COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND CIVILIZATION HISTORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 1006 SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND CIVILIZATION HISTORY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HASAN TÜRKER

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course aims to explain to the aimed students the forms of organization of human communities, their characteristics of livelihoods, their interactions with each other, and the cultural heritage they have left, from the emergence of the first civilizations to the present day

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Definition, scope, areas of work, method of social anthropology; relate to everyday life
2   The emergence of early humans and modern humans; the evolution of human livelihoods, kinship systems and social organization
3   Gender; religion, language, individual and culture
4   The birth of civilization, the common and distinctive features of the first civilizations
5   Learn the basic features of Anatolian civilizations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition, scope, areas of work, method of social anthropology; relationship with everyday life
2 What is culture What are the features
3 The emergence of the first man and modern man.
4 The first people and the beginning of human culture
5 Man's way of living and lifestyle. Hunting-Gathering.
6 Man's way of living and lifestyle, Agriculture and livestock.
7 The birth of cities and states.
8 General review, course evaluation, midterm exam
9 Transition from agriculture to industrial society. Industrial society
10 Family and marriage institution
11 Kinship and gender
12 The institutionalization of religion and belief
13 Language.Development of speech and written language
14 The cultural heritage of the Anatolian civilizations in Anatolia
15 Semester final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Güvenç, B. (1991)Insan ve Kültür. Remzi Kitabevi: Istanbul
WELLS, C. (1984) Sosyal Antropoloji Açısından Insan ve Dünyası. Istanbul: Remzi Kitabevi
Kottak, C. P.( 2001) Antropoloji: Insan Çeşitliliğine Bir Bakış. Ütopya Yayınları: Ankara
Haviland, William, Prins,E.L.Harald, Walrath,Dana, Mcbride,Bunny.(2008) Kültürel Antropolji. Kaknüs yayınları, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Multiple choice test, written exam(Long and short answer)

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hturker@deu.edu.tr
HAY 406
Tel: 3012300

Office Hours

Thursday 10:00-11:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 67

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.25555555
LO.3535
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LO.554555445

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