THB616 - TORE and TRADITIONS II

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)
Application
(hours/week)
Credit ECTS
TORE and TRADITIONS II THB616 Spring 3 0 3 7
PrequisitesNone
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Question and Answer
Drill and Practice
 
Instructor (s) 
Course objectiveThe aim of this lecture is to provide information about folk life and folk culture, transition periods (birth-wedding-death) and cultural change subjects. 
Learning outcomes
  1. Define folk life and folk culture concepts. Explain transition rites, traditions and customs related with wedding and death Apply functional analysis method to traditional socio-cultural events Comprehend relationships between tecnology and culture Learn cultural change concept and analyse cultural changes
Course ContentTransition rites, traditions and customs related with wedding in Turkish culture
* Transition rites, traditions and customs related with death in Turkish culture
*Cultural changes, relationships between tecnology and culture
*Folk life and folk culture
 
ReferencesÖrnek, S. Veyis(1977).Türk Halkbilimi. Ankara: İş Bankası Yayınları.
Boratav, P. Naili.(1982).Türk Folkloru.İstanbul: Gerçek Yayınları
Ziya Gökalp.(1978).Türk Töresi. Ankara: Kültür bakanlığı Yayınları.
Güngör, Erol.(1982)Kültür Değişmesi ve Milliyetçilik. İstanbul: Ötüken Yayınevi.
Kafesoğlu, İbrahim. Türk Millî Kültürü. İstanbul 1984.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introducing lecture content and bibliography
Week 2 Folk life and folk culture
Week 3Transition periods
Week 4 Transition periods: Birth
Week 5 Transition periods: Wedding
Week 6 Midterm exam
Week 7 Transition periods: Wedding
Week 8Transition periods: Death
Week 9Transition periods: Death
Week 10Concept of cultural change
Week 11Concept of cultural change
Week 12Concept of cultural change
Week 13Comparative cultural texture analysis
Week 14Comparative cultural texture analysis
Week 15Comparative cultural texture analysis
Week 16Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities110
Specific practical training00
Assignments110
Presentation00
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms120
Final exam160
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes040
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 activities12020
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14456
Presentation / Seminar Preparation000
Project000
Homework assignment13030
Midterms (Study duration)13030
Final Exam (Study duration) 13232
Total Workload32119210

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Can apply the advanced cultural analysis skills which they acquired in their research; develops and deepens expert knowledge in different fields of Social Sciences and Fine Arts.    X
2. Can develop the advanced knowledge which they acquired eclectically with information obtained from different disciplines of Social Sciences and Fine Arts.     
3. Deepen their knowledge about the Folklore studies carried out in the world.     
4. By using their expert theorical and practical knowledge, students can create presentations, articles and thesis outputs on the solution of cultural and intercultural problems.    X
5. Can use their expert theorical and practical knowledge in solving cultural,economic,ethnic,historical and social problems in the fields of education,culture and arts.     
6. Can use their expertise in the field of cultural science to raise the level of education, culture and art of the society;cultural preservation and survival,cultural economy, etc. uses in interactive areas.    X
7. Can collaborate in cultural studies by leading or working as a member of a team.     
8. By Using level a foreign language in the level of European Language Portfolio B2,students can communicate orally or in writing.     
9. Can use information and communication technologies which are required by social sciences, in an advanced level.    X
10. Students work for social awareness in cultural fields and can work as consultants in media literacy etc. related issues.    X
11. Can discuss universal culture policies in the light of scientific,social and cultural ethic values and they can also play an active role as being a consultant within the limits of universal rights.    X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest