Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1ANTH 101Anthropology3+0+03530.01.2024

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Psychology (English)
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To provide psychology students with a foundational understanding of anthropological principles, methodologies, and perspectives, emphasizing the interplay between culture, society, and individual behavior.
Course Content Introductive information about: What is “anthropology”? Subfields of anthropology: biological / physical anthropology, social / cultural anthropology. Human behaviors and culture. Biological differences and cultural diversity. Culture and nature: What makes us human? Anthropological theories. Social structures: How do people organize? Kinship and social organization. Anthropology of religion. Material culture and art. Anthropology of politics. Gender. Self in a society. Identities and psychological anthropology. Methods in anthropology. Ethnography and participant observation.
Course Methods and Techniques Interactive learning. Discussing article or chapter of the week.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Instructor Dr. Ersin Arslan ersin.arslan@ankarabilim.edu.tr
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Kottak, Conrad Phillip (2011) Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity (14th Edition). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Haviland, William A.; Prins, Harald E.L; Walrath, Dana; McBride, Bunny (2007) Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge (12th Edition)
Course Notes Kottak, Conrad Phillip (2011) Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity (14th Edition). New York: McGraw-Hill. Haviland, William A.; Prins, Harald E.L; Walrath, Dana; McBride, Bunny (2007) Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge (12th Edition)
• There will also be a few articles to read from different Anthropology Journals.
• Selected chapters from these two books will be discussed in the classroom.

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 16 5 80
Mid-terms 1 7 7
Final examination 1 7 7
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4,53333333333333 136

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Understanding different ways of “making anthropology” to study humankind, and subfields of anthropology.
2 Understanding how people’s behaviors, beliefs, and ideas are in (a mutual) relation to their culture and sociality.
3 Gaining a sensible approach to biological differences and cultural diversity.
4 Investigating people’s daily lives, rituals, and modern-life problems from an anthropological perspective.
5 Understanding how different social domains (such as religion, family, politics, gender, economy etc.) effect each other in a society.
6 Understanding how material culture and symbols works, and how different cultures and meanings are materialized (through history) and become symbols of various ways of livings and lifestyles.
7 Understanding constitutive relations between Self and society. Questioning how societies are changed and/or reproduced.
8 Understanding the importance of psychological anthropology and its relations to identities.
9 Gaining familiarity with anthropological methods: What is ethnography and participant observation.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 What is Anthropology? Subfields of Anthropology: Biological and Physical Anthropology / Cultural and Social Anthropology - -
2 Becoming Human / Nature and Culture Human Ancestors to Modern Humans - -
3 What do anthropologists mean by “culture”? - -
4 Ethnography and Participant Observation - -
5 Social Identities (Ethnicity, “Race”, Citizenship, etc.), Personality, and Gender - -
6 Psychological Anthropology - -
7 Economic Anthropology: From Reciprocity and Market Exchange to Modern Economy - -
8 MIDTERM EXAM - -
9 Family, Kinship, and other Social Organizations - -
10 Anthropology of Politics: Political Organizations, Power, Governance, States - -
11 Anthropology of Religion: Spirituality, Magic, Religion and the Supernatural - -
12 Anthropological Studies of Art - -
13 Change in Cultures and Societies - -
14 Anthropology at Home? Auto-Ethnography? From Anthropology of the Others to Anthropology of the Self? - -
15 Current issues in Social Anthropology - -
16 FINAL EXAM - -

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
C1
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C4
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C6
C7
C8
C9

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

  
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