HIST502 HISTORIOGRAPHY AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY
| Course Code: | 2400502 |
| 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: | Prof.Dr. RECEP BOZTEMUR |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course will deal with the development of history writing from ancient Greece to present. Various definitions and debates, methodological approaches and conceptual concerns related with historical understanding and historical inquiry are among the topics of the course. Classes will be organized around selected authors and their writings from various periods of history. Change in historiography and the understanding of history will form the basic outline of the class. The class will also analyze Middle East historiography and the Ottoman history writing through selected authors from different periods.
Course Content
Continuation of 2400501.
Course Learning Outcomes
The students will be introduced to different historical traditions, and to provide them a comparative understanding of history, history writing and philosophy of history.
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