HIST532 EMERGENCE OF OTTOMAN MODERNIZATION

Course Code:2400532
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
Course Coordinator:
Offered Semester:Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course the students will be able to learn:

- Major political, economic and legal changes in the late Ottoman Empire after the Tanzimat Reforms.

- The rise of nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire and their impact on the Ottoman state and society, political organizations.

- Ottoman Constitutional experiences.

- The cultural and political interaction between the Ottoman Empire and Europe and the impact of this interaction on the Ottoman state apparatus and on the Ottoman society towards building a nation state.

- Connections between the 19th and 20th century wars and the Ottoman crisis and changes in her foreign policy.


Course Content

Continuation of 2400531.


Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course the students will be able to:

- Identify major changes happened in the Ottoman Empire after the Tanzimat reforms.

- Identify and analyze the impact of nationalism on the Ottoman state and society as emergence of nationalisms, and political organizations.

- List and analyze constitutional experiences in the Ottoman Empire.

- Describe Ottoman modernization and its impact on state and society and nation state building efforts in the Ottoman Empire.

- Identify effects of the late 19th and early 20th century wars on the Ottoman crisis, changes and foreign relations.


Program Outcomes Matrix

Level of Contribution
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1Demonstrate competence in their chosen fields of study including the sources and the historiography relevant to it
2Construct arguments based on developed research skills that enable them to access, analyze, synthesize and evaluate primary, secondary and tertiary sources efficiently
3Disseminate and communicate research findings effectively in oral and written form
4Develop the ability to work cooperatively on investigation of an area of historical inquiry and to share own findings with co-researchers
5Conduct research in Ottoman archives and other national and international research institutions
6Have a command of language skills necessary for their research
7Act in accordance with a universal understanding of academic ethics
8Contribute 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