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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
AE-RPD103Cultural AnthropologyCompulsory114
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To teach the basic concepts and principles of social anthropology.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Tüm öğretim üyeleri
Learning Outcomes
1Recognize the approaches that explain the concept of culture.
2Will have information about biological and cultural evolution.
3Recognize different perspectives and theories in anthropology.
4Will be able to interpret the economic and political diversity of societies and express the place of kinship and gender in the socialization process.
5Will be able to explain and interpret the emergence of belief systems, diversity and language-culture relations.
Mode of Delivery
Second Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
none
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Basic subjects of anthropology and the concept of culture; history of cultural anthropology and cultural change, culture and values, concepts related to culture (language, ecology, modes of production and economy), gender, marriage, family, kinship and lineage systems; symbolic meaning of social organizations and ceremonies; anthropology of religion, communication, economics, education, film and photography, history, journalism, law, linguistics, literature, medicine, political science and sociology within the scope of the course and within the framework of RPD.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Scope, subject, method and basic concepts of anthropologyNoneNone
2Biocultural evolution of man
3The concept of culture and cultural processes
4Anthropological theories
5Economic Systems
6Research
7Political Systems
8Midterm
9Kinship and Marriage
10Family and gender
11Anthropology of Religion
12Cultural construction of identity, ethnic belonging and race
13applied anthropology
14anthropology today
15Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Kottak, Conrad P. 2001. Antropoloji, Çev: H.Ü. Öğretim Üyeleri, Ankara, Ütopya yayınları, Daniel G. Bates. 2009. Çev: H.Ü. Öğretim Üyeleri . Ankara.İstanbul Bilgi Ün. Yayınları, 21. Yüzyılda Kültürel Antropoloji , Sibel Özbudun ve Gülfem Uysal, 50 Soruda Antropoloji, Bilim ve Gelecek Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2012
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination25250
Attending Lectures14228
Individual Study for Final Examination12222
Homework12525
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
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