Information Package / Course Catalogue
European History in Xvth - Xıxth Centuries
Course Code: TRH515
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Teach the political, social, cultural and economic history of Europe in the New and Modern Ages

Course Content

In this course, the concept of Contemporary Western from Renaissance until the 20th century, 16.-20. century, hegemony / equilibrium transformations in Europe, the economic and social foundations of political formations will be discussed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Explain the sources of this period.
2.Explain history of this period.
3.Recognize the political development of this period.
4.Prepare bibliography.
5.conceptualizes events and phenemenons of the European history with its social, economic, intellectual façades and by interdisciplinary perspective
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Rıfat Uçarol, Siyasi Tarih (1789-2001), İstanbul, Der Yay., 2008.
2.Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih (1918-1990), C. I-II Ankara, İmge Kitabevi, 1991.
3.Norman Davies, Avrupa Tarihi, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2006.
4.Burkhardt, J. (1973). İtalya'da Rönesans Kültürü, çev. B. S. Baykal, 2 c. İstanbul.
5.Sorel, A. (1949). Avrupa ve Fransız İhtilâli, İstanbul.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Europe in the early modern age
Week 2 - Theoretical
Supremacy of the West on seas. Supremacy of Portugal and Spain
Week 3 - Theoretical
Price increases and Mercantilism, Netherlands, France and Germany's status, Thirty Years' War and Peace of Westphalia
Week 4 - Theoretical
Development of parliament in the UK, Nation State, Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), Thirty Years' War and Peace of Paris
Week 5 - Theoretical
Europe before the Revolution
Week 6 - Theoretical
French Revolution of 1789
Week 7 - Theoretical
1789 French Revolution Leaders and Their Views
Week 8 - Theoretical
Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 The Industrial Revolution and globalization
Week 9 - Theoretical
The Establishment of The Italian and German Union
Week 10 - Theoretical
The establishment of the blocs (1871-1907)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Imperialism
Week 12 - Theoretical
The reasons of World War I.
Week 13 - Theoretical
The Results Of World War I.
Week 14 - Theoretical
General evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Assignment112214
Midterm Examination18210
Final Examination114216
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)124
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
5
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
3
4
4
4
OÇ-3
4
4
4
4
OÇ-4
4
5
4
4
4
OÇ-5
3
3
4
5
4
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2026