COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN | |||||
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 | Fall Spring |
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) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | |
2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | |
3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | |
4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | |
5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | |
6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | |
7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | |
8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | |
9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | |
10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | |
11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | |
12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | |
13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | |
14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 3 |