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Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
USÛL AL-DÎN İLH353 2 + 0 2.0 2.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals To provide students with the basic concepts of religion.
Course Content This course analyzes the principal doctrine of Kalam and its opposite tendencies.
Learning Outcomes 1) Student comprehends the Essentials of Usul ad-Dîn
2) Student acquires knowledge between usul ad-Dîn and other disciplines.
3) Students gets capability of undestanding between Islam and other faiths.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Framework of the Concept of Usūlu'd-dīn and Introduction of Usūlu'd-dīn Literature Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
2. Week Usūlu'd-dīn and Methodological Divergence in the Context of Classification of Sciences Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Workshop
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week References in Usūl al-dīn: Language, Text and Construction Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Disagreements in Usūl al-dīn: Content and Ahkām Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week The Relationship between Usūlu'd-dīn and Fiqh: Meaning and the Meaning of Meaning Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Content Analysis of Usūlu'd-dīn Works I: Mu'tazila and Ash'ariyya Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Content Analysis of Usūlu'd-dīn Works II: Māturidiyya and Shī'a Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week The Problem of the Essence and Function of Nass: Reason-Nass Relationship Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Workshop
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week The Relationship between Reason and News: The Evidential Value of Mutawātir and Aḥād Khaber Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Workshop
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week The Problem of the Source, Evidential Value and Bindingness of Religious Knowledge: The Case of Destiny Lecture
Station
Storyline
Homework
11. Week The Problem of the Source, Evidential Value and Bindingness of Religious Knowledge: The Case of the Doctrine of Imāmah Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week The Method of Evidence in Kalam: Al-Mutakaddimūn Period Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Workshop
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week The Method of Evidence in Kalam: The Müteahhirûn Period Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Intellect-Sense-Fact Relationship: Jalīl al-kalām - Dakīku al-kalām distinction Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
AMİDİ- EBKARU'L EFKAR Fİ USULİ'D DİN
BAĞDADİ - USULU'D DİN
BAKILLANİ - KİTABU'T TEMHİD
BAKILLANİ - EL-İNSÂF
İBN HAZM - USULU'D DİN
MATURİDİ - KİTABU'T TEVHİD
PEZDEVİ - USULU'D DİN

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) 4 4
Homework 2 4
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 2 4
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 4 4
Midterm Exam 1 3
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 3
Final Exam 1 3
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 30
1 3
Dönem Sonu Sınavı (DSS) 1 3
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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