SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

SOC104

Course Code: SOC104
Semester: Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Second Term (Spring)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Osman Özarslan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Discuss the role and scope of socio-cultural anthropology.
Demonstrate mastery of basic (socio-cultural) anthropological terms and concepts, apply them in cross-cultural contexts, and have an understanding of anthropological methods of inquiry.
Demonstrate a capacity for coherent, principled analysis of concrete social problems.
Compare and contrast the structures of social relationships and belief systems that operate in different cultural settings.
Display familiarity with a variety of topics, institutions, organizations and cultural processes (e.g., family, kinship, economics, politics, technology, race, ethnicity, and globalization) and get acquainted with a variety of theoretical perspectives that have been used in anthropology to shed some light on these issues.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course is designed to introduce students to the field of socio-cultural anthropology, which studies human cultures, in all times and places, and in all their forms. In this course, you will learn how to think like an anthropologist and find the opportunity to examine other cultures as well as your own. The reading material selected for this course will challenge you to think outside of your own cultural assumptions, help you to look at human culture from a critical distance and approach cultural diversity with thoughtfulness and sensitivity.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction of the General Topics and Content of the Course
2^nd Week	Scope of anthropology and its relationship with other sciences
3^rd Week	Field methods
4^th Week	Culture, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, universalism
5^th Week	Construction of races, cultural racism
6^th Week	Food production, settled societies, social organizations
7^th Week	Cultural change, adaptation
8^th Week	Midterm exam
9^th Week	Applied anthropology
10^th Week	Construction of gender
11^th Week	Economic systems
12^th Week	Colonialism and development
13^th Week	World system
14^th Week	General evaluation of the course
15^th Week	Public Holiday
16^th Week	General evaluation of the course

Recommended or Required Reading

Conrad, P.C. (2004) Anthropology: The Exploration of Human Diversity. McGraw Hill Publish

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	35
Assignment	2	25
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	14	4	56
Preparation for Final exam	1	20	20
Course hours	16	3	48
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	16	16
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	4	3	12
Total Work Load			156
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.2
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1	X
K2	X
K3		X
K4
K5
K6			X	X	X
K7		X	X	X
K8
K9
K10
K11					X
K12