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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / ARK169 - ARCHAEOLOGY

Code: ARK169 Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY I Theoretical+Practice: 2+2 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department ARCHAEOLOGY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer YENER BEKTAŞ (yenerbektas@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) YENER BEKTAŞ,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Anthropology has traditionally had four subfields—physical/biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology. The objectives of our course are related both to the four sub-fields of Anthropology and to broader thinking and educational goals.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 The students which you have this lecture know the development of anthropology as a science, the definition and basic concepts of anthropology and the theories of anthropology. PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-6 Use available computer technologies to solve problems in interested fields
PO-7 Establish analytical and critical communication with the other parts of the society in a professional way using oral and written means
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course provides an introduction to anthropology, the study of human beings across the globe today and as they existed deep into the far reaches of the past. Humans are complex beings, both biologically and culturally. This is why anthropology is holistic—which means it studies all aspects of the bio-cultural systems that comprise humanity—and comparative, meaning anthropology looks at human cultures across the world side by side. In order to understand ourselves, anthropologists join many disparate methods and tools to explain how humans interact with each other. In the United States, anthropology is divided into four subfields that have specialized in these different aspects of human complexity: cultural anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. In this course you will learn about these four fields, their unique methods, and how they are applied to solve global issues in today’s complex and rapidly changing world.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 What is Anthropology? Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
2 Culture Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
3 Research Methods Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
4 Human Adaptability Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
5 The first farmers Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
6 The First Cities and States Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
7 Lecture evaluation Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Kinship Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
10 Language and Communication Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
11 Ethnicity and Race Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
12 Gender Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
13 The World System and Colonialism Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
14 Global Issues Today Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
15 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Biological Anthropology: the natural history of humankind, Allen, Anton, Stanford. 2017
2 Antropoloji İnsan Çeşitliliğinin Öncemi, Kottak, 2015
Required Course instruments and materials
Computer, Books, Research Papers

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 7. 1 %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 16. 1 %60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 4 16 64
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 10 20
       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 1 20 20
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 150