Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / FLS 421 - PHILOSOPHY

Code: FLS 421 Course Title: SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department PHILOSOPHY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer CESUR PEHLEVAN (cesurpehlevan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) CESUR PEHLEVAN,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge on the fields and branches of anthropology, to enable them to identifycultural, historical and environmental factors.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing.
PO-4 Relating universal philosophical problems to local problems.
PO-5 Examining universal problems of humanity anew, and researching into earlier examinations.
PO-7 Making use of interdisciplinary knowledge in the examination of universal and local problems in science, religion and art.
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Fields and branches of anthropology, research methods in anthropology, concepts of culture and approaches to culture, content of culture,cultural studies, kinship, marriage and race, language, art and reviewing other cultural theories.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 What is Anthropology? lecture, discussion
2 Culture lecture, discussion
3 Research Methods lecture, discussion
4 Language and Communication lecture, discussion
5 Adaptation strategies lecture, discussion
6 Jared Diamond: Guns, germs andsteel lecture, discussion
7 Lecture Evaluation lecture, discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Gender lecture, discussion
10 Ethnicity and Race lecture, discussion
11 Kinship lecture, discussion
12 Movie lecture, discussion
13 Applying Anthropology lecture, discussion
14 Anthropology's Role in a Globalizing World lecture, discussion
15 Lecture Evaluation lecture, discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
Required Course instruments and materials
Kültür, Lisa Gezon , Conrad Kottak, 2016.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 16 32
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 12 24
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 12 24
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 1 20 20
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 20 40
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 142