related to a variety of historical contexts. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | are familiar with existing scholarly literature, historiography and historical methodology; and have developed the ability to approach them critically. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | are acquainted with interdisciplinary approaches. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | are able to generate research questions and conduct independent historical research by locating and analyzing primary and/or secondary sources; can construct viable arguments based on source interpretation. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | have developed sufficient English language skills; additionally, they have acquired the skill to read both printed texts and manuscripts in Ottoman Turkish. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | are able to present research results both in oral and written form. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | are able to work individually or as part of a team. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | are equipped with academic ethics. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | are aware of modern day issues and current events; have the skills and knowledge to generate informed opinions. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution