COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0166 SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Cultural Heritage and Tourism

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DEVRIM ERTÜRK

Offered to

Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Tourism and Hotel Management
Civil Aviation Transportation Management
Food Technology

Course Objective

To evaluate the historical development, basic concepts, method and perspective of the social / cultural anthropology discipline

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will be able to evaluate subfields of anthropology, the origin, development, history and basic concepts of social and cultural anthropology as a science.
2   Will be able to formulate the method of Social and Cultural Anthropology
3   Will be able to comprehend the basic issues of cultural analysis and develop a holistic perspective
4   Will be able to interpret the concept of cultural change
5   Will be able to combine different cultures living in different ecological conditions in different geographies around the world.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is Anthropology
2 Founders and short history of Anthropology
3 Concept of race
4 What is culture
5 Relationship of language and culture
6 Linguistic construction of culture
7 Structuralist Anthropology
8 Midterm
9 Commentative Anthropology
10 Linguistic Anthropology
11 Cultural centrism
12 Criticism of European centrism
13 Cultural relativism
14 Evaluation: Interpreting cultures

Recomended or Required Reading

Şafak B., Altuntek N. s., Özbudun S. , 2016, Antropoloji Kuramlar/Kuramcılar, Dipnot Yayınları, Ankara.
William A. Haviland, Herald E. L. Prins, 2017, Kültürel Antropoloji, Çeviren: Inan Deniz Erguvan Sarıoğlu, Kaknüs Yayınları, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and Final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It ıs compulsory that students attend 70 percent of the lesson and fulfill the other requirements of the lesson.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

devrim.erturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10:00-12:00 am

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 7 2 14
Preparation for final exam 14 1 14
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55