Course Description // Dr. Maytham Ali Nafi
This course description provides a summary of the most important characteristics of the course and the learning outcomes that the student is expected to achieve, demonstrating whether he or she has made the most of the learning opportunities available. It must be linked to the program description.
1. Educational Institution, Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) University - Faculty of Arts
2. University Department/Center, Department of History
3. Name/code of the course Türkiye and Iran
4. Programs in which bachelor’s degrees are included
5. Available forms of attendance are mandatory
6. Semester/Year Annual
7. Number of study hours (total) 90
8. The date this description was prepared is September 2022
9. Course objectives
Introducing the student to the history of Turkey and Iran and informing him of the most important historical events that had an impact on the political, economic, social and military situations of the two countries.
Introducing the student to the most prominent historical transformations of the two countries and their impact on the regional environment.
Introducing the student to the nature of the transformations in the ruling systems of the two countries, Türkiye and Iran
Working to enable students to acquire knowledge in line with quality standards in higher education
Enabling students to acquire scientific knowledge in order to be able to supply the labor market with effective outputs
10. Learning outcomes and methods of teaching, learning and evaluation
A- Knowledge and understanding
A1- Students’ familiarity with sources for studying the history of Türkiye and Iran
A2- Preparing students scientifically so that they are able to acquire scientific knowledge and apply it in the teaching process
A3- Empowering students intellectually to comprehend the scientific method
A4- Enabling students to write scientific research and reports in a correct scientific manner
A5- Familiarize students with methods of research and scientific thinking
B - Subject-specific skills
B1 - Organizing and strengthening students’ experiences by preparing them mentally by acquiring knowledge
B2 - Students acquire the greatest amount of scientific information about the history of Türkiye and Iran
B3 - Enabling students to participate in group dialogues
B4- Enabling students to comprehend the course
Teaching and learning methods
Using different teaching methods, including raising the problem during the lecture and discussing it with the students in a scientific dialogue method, using maps, blackboards, and books as illustration tools.
Evaluation methods
Written and oral exams, dialogue, discussion, daily reports, research.
C- Thinking skills
C1- Enabling students to understand the scientific method
C2- Enabling students to think scientifically, deduce, analyze and criticize
C3- Enabling students to interpret historical events and draw conclusions from them
C4- The ability to describe the prescribed curriculum
Teaching and learning methods
Increasing the acquired knowledge, speed, and breadth of learning by developing strategies that activate the student’s memory by relying on thinking, analysis, deduction, planning, and self-organization.
Evaluation methods
Discussing scientific topics that stimulate deep thinking, in order to develop thinking and discussion skills
D - General and transferable skills (other skills related to employability and personal development).
D1- Class leadership skills
D2- Planning skills
D3- Evaluation skills and emphasizing individual differences among students
D4- Viewing and application skills
11. Course structure
Week Hours Required learning outcomes Name of unit/course or subject Teaching method Evaluation method
the first
9/21/2017 The Ottoman Empire before the outbreak of World War I The history of Turkey and Iran Monthly exam lecture, reports and research
The second: Türkiye during World War I, a written and oral exam lecture
The third: Mustafa Kamal and the War of Independence, a written and oral exam lecture
Fourth: Sèvres Institutes 1920, Treaty of Lausanne 1923, lecture, written and oral exam.
Fifth: The Establishment of the Turkish Republic, a written and oral exam lecture
Sixth: Establishment of the Republican People’s Party, Türkiye’s foreign relations, written and oral exam lecture
Seventh, Türkiye's neutrality in World War II, written and oral exam lecture
Eighth-Ninth Political developments in Türkiye (1945-1960) Lecture Written and oral exam
Tenth - thirteenth Military coups in Türkiye, written and oral exam lecture
Fourteenth-fifteenth: Türkiye’s foreign relations, written and oral exam lecture
Sixteenth 2/15/2018 The conditions of Iran before the Safavids, written and oral exam lecture
Seventeenth-nineteenth, Iran during the era of the Safavids, written and oral exam lecture
The twentieth: Iran during the era of turmoil, the Afghan invasion, Nader Shah, Karim Khan Al-Zand, a lecture, a written and oral exam.
The twenty-first: The establishment of Qajar rule (1796-1925), a written and oral exam lecture.
The twenty-third: General conditions in Iran in the nineteenth century, written and oral exam lecture
Twenty-fourth attempts at reform, 19th century, lecture, written and oral exam
The twenty-fifth Constitutional Revolution 1906, causes and results, lecture, written and oral exam
Twenty-sixth: Factors of the collapse of Qajar rule, written and oral exam lecture
The twenty-seventh, Iran during the era of Reza Pahlavi 1926-1941, lecture, written and oral exam.
The twenty-eighth, Iran during the reign of Muhammad Reza Shah 1941-1979, internal conditions, lecture, written and oral exam.
The twenty-ninth Tamim Oil lecture, written and oral exam
Iran between the fall of Mossadeq and the fall of the Shah (1953-1979)
12. Infrastructure
Required readings:
Basic texts
Course books
Other, Ibrahim Khalil Ahmed and others, Iran and Turkey, a study in modern and contemporary history
Kamal Mazhar Ahmed, Studies in the Modern and Contemporary History of Iran
Graham Robert, Iran's economic policy under the Shah
Ibrahim Khalil and others, Contemporary Türkiye
Special requirements (including, for example, workshops, periodicals, software, and websites) Conducting discussions among students on specific topics and searching for...