ANT601 - CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ANT601 1st Semester 3 0 3 7
PrequisitesNONE
Course languageTurkish
Course typeMust 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
 
Instructor (s)Teaching staffs at the department of anthropology 
Course objectiveTeaching concepts, principles and theories of social anthropology.  
Learning outcomes
  1. At the end of the courses, students will be able to
  2. Know about the scope of anthropology and the four-discipline approach,
  3. Explain the main themes in cultural anthropology, such as, universalism, holism, integration and cultural relativism; tell the commonalities and differences between cultural anthropology and other disciplines studying humans,
  4. Know about the history of the concept of culture and explicate why it?s difficult to define `culture? and how it should be used in order to understand different cultures,
  5. Comprehend what theory is and the importance of theory in anthropology; know the basic theoretical approaches in the discipline,
  6. Know the primary topic domains in cultural anthropology, such as culture and communication, economic systems, political systems, marriage and kinship, ethnicity and social stratification, socialization and gender, and religion,
  7. The impact of the contemporary world system on the discipline itself and the issues it takes up.
Course ContentIntroducing anthropology and basic sub-disciplines, reviewing culture and its elementary components, teaching anthropological theories.  
References1)Bates, Daniel G. 2009. 21. Yüzyılda Kültürel Antropoloji, Çev: H.Ü. Öğretim Üyeleri, Ankara, İstanbul Bilgi Ün. Yayınları.
2)Herzfeld, Michael. 2012. Antropoloji: Kültürde ve Toplumda Teorik Uygulama, Çev: Bülent Toksöz, Ankara, Say Yayınları.
3)Özbudun, S., B. Şafak, N. S. Altuntek. 2007. Antropoloji: Kuramlar, Kuramcılar, Ankara, DipnotYayınları.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction to course; introduction to anthropology
Week 2The scope of cultural anthropology
Week 3Cultural anthropology and other disciplines studying humans
Week 4The concept of culture
Week 5Theory and anthropology
Week 6Midterm exam
Week 7Basic theories of anthropological studies
Week 8Family and kinship
Week 9Sex and gender
Week 10Economic and political anthropology
Week 11Midterm exam
Week 12Student presentations on the primary topics in cultural anthropology
Week 13Student presentations on the primary topics in cultural anthropology
Week 14Cultural anthropology in contemporary world and the current issues impacting the discipline
Week 15
Week 16Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments140
Presentation00
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms00
Final exam160
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes140
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes160
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14456
Presentation / Seminar Preparation11515
Project000
Homework assignment000
Midterms (Study duration)21530
Final Exam (Study duration) 13232
Total Workload3269175

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Based on the anthropology master program requirements, students gain awareness of the human, cultural and population diversity.     X
2. Students acquire the skills of evaluating social and cultural phenomena in local and global contexts.     X
3. Students obtain knowledge about different populations, cultures and traditions around the world.     X
4. Students develop their analytical skills and the ability to express themselves in oral and written modes.    X 
5. Students become able to conduct field study.     X
6. Students master the methods and techniques used in the reconstruction of ancient populations. X    
7. Students gain experience in the identification of scientific issues, designing and executing projects, and filing data reports.     X
8. Students become able to combine knowledge from their field with knowledge from other disciplines in order to create new study subjects.     X
9. Students acquire values of science ethics and abide by them.     X
10. Students can apply subject fields such as health and disease, violence, aging, migration, education, ecology and the environment, local cultures and customs, cultural heritage to living and extinct populations.     X
11. Students are able to convey a scientific experience or study.  X   
12. Students obtain knowledge on the biocultural history and the diversity of the human being. X   
13. Students gain knowledge regarding the various fields of application of anthropology.     X

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