COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 4068 SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ÖMER KÜLHANCI

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize the concept of culture according to different approaches.
2   Recognize different perspectives and theories in anthropology
3   Will be able to interpret the interaction of kinship and gender concepts with the economic and political diversity of societies.
4   will be able to express The emergence of religious systems and their diversity
5   will be able to explain and interpret language-culture relations
6   will be able to distinguish social anthropological observation, evaluation and analysis skills.
7   Will be able to describe anthropological/cultural practices and processes in the modern world.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Scope, subject, method and basic concepts of anthropology Art
2 History of anthropology and ethnography Identity and ethnic affiliation
3 The concept of culture and cultural processes Applied Anthropology
4 Subsistence methods Exam
5 Economic systems
6 Language and communication
7 Family and kinship
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Social groupings
10 Religion

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1. Conrad P. Kottak. Antropoloji. Çev: H.Ü. Öğretim Üyeleri. Ankara: Ütopya Yayınları, 2001.
2. Daniel G. Bates. 21. Yüzyılda Kültürel Antropoloji. Çev: H.Ü. Öğretim Üyeleri. Ankara: Istanbul Bilgi Üni. Yayınları, 2009.
Supplementary Book(s):
3. Sibel Özbudun ve Gülfem Uysal. 50 Soruda Antropoloji. Istanbul: Bilim ve Gelecek Yayınevi, 2012
4. Metin Özbek. Dünden Bugüne Insan. Imge Kitabevi Yayınları, 2007
5. Thomas Hylland Eriksen. Küçük Yerler Büyük Meseleler. (Çeviren: A. Erkan Koca). Ankara: Birleşik Yayınevi, 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Topics will be contentiously examined by instructor as a moderator and active participation of students.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In total, one midterm and one final will be conducted. There will be multiple selection, short answer and open-ended questions in the levels of wide range of knowledge, comprehension, analysis, interpretation and synthesis for all exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

omer.kulhanci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.25554444
LO.35554444
LO.455554
LO.5445555445
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LO.7

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