Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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TOURISM RESEARCH INSTITUTE / TRT515 - TURİZM REHBERLİĞİ (TEZSİZ YÜKSEK LİSANS)

Code: TRT515 Course Title: ANATOLIAN FOLK CULTURE Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department TURİZM REHBERLİĞİ (TEZSİZ YÜKSEK LİSANS)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MERAL BÜYÜKKURU (mbuyukkuru@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to teach students about Turkish Folklore and Anatolian Folk Culture.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can accurately identify Turkish Folklore. PO-6 Understand, analyze and interpret the cultures, history, religions, and the art of the civilisations that have lived in Turkey.
PO-11 Analyze, critically interpret and evaluate the knowledge and skills they have gained.
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
LO-2 Can accurately introduce Anatolian Folk Culture PO-1 Have a deeper understanding of tourism and its related fields.
PO-6 Understand, analyze and interpret the cultures, history, religions, and the art of the civilisations that have lived in Turkey.
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
LO-3 Can explain the values that make up Anatolian folk culture. PO-6 Understand, analyze and interpret the cultures, history, religions, and the art of the civilisations that have lived in Turkey.
PO-11 Analyze, critically interpret and evaluate the knowledge and skills they have gained.
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
LO-4 Can explain the traditional traditions that exist in Anatolia. PO-6 Understand, analyze and interpret the cultures, history, religions, and the art of the civilisations that have lived in Turkey.
PO-10 Develop behaviors and competencies required for lifelong learning.
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The aim of this course is to teach students about Turkish Folklore and Anatolian Folk Culture.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Folklore, Folk Culture and Cultural Heritage Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
2 Cults (Fire, Hearth, Water, Forest) Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
3 Cult of Fatma Ana Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
4 Sacrifice and Votive Ritual Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
5 Evil Eye Culture Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
6 Intangible Cultural Heritage in Anatolian Cuisine Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
7 Nowruz Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
8 mid-term exam
9 Spring Festival: Hıdırellez Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
10 Belief in Bad Luck Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
11 Mevlana and Sema Ritual Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
12 Social Practices such as Wedding in Anatolia Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
13 Folk Medicine Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
14 Hacı Bektaş Veli and Semah Ritual Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
15 Birth and Death Traditions in Anatolia Narrative method Question answer Resource scanning
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 AKBEN Feyzullah-YAZICI Reşat, Halk Bilimi; Özkan Matbaası, Ankara, 1995
2 EKİCİ Metin, Halk Bilimi, Geleneksel Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2004.
3 Örf ve Adetlerimiz; Başbakanlık Basımevi, Ankara, 1998
Required Course instruments and materials
Computer, books.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 20
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation 12 1 20
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) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 2 11 22
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 7 14
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 7 14
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 150