Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY ANT141 3 + 0 3.0 7.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals Introduction of anthropology and its lower branches, place among disciplines, characteristics of people, factors that prevent the development of science. The development process of anthropology and the development of physical anthropology in Turkey and the global problems of man and science will be discussed.
Course Content This course focuses on the development of physical anthropology in the world and gives information about the development and the studies done in our country. Examples about the studies done in the field of Physical Anthropology are given and basic methods are explained.
Learning Outcomes 1) In this lesson, anthropology and its branches are learned.
2) The place of anthropology in the world of science is understood.
3) Learns the development of science.
4) Development of physical anthropology in Turkey.
5) Short history of anthropology.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Human and anthropology science Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week What is the anthropology? Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Development processes of the history of science Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week Development of physical anthropology Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week Anthropology in the 20th century Discussion
Station
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week New physical anthropology Lecture
Speech Loop
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week Contributing to Physical Anthropology Studies Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week Midterm Exam Question Answer
Colloquium
 Homework
9. Week Contributing to Physical Anthropology Studies II Lecture
Debate
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Anthropology in Turkey Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Anthropology in Turkey II Lecture
Debate
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Anthropology education and contributors Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Physical Anthropology Sub-department courses Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Examples of studies in the physical anthropology Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
15. Week Examples of studies in the physical anthropology II Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
16. Week Final Exam Question Answer
Colloquium
Case Based Learning 		Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Boas F. 1899. Some recent criticisms of physical anthropology. American Anthropologist, 1 (1), 98-106.
Ellison, P. T., 2018, The evolution of physical anthropology, Am J Phys Antropol., 165: 615-625.
Konu ile ilgili makaleler
Özbudun Demirer, S. 2011. Anthropology as a Nation-Building Rhetoric: The Shaping of Turkish Anthropology (from 1850s to 1940s). Dialectical Anthropology, 35(1), 111-129.
Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan, 2011, Essentials of Physical Anthropology, Eighth Edition, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning

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) 14 3
Homework 5 15
Midterm Exam 1 3
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 3 9
Final Exam 1 3
Time to prepare for Final Exam 3 9
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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