TAR667 - EUROPEAN MILITARY HISTORY (1453-1815)
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUROPEAN MILITARY HISTORY (1453-1815) | TAR667 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Dr. Fatih YeÅŸil | |||||
| Course objective | The main aim of the course is to provide the students with a general overview of the basic themes and issues of the European military history from an interdisciplinary perspective enabling them to understand the political, social, economic and intellectual façades of the subject. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | This course will discuss the technical and tactical transformation in the European armies from the Hundered Year Wars (1453) to the end of the Revolutionary Wars (1815). The transition in the European military organizations and warfare are the main subjects of the course. The impact of the military transformation on the state organization and people will be analysesd with the political, economic and intellectual changes of the period. | |||||
| References | Black, J. (1998). War and the World, Londra. Corvisier, A. (1979). Armies and Societies in Europe, 1494-1789, (Çev: A. Siddall), Bloomington. Downing, B. (1992). The Military Revolution and Political Change, New Jersy. McNeill, W. (1982). Pursuit of Power, Chicago. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Concept of Military History |
| Week 2 | Methodology of Military History |
| Week 3 | Military Historical Geography of Europe |
| Week 4 | Armies and Empire in the Middle Age |
| Week 5 | Military Renaissance or Revolution I |
| Week 6 | Midterm |
| Week 7 | Armies and Economy in Early Modern World |
| Week 8 | The Hundered Year War |
| Week 9 | The Thirty Year War |
| Week 10 | Midterm |
| Week 11 | Habsburg-Bourbon Rivalry I: The War of Spanish Succesion |
| Week 12 | Habsburg-Bourbon Rivalry II: The War of Austrian Succesion |
| Week 13 | The Road to Formation of National Armies |
| Week 14 | The Beginning of Revolutionary Wars |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 15 |
| Project | 1 | 15 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 4 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 25 | 50 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 26 | 26 |
| Total Workload | 35 | 86 | 180 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 6. Develops and completes an independent project to investigate the background of a current problem and develops solutions by interpreting the findings. | X | ||||
| 7. Learns teamwork, carries out collaborative studies with other social science fields to solve complex problems. | X | ||||
| 8. Follows the scientific studies in history and in other social sciences published in Turkish and foreign languages, prepares papers, articles, and reports with different data and methods. | X | ||||
| 9. Acquires a questioning perspective, tries to understand the thoughts and actions of others, makes self-criticism, presents their findings and thoughts in a scientific manner. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest