HIST530 THEMES IN OTTOMAN ECONOMIC HISTORV
| Course Code: | 2400530 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | History |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Comparing and relating the Ottoman economic developments with international economic developments.
Situating Ottoman economic history into wider European, Mediterranean and World economic history.
Connecting diverse research fields such as climate and economic history to explicate economic events, inter- and correlation between historical developments, looking from varied perspectives at the economic history.
Course Content
The basic conceptual tools and methods of economic history, Ottoman demographic history, issues in economic and commercial history, institutional structure and law systems, financial tools, environmental and climatic factors effecting economy, archival materials used in economic history.
Course Learning Outcomes
Conceptual framework for studying and revealing matters in economic history.
Knowledge of archival sources for Ottoman economic, commercial, price and financial history.
Knowledge of main research themes in Ottoman economic history for further exploration through graduate works.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Demonstrate competence in their chosen fields of study including the sources and the historiography relevant to it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Construct arguments based on developed research skills that enable them to access, analyze, synthesize and evaluate primary, secondary and tertiary sources efficiently | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Disseminate and communicate research findings effectively in oral and written form | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Develop the ability to work cooperatively on investigation of an area of historical inquiry and to share own findings with co-researchers | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Conduct research in Ottoman archives and other national and international research institutions | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Have a command of language skills necessary for their research | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Act in accordance with a universal understanding of academic ethics | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Contribute to society through a sense of personal responsibility and awareness for social issues | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution