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Course Description Course Name : Personality and Religious Belief Course Code : FDB 730 Course Type : Optional Level of Course : Second Cycle Year of Study : 1 Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks) ECTS : 6 Name of Lecturer(s) : Assoc.Prof.Dr. ASIM YAPICI Prof.Dr. HASAN KAYIKLIK Learning Outcomes of the Course : Defines personality. Explains personality theories. Tells the views of Allport, Maslow, Jung and Freud about personality and religious personality. Defines the relationship between personality and religious life. Classifes the kinds of religious lives Evaluates religious typology studies and their results. Defines individual religiosity models. Distinguishes between descriptive and developmental models. Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : The aim of this course is to reveal the role of personality in the emergence of the individual religious life. Course Contents : The course covers the topics such as definition of personality, personality theories, personality types, views of psychologists like Freud, Jung, Maslow and Allport about personality and religious personality, individual, descriptive and developmental religiosity models and religious typology studies. Language of Instruction : Turkish Work Place : Classrooms of Faculty of Theology   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 Definition of personality Reading the related resources Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion 2 Personality theories Reading the related resources Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion 3 Personality types Reading the related resources Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion 4 Allport´s and Maslow´s views about personality and religious personality Reading the related resources Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion 5 Jung and Freud´s views about personality and religious personality Reading the related resources Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion 6 The relationship between personality and religious life Reading the related resources Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion 7 Classification of personality types and kinds of religious lives Reading the related resources Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion 8 Midterm exam Revising the related resources Written and Oral Examination 9 The role of personality and other factors in the formation of Individual religiosity Reading the related resources Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion 10 Individual religiosity models Reading the related resources Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion 11 Descriptive religiosity models Reading the related resources Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion 12 Developmental religiosity models Reading the related resources Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion 13 Religious typology studies Reading the related resources Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion 14 Evaluation of religious typolgy studies Reading the related resources Lecturing, Question-Answer, Discussion 15 Final Exam Revising the related resources Written and Oral Exam 16/17 Final exam Revising the related resources Written and Oral Exam   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  Allpot, G. W. (1960). The Individual And His Religion. London: The Macmillan Campany Collier-Macmillan Limited;  Smith,B.D. & Vetter, H.J. (1982), Theoretical approaches to personality, New York: Prentice-Hall; Beit-Hallahmi,B. :& Argyle, M. (1997), Religious Behavior Belief and Experience, London & New York: Routledge. Required Course Material(s)   Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60     Homeworks/Projects/Others 2 40 Total 100 Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40   Final Assessments 100 Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60 Total 100   Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes # Key Learning Outcome Contribution* 1 Explains the effects of phenomenon of religion to formation, change and development of human and social structure. 5 2 Explains that religions can contribute to the maintenance of the atmosphere of peace and the development of coexistence culture in today´s world. 3 3 Has the necessary information about scientific research methods and techniques 3 4 Follows the impacts and the consequences of religion on social and scientific developments by using the main sources 4 5 Recognizes the key issues in the field and develops ways of solution related to them. 4 6 Has the necessary qualifications to provide the expected service for the students who will work as researchers, educators and religious officials in public and private institutions and organizations. 3 7 Has the capability of reaching accurate religious information by means of scientific research, and is able to evaluate, interpret and use the information obtained . 3 8 Recognizes main literature about the field and is able to have access to them. 4 9 Conducts scientific research on key issues relating to religion and community relations independently and draws conclusions. 4 10 Defends the results which are obtained in accordance with objective and scientific criteria. 3 11 Prepares research report in accordance with scientific criteria. 3 12 Realizes the necessity to think that religion, science, philosophy and morality complete each other and in order to explain the meaning of human life, they should be considered all together. 3 13 Realizies the necessity to respect faith and values which are attributed to holiness. 4 * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).   Student Workload - ECTS Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour) Course Related Works     Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 13 3 39     Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 13 3 39 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 2 22 44     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 10 10     Final Exam 1 15 15 Total Workload: 147 Total Workload / 25 (h): 5.88 ECTS Credit: 6