Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
ANATOLOIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN ANTHROPOLOGY ANT453 7. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors ECE EREN KURAL
Assistants
Goals To give information about the fossil findings of Anatolia and Middle East to the students of Anthropology Department.
Course Content Evolution, The fossil findings of Anatolia, The fossil findings of Middle East.
Learning Outcomes 1) Africa, Anatolia, Middle East, Palaeolithic and Homo concepts
2) Modern human and their distribution.
3) Anatolia and Middle East Palaeolithic

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction Question Answer
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Anatolia and Middle East Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Anatolia and Middle East Fossils Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Out of Africa: The oldest hominids of Middle East. Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Anatolia and Middle East Lower Paleolithic sites Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Middle East Middle Paleolithic sites Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Anatolia Middle Paleolithic sites Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Midterm Exam Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week Middle East Upper Paleolithic sites Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Anatolia Upper Paleolithic sites Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Homo sapiens-Neanderthal problems in Anatolia and Middle East Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week The importance of Anatolia and the Middle East for the distiribution and migrations of Homo genus throughout the world Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
Play Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Anatolia and Middle East Neolithic Period sites Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Discussion Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
"LEWİN, R., 2005 “HUMAN EVOLUTİON, AN ILLUSTRATED INTRODUCTION” 5TH EDITION, BLACKWELL PUBLICATION LTD. "
KLEIN, R. 2009"THE HUMAN CAREER: Human Biological and Cultural Origins" 3TH Edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
PALMER, D., BARRETT, P., 2010, "EVRİM ATLASI", TÜRKİYE İŞ BANKASI KÜLTÜR YAYINLARI, İSTANBUL.
STRİNGER, C., MODERN HUMAN ORİGİNS: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS. PHİL. TRANS. R. SOC. LOND. B 2002 357, 563-579

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15555
PY25000
PY35555
PY45000
PY55000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 12 6
Homework 3 5
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 6 7
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 5
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 10
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload