COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective


This course focuses on the basic discussion of the anthropology of religion
aims to teach students their arguments.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student learns the anthropology of religion.
2   Learn to re-read the sources of sociology with the theories of anthropology.
3   Examines different religious practices in different societies through ethnographic studies.
4   It gains depth in evaluating religion and social experiences with a scientific approach.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Definition of Religion, What is Anthropology onf Religion
2 Religion in Durkheim
3 Religious Classification, Sacred and Anti-sacred
4 Magic, Science and Religion, Malinowski
5 Frazer, Taylor, Spencer
6 Religious Experience
7 Midterm
8 Ethnographic Studies
9 Religious Rationalization
10 Religion in Weber
11 Transformation and Synchretism
12 Religion and Gender
13 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Brian Morris. Din Üzerine Antropolojik Incelemeler. Imge Kitabevi
Yayınları.
Max Weber. Protestan Ahlakı ve Kapitalizmin Ruhu. Bilgesu Yayınları.
Fatima Mernissi. Harem den Kaçan Şehrazat. Alfa Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 10 120
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 158

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.145
LO.23454
LO.343454
LO.435