Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / ARK271 - ARCHAEOLOGY

Code: ARK271

Course Title: HUMAN VARIATION

Theoretical+Practice: 2+0

ECTS: 3

Year/Semester of Study

2 / Fall Semester

Level of Course

1st Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Optional

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

The aim of this course is to understand the basics of human biological and cultural diversity, the variations observed in human beings and the factors affecting these variations.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Students learn the basics of biological diversity, have information about human variation and potential consequences of variations, and learns the effects of the variations observed in human.	PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced 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 PO-9 Make inner and interdisciplinary team works happen PO-10 Make effective introduction of their fields
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course focuses on the biological and cultural diversity among populations and within the population. After the basic principles of genetics, physical and behavioral characteristics are examined. These features will be discussed anthropologically and the cultural processes that shape these features will be discussed.
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Introduction to course: Perception of human diversity	Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
2	History of racial categorisation	Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
3	Human Diversity	Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
4	New Physical Anthropology	Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
5	Film: PK.	Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
6	Lecture Evaluation	Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
7	mid-term exam
8	Neolithic Period	Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
9	Human Behaviour and Diseases	Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
10	Lactose intolerance	Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
11	Mismatch diseases	Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
12	Adaptation	Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
13	Film: Gattaca	Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
14	Lecture Evaluation	Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
15	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Özener, B.,2016, İnsan Çeşitliliği, Evrensel Yay. İstanbul
2	Molnar, s. 2015. Human Variation: Races, Types, and Ethnic Groups, Routledge.
Required Course instruments and materials

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	14.	1	%60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	2	14	28
Outside Class
a) Reading			0
b) Search in internet/Library			0
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	2	10	20
mid-term exam	1	14	14
Own study for final exam	1	14	14
final exam	1	14	14
			0
			0
Total work load;			90