| Teaching Staff
|
Dr.Öğrt.Üyesi Muhittin ŞAHİN |
| Language of Instruction |
Türkçe (Turkish) |
| Type Of Course |
Compulsory |
| Prerequisites |
- |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
- |
| Course Objectives |
The main goal of this course is to discuss the different cultural values and practices; so that the students will acquire the insight of their own socio-cultural environment. |
| Course Content |
In this course general studying areas of cultural anthropology are studied. By doing this the interaction between human and culture is analysed. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
The students who attend the course and were successful at the end of semester will acquire the followings:
1. gains the ability of analytical thinking.
2. Be aware of different cultures and gains intellectual insight.
3. Be able to identify different cultures in an integrated World; contributes social peace as he/she is aware of other cultures.
|
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Introduction to the course
|
| 2. Week |
Basic terms of anthropology and culture
|
| 3. Week |
Cultural anthropology in history and the beginnings of human culture
|
| 4. Week |
Cultural change and values
|
| 5. Week |
The relationship between culture and subculture (language, ecology, production and economy)
|
| 6. Week |
Groups: sexualities and marriages
|
| 7. Week |
Groups: family and family members
|
| 8. Week |
Midterm
|
| 9. Week |
Groups: Kinship and blood
|
| 10. Week |
Social organizations and symbolic meanings of rituals
|
| 11. Week |
The relationship between culture and superstructure (the anthropologies of faith and education)
|
| 12. Week |
The relationship between culture and superstructure (communication, literature, law, politics, sociology)
|
| 13. Week |
Change and the future of sapiens: processes to change (the role of the mass media)
|
| 14. Week |
Change and the future of sapiens: global issues, local reactions and the role of anthropology.
Questions and Answers
|
|
| Assessment |
| |
Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
40 |
| Quizes (%) |
- |
| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
- |
| Practice (%) |
- |
| Labs (%) |
- |
| Projects/Field Work (%) |
- |
| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
- |
| Final (%) |
60 |
| Other (%) |
- |
| Total(%) |
100 |
|
| Course Book (s) and/or References |
Harari, Yuval Noah. (2015). Hayvanlardan Tanrılara: Sapiens. Kolektif Kitap.
Harari, Yuval Noah. (2016). Homo Deus: Yarının Kısa Bir Tarihi. Kolektif Kitap.
Haviland, William A; Prins, Harald E.L; Walrath, Dana; McBride, Bunny. “Kültürel Antropoloji”. Kaknüs Yayınları.
Lavenda, Robert H.; Schultz, Emily A. (2017). Kültürel Antropoloji: Temel Kavramlar. (Çev. D. İşler, O. Hayırlı). DoğuBatı Yayınları.
Malinowsky, Bronislaw. (2016). Bilimsel bir kültür teorisi. Ankara: Doğu-Batı Yayınları.
Recommended other resources. |
| Work Placement(s) |
|
| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
| PQ 1 | PQ 2 | PQ 3 | PQ 4 | PQ 5 | PQ 6 | PQ 7 | PQ 8 | PQ 9 | PQ 10 | PQ 11 | PQ 12 | PQ 13 | PQ 14 | PQ 15 | PQ 16 | PQ 17 | PQ 18 | PQ 19 | PQ 20 | PQ 21 | PQ 22 | LO 1 | - | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | 3 | LO 2 | - | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | 3 | LO 3 | - | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | 3 |
Degree of contribution: 1. very low; 2: low; 3: medium; 4: high; 5: very high |