Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD EDP111 1. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 3.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Presentation
Course Coordinator
Instructors Nahide BOZKURT
Assistants
Goals This course will be started by historical methodology which is related with approaching to the material of main sources and historical works. The description of the Arabian background of the life of Prophet Muhammad will explore for a proper understanding of his career and achievements. This course also will cover Prophet Muhammad’s early life, his mission and acts during the Meccan and Medinan period.
Course Content This course will present the life of the Prophet Muhammad according to the main sources and historical works.
Learning Outcomes 1) Knows the bases of methodology of history
2) Knows the main sources about Hz. Muhammad's life
3) Knows scientific research on Muhammad's life.
4) Recognizes the personality of Muhammad.
5) Chronologically sorts the events that took place during the period of prophethood of Muhammad.
6) Exemplifies the change that took place in the Arabian peninsula during the time of Muhammad.
7) Critically evaluates the literature on Muhammad's life.
8) Explores the life of Muhammad in the form of individual and group work.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction: Concepts. Note on the main sources and researches. Lecture
Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Pre-Islamic Arabian background: social and cultural life. Question Answer
Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Pre-Islamic Arabian background:economic and religious life Discussion
Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Islamic Historiography, Note on the methodology. Lecture; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week The image of Prophet Muhammad in Qur’an. Lecture
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Prophet Muhammad’s life before Prophetic Call. Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Case Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week First revelation. Prophetic Call. First muslims. Problem Solving
Colloquium
Case Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Active opposition to Prophet Muhammad and his followers. Migration to Abyssinia. Lecture; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Journey to at-Ta’if. the Night Journey Lecture
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week First Medinan converts. First convention of Aqabah. Second convention of Aqabah: Hijrah. Discussion
Colloquium
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Prophet Muhammad’s first activities in Medina Discussion
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Relations with polytheists. Prophet Muhammad’s missions to foreign rulers Discussion
Opinion Pool
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Relations with Jews and Christians. The Farewell Pilgrimage and his death. Prophet Muhammad’s personality. Lecture
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Summary and conclusion: What have we learned? Lecture
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
1. Andrae, Tor, Mohammed: The Man and His Faith, London: George, Allen and Unwin, 1936
1. Guillaume, Alfred, The Life of Muhammad. A Translation of (Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah. With Introduction and Notes, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1955. Ss.109-218.
2. Armstrong, Karen ,Muhammad, A Biography of the Prophet, New York: Harper Collins, 1993
2. Bauben, Jabal Muhammad, Image of the Prophet Muhammad in the West, A Study of Muir, Margoliouth and Watt, Leicester: The Islamic Foundation, 1996. Ss.220-274.
5. Emerick, Yahya, Critical Lives, Muhammad, USA: Alpha, 2002.
6. Hamidullah, Muhammed, İslam Peygamberi,Trans., Salih Tuğ, İstanbul: İrfan Yayınevi, 1980, 2 vols.
7. Lings, Martin, Muhammad his life based on the earliest sources, Australia: The Islamic Texts Society, 1983.
Bauben, Jabal Muhammad, Image of the Prophet Muhammad in the West, A Study of Muir, Margoliouth and Watt, Leicester: The Islamic Foundation, 1996.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 1
Homework 7 1
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 6
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 2 4
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 2 4
1 2
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