History of the Middle East

Course: Archaeology and Prehistory

Structural unit: Faculty of History

Title
History of the Middle East
Code
ОК.21
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
The formation of competences to analyze the processes of civilizational evolution of the Middle East, to understand the religious-ideological, cultural-economic, socio-political and mental-psychological features of the Afro-Asian peoples, to use the knowledge gained when mastering other historical and humanitarian disciplines, to apply them in practice in scientific, political, diplomatic , cultural, archive-library, museum, ethnological, literary and teaching work.
Form of study
Distance form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. To know the history of the Ancient East. 2. To be able to work with sources of ancient Eastern origin. 3. Possess elementary skills of source criticism, historical analysis, establishment of cause and effect relationships.
Course content
The content of the course is divided into 2 content modules. Each content module includes lectures, seminars and independent work of students and ends with a rating control of the level of assimilation of knowledge of the program material of the corresponding part of the course. Content module 1 (СM1) includes topics 1-7, content module 2 (СM2) includes topics 8-15.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Planned educational activities and teaching methods: - a lecture - seminar classes - independent work - test - oral interview - essay
Assessment methods and criteria
The control of the student's knowledge is carried out according to the modular rating system. The total number of student points is formed by the semester points received from all topics of two content modules (points received for modular control papers (in the form of tests); points received for completing individual tasks; points received for work in seminar classes, as well as points which are received for the final control work. The results of students' educational activities are evaluated on a 100-point scale. The criteria for evaluating a student's answer are: • complete disclosure of the issue • the logic of presentation • use of basic and additional literature • analytical reasoning, the ability to draw conclusions
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Vadym Anatoliiovych Rubel
Department of Ancient and Middle Ages History
Faculty of History

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Ancient and Middle Ages History
Faculty of History