HIST526 COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN HISTORICAL SOURCES:SELECTED WOKS
| Course Code: | 2400526 |
| 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. FERDAN ERGUT |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to equip students with the skills necessary to critically analyze historical sources by placing them within their historical, cultural, and intellectual contexts. Students will examine the authors, time periods, and prevailing worldviews that shaped these sources, while also comparing different sources within the same context. The course encourages a comparative approach to understanding historical narratives and historiographical debates.
Course Content
Students will familiarize themselves with the sources of their specific field of interest. Historical sources will be introduced within the historical context in which they were prepared. The sources will be introduced through examining the authors, the time period in which they were written, general worldview of that time and how these problems were reflected in the sources. Different sources within the same context will be compared.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
Identify and analyze key historical sources relevant to their field of interest.
Place historical sources within their broader historical, cultural, and intellectual contexts.
Evaluate the perspectives and biases of authors based on their backgrounds and time periods.
Compare different sources within the same historical context to assess variations in interpretation.
Develop critical reading skills for engaging with primary and secondary sources.
Formulate well-supported arguments regarding the reliability, purpose, and significance of historical sources.
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