TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	Second Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	6
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Erdem Damar
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Become capable of identifying fundamental concepts, frameworks, processes and techniques of socio-cultural anthropology; 2) Identify typical social structures leading to the institution of human societies; 3) Become capable of analysing and developing arguments on the complex interrelationship between culture and human societies; 4) Identify the impact of globalisation on the changing aspects of socialisation and community-building relations; and 5) Understand and properly use a set of concepts that are central to the study of sociocultural anthropology; 6) Familiarise themselves with the interrelationship between political science and international relations, on the one hand, and sociocultural anthropology, on the other.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION	This course is designed for Political Science and International Relations undergraduate students to introduce the centrality of social and cultural anthropology in the study of politics and international relations. Throughout this course, the triadic relationship between culture, nature and society will be covered with an emphasis on the constitutive role of this relationship on the formations of social rules, structures and community relations in different times and places. Special attention will be given to the impact of globalisation on reshaping culture-society relations. The first part of this course will clarify key concepts, processes and orientations leading to the emergence of socio-cultural anthropology as a discipline to understand the mutually constitutive relationship between culture and the formation of human societies and structures. In the second part, we will cover the constitution and transformations of social systems, structures (i.e. language, ethnicity, kinship, marriage, nationalism, gender, etc.), and modes of interactions leading to the institution of a society in a given time and place. In the final part, we will deal with the constitutive role of `cultural diversity? as well as political logics and social patterns that constitute it with a special emphasis on the world systems. We will focus on the impact of globalization on the organization, structuration and interactions of human societies in the 21st century.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction of the Course Syllabus 2nd Week What is Anthropology? How is It Related to the Discipline of Political Science and International Relations? (Essentials of Cultural Anthropology, Ch. 1.) 3rd Week Understanding Culture (Essentials of Cultural Anthropology, Ch. 2.) 4th Week Language and Communication (Essentials of Cultural Anthropology, Ch. 4.) 5th Week Quiz 1 + Kinship, Family and Marriage (Essentials of Cultural Anthropology, Ch. 9. ) 6th Week Submission of Short Essay 1 + Economy, Class and Inequality (Essentials of Cultural Anthropology, Ch. 10.) 7th Week MID-TERM EXAM 8th Week Religion (Essentials of Cultural Anthropology, Ch. 13.) 9th Week Race, Ethnicity and Nation (Essentials of Cultural Anthropology, Ch. 5 ? 6.) 10th Week Gender and Sexuality (Essentials of Cultural Anthropology, Ch. 7 ? 8.) 11th Week MAYDAY ? NO CLASS 12th Week Global Economy (Essentials of Cultural Anthropology, Ch. 11.) 13th Week Quiz 2 +Politics, Power, and Systems (Essentials of Cultural Anthropology, Ch. 12.) 14th Week Submission of Short Essay 2 + Wrap Up
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Required textbook of this course is: ? Guest, Kenneth J. (2017) Essentials of Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age (2nd Edition) (New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company). Students are REQUIRED to read the chapters assigned for that week BEFORE the classes. Weekly readings are to be found at the end of this syllabus. Weekly readings can also be accessed electronically via oys (oys2.baskent.edu.tr) page of the course. Note that students may be asked to read ADDITIONAL REQUIRED MATERIALS. Additional materials will be emailed to students. Students are required to read also the additional required materials before the class. Additional materials will be uploaded to oys page of the course. SUPPLEMENTARY READING The course instructor may share a number of useful additional readings. Students are not required but STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to do these readings in order to familiarise themselves more with methods in social and political research. USEFUL LINKS American Anthropological Association https://www.americananthro.org/ Association for Political and Legal Anthropology https://politicalandlegalanthro.org/ Society for Cultural Anthropology https://culanth.org/
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 4 15 Quiz 2 15 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1,5 1,5 Preparation for Quiz 2 3 6 Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 40 40 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 35 35 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1,5 1,5 Homework 4 4 16 Total Workload 184 Total Workload / 30 6,13 ECTS Credits of the Course 6
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No