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COURSE DESCRIPTION

ANATOLIA AND NEAR EAST IN THE PALEOLITHIC AGE I/4680050

Course Title:	ANATOLIA AND NEAR EAST IN THE PALEOLITHIC AGE I
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assist.Prof.Cevdet Merih Erek

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/cevdeterek

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

cevdeterek@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Students are learned knowledge about Anatolia and Near Eastern
Students are informed about effects of ecology on the prehistoric cultures in the Near East.
Students are informed about cultural routes between Anatolia and Near East.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Niche Construction between Anatolia and Near East
2. Week	Mocroevolution Theories and Middle East
3. Week	Material Cultural Macroevolution
4. Week	Macroevolution in the Southwestern Asia Ecologic Niche
5. Week	Mount Carmel, Amanos, Taurus and Zagros Relations
6. Week	The importance of Paleoecology in Levant Corridor
7. Week	The Origins of Agriculture in Near East
8. Week	Mid-term exam
9. Week	Explaining the Transition to Agriculture
10. Week	Which is it earliest? Human migration or Agriculture
11. Week	From Central Anatolia Plain to Amiq Plain
12. Week	The Last Evidences from Paleolithic to Neolithic
13. Week	General Assesment I
14. Week	General Assesment II
15. Week	General Assesment III
16. Week	Mid-term final exam

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Last Hunters First Farmers Douglas Price, 1995

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

There is no practice and probation

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	6	5	30
Searching in Internet and Library	10	4	40
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation	14	2	28
Presentation	14	2	28
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	8	8
Final and Studying for Final	1	8	8
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			184
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.36
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1					X
2						X
3						X
4						X
5					X
6						X
7						X
8					X
9						X
10						X

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