MATHEMATICS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
SOC1005 | Introduction to Anthropology | Spring Fall |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYŞEGÜL AKDEMİR |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | "." |
Course Objectives: | The aim of this course is twofold: First, students will be introduced to the core ideas and concepts of anthropology such as culture, nature, ethnography, social stratifications, kinship systems, race, gender, marriage, sexuality, religion etc. Examples from various human groups around the globe will be used to develop an understanding of these core concepts, ideas and themes. Secondly, we will bring in these concepts and perspectives into our own lives to develop an informed analysis of the Turkish society. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who succeeded in this course will be able to: (1)Develop an understanding of Anthropology, its origins and its conditions of emergence. (2) Analyse core concepts of Anthropology (3)Describe relationship between Anthropology and colonialism (4)Develop a perspective on how to conceptualize culture (5)Examine major socio cultural institutions and practices such as Kinship, Family and Marriage (6)Develop a conceptualization of Nature. Explore the relationship between nature and culture (7)Develop a critical perspective on concepts that are taken for granted in our daily lives (8)Develop competence on linking concepts and theories of anthropology with existing socio cultural practices (9)Develop an understanding of human cultural variety |
The course has two main sections. In the first part, it will introduce students to the world of anthropology by examining its origins, scope, main paradigms, and by developing a theoretical understanding of what culture is. Second section consists of using the main perspectives developed in the first part in exploring some of the main themes and topics of anthropology such as family, kinship, gender, and nature. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction and course outline | |
2) | What is anthropology | Horace Miner, “Body Ritual of the Nacirema” |
3) | Origins of Anthropology | Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 1 |
4) | Early anthropological theories: Social Evolutionism | McGee & Warms “Nineteenth-Century Evoltionism” |
5) | Early anthropological theories: Cultural Relativism | McGee & Warms “Historical Particularism” |
6) | Culture and colonial heritage | Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 2 |
7) | Critique of ‘Culture’ | Renato Rosaldo “The Erosion of Classic Norms” |
8) | Midterm | Course review and midterm |
9) | Kinship and Descent | Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 9 |
10) | Family | Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 9 cont'd. |
11) | Marriage | Lavenda & Schultz, Chapter 10 |
12) | Sex and Gender | Donna Haraway, “Is Female to Male as Nature Is to Culture” |
13) | Gender inequalities | Anne Fausto-Sterling, “The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female Are Not Enough” |
14) | Nature / Culture I | TBA |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Robert H. Lavenda and Emily A. Schultz. Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology. Third Edition. Boston: McGraw Hill. 2007 Renato Rosaldo. Culture and Truth. , Boston: Beacon Press. 1993 |
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Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Quizzes | 5 | % 15 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 45 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 55 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 45 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Quizzes | 5 | 10 | 50 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 152 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To have a grasp of basic mathematics, applied mathematics and theories and applications in Mathematics | |
2) | To be able to understand and assess mathematical proofs and construct appropriate proofs of their own and also define and analyze problems and to find solutions based on scientific methods, | |
3) | To be able to apply mathematics in real life with interdisciplinary approach and to discover their potentials, | |
4) | To be able to acquire necessary information and to make modeling in any field that mathematics is used and to improve herself/himself, | 4 |
5) | To be able to tell theoretical and technical information easily to both experts in detail and non-experts in basic and comprehensible way, | |
6) | To be familiar with computer programs used in the fields of mathematics and to be able to use at least one of them effectively at the European Computer Driving Licence Advanced Level, | |
7) | To be able to behave in accordance with social, scientific and ethical values in each step of the projects involved and to be able to introduce and apply projects in terms of civic engagement, | |
8) | To be able to evaluate all processes effectively and to have enough awareness about quality management by being conscious and having intellectual background in the universal sense, | 4 |
9) | By having a way of abstract thinking, to be able to connect concrete events and to transfer solutions, to be able to design experiments, collect data, and analyze results by scientific methods and to interfere, | |
10) | To be able to continue lifelong learning by renewing the knowledge, the abilities and the competencies which have been developed during the program, and being conscious about lifelong learning, | |
11) | To be able to adapt and transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of mathematics ; such as algebra, analysis, number theory, mathematical logic, geometry and topology to the level of secondary school, | |
12) | To be able to conduct a research either as an individual or as a team member, and to be effective in each related step of the project, to take role in the decision process, to plan and manage the project by using time effectively. |