Information Package / Course Catalogue
Countries and Cultures
Course Code: HOM447
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

Try to explain the differences and smilarities between societies and cultures with theological,ethnological,philologic,juridical,geoghraphic,economic,sociologic and politic explanations.

Course Content

Culture,civilization,domestication,culture diffusion,acculturation,culture shock,assimilation,cultural shift

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Definition and qualities of culture.
2.Cultural themes,universalism,holism,integretion,adaptation,relativism.
3.Universal and causitive explanations on common qualities and differences of people.
4.Improving the ability to empathy and tolerance
5.To be able to comprehend the dimensions of culture and to explain the differentiation that it has suffered depending on time.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Concept and therminology of culture
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 2 - Theoretical
Qualities of culture
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 3 - Theoretical
Culturel content, relations and processes
Week 4 - Theoretical
Cultural evolution and reforms
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 5 - Theoretical
Energy,environment,population and their effects on culture
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 6 - Theoretical
Consumption and production relations and shopping behaviour types
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 7 - Theoretical
Differentaition,classification and configuration(language,religion,age,etc.)
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 8 - Theoretical
Family,relatives,race and marriage types
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
Exam
Week 10 - Theoretical
Society,people,education process and cultures’ dimentions
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 11 - Theoretical
City anthropology
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 12 - Theoretical
Religion anthropology
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 13 - Theoretical
Ethnoghraphy
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 14 - Theoretical
Politics anthropology
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 15 - Theoretical
Revision
Week 15 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 16 - Final Exam
Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Assignment112012
Midterm Examination19110
Final Examination112113
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)77
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes