Academic Catalog

IR104 COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION

Course Code: 3140104
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: International Relations
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. AHMET NURÝ YURDUSEV
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

The basic purpose of this course is to introduce the students to the history of civilizations through a comparative perspective. The course starts with a conceptual analysis of the term civilization and deals with the basic questions in definition and civilizing process. Its departing point is that there is a common human civilizing process and also a plurality of human civilizations.