Faculty of arts and sciences undergraduate anthropology programme bologna information packet

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	15	3	45
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	15	10	150
Mid-terms	1	15	15
Homework	-	-	-
Final examination	-	-	-
Total Work Load	1	50	50
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			260
ECTS Credit of the Course			10.4

COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title	Code	Semester	L+P Hour	Credits	ECTS
Global Culture	ANT 223	-	3 + 0	3	5

 

Prerequisites

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Language of Instruction	English
Course Level	Undergraduate
Course Type	Elective
Course Coordinator	-
Instructors	-
Assistants	-
Goals	The main purpose of this course is to understand how behavior differs from culture to culture.
Content	This course will be focused to examine the values, customs, morals and communication styles of cultural groups, with an emphasis on their implications for teaching. We will learn to interpret the communicative behavior of cultures and to explain how behavior differs from culture to culture.

 

Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
Understand the role of communication in culture.	1,2,5,7	1,2,5	A,C
Recognize cultural variables.	1,2,5,7	1,2,5	A,C
Familiarize yourself with the communication norms, rituals, and taboos of other cultures	1,2,5,7	1,2,5	A,C
Learn about barriers to intercultural communication, adjustment to other cultures, and culture shock.	1,2,5,7	1,2,5	A,C
Practice performing communication activities as they would be done in other cultures.	1,2,5,7	1,2,5	A,C
Learn how differences in intercultural communication manifest themselves in different professional settings.	1,2,5,7	1,2,5	A,C
Increase sensitivity to communicating with people from different cultures.	1,2,5,7	1,2,5	A,C

 

Teaching Methods:		1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion 4: Simulation 5: Case Study
Assessment Methods:		A: Testing, B: Multiple Choice C: Homework D: Fill in the blanks E: True or false F: Oral exam G: Portfolio
COURSE CONTENT
Week	Topics		Study Materials
1	Introduction: What is intercultural communication and Bibliography in cross-cultural studies
2	Discussions on the concept of “across cultures” and “intercultural”
3	Culture/Context/Power & History
4	Cultural Identity. The formation of Cultural Identity.
5	High and low context cultural taxonomy. Hostede’s, Schawartz’s and Globe’s cultural taxonomies.
6	Verbal Codes: Language and culture
7	Nonverbal Communication.  Culture Universals in nonverbal communication.
8	Midterm
9	The act, others and the identified self -
10	Translation & Interpretation (History of Meaning)
11	Translation & Interpretation (Misunderstanding & Mistranslation)
12	Postmodernism and Popular Culture
13	Intercultural Conflict and Multiculturalism
14	Review

 

RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook	Barth, Fredrik 1969 Ethnic Groups and Boundaries. New York Humboldt, Wilhelm von 1997 On the national character of languages. In: T. Harden and D. Farrelly (ed.), 52–68. Essays on Language. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
Additional Resources	Bourdieu, Pierre 1984 Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press. Bourdieu, Pierre 1997 “Ortseffekte,” in: Pierre Bourdieu (ed.), Das Elend der Welt. Konstanz, 159–169. Gudykunst, William B. 2000 Methodological issues in conducting theory-based cross-cultural research. In: Helen Spencer-Oatey (ed.), Culturally Speaking. Managing Rapport through Talk across Cultures, 293–315. London: Continuum. Helen Spencer-Oatey and Helga Kotthoff Hymes, Dell 1974 “Ways of Speaking.” In: Richard Bauman und Joel Sherzer (eds.), Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking, 433–451. Cambridge University Press.

 

MATERIAL SHARING
Documents	Videos from a variety of cultures
Assignments	Cultural analysis of a country
Exams	General information about intercultural communication
ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES		NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms		1	20
Attendance and Presentation		1	20
Assignment		1	20
Final		1	40
Total			100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE			40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE			60
Total			100

 

COURSE CATEGORY

Expertise/Field Courses

 

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
		1	2	3	4	5
1	Main theories and concepts of social sciences in general and anthropology in particular, the physical and cultural development of humanity in the historical process, a wide spectrum of cultural patterns and archaelogical knowledge are understood and absorbed,			X
2	The ability to analyze current phenomena with an anthropological perspective and to think analytically and critically are acquired,				X
3	Good communication and written/oral expression skills are developed,			X
4	Acquires professional and social ethics, as well as an elevated sense of responsibility,			X
5	By studying the dynamics of a variety of cultural phenomena in detail, students become able to perceive and interpret the general features, geographical conditions, historical processes and dynamics of change in Turkish and other world cultures,				X
6	Establishes and builds on a wide perception and understanding of local and global issues and develops personally and professionally,			X
7	In accordance with Life Long Learning principles, students acquire the skill and vision to continuously seek to utilize knowledge and information from outside their fields of expertise; to make collaborations and and syntheses with their own respective repertoire of knowledge,					X
8	Students become able to spot social issues fit for anthropological research; acquire the methods, techniques and cultural equipment necessary for field work,				X
9	Their solo and team work skills, critical social gaze and scientifically and ethically responsible investigation abilities become augmented.				X