COURSE SYLLABUS

GENERAL PREHISTORY

1	Course Title:	GENERAL PREHISTORY
2	Course Code:	ARK2059
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	3
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	-
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç.Dr. DERYA ŞAHİN
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Aziz Novruzlu
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Arkeoloji Bölümü Görükle- Bursa 16059 0.224.2941892/ e-mail: dsahin25@hotmail.com
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Introduction to Old World prehistoric cultures from the beginning to the invention of writing. Informing the students about different chronologies and cultures of prehistoric Asia, Eupore and Africa. Information about prehistoric research techniques.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Understanding that the whole world and living organisms evolving;
2	Have general information about human evolution;
3	Knowing Pliocene and Pleistocene hominids with their names and features;
4	Learning stone tool making techniques and its effect to evolution;
5	Distinguishing artifacts from "naturefacts";
6	Introduction to the main Lower Paleolithic sites and cultures;
7	Have information about out-of-Africa;
8	Introduction to Neanderthal and his cultures;
9	Introduction to dispersals of Homo sapiens and his cultures;
10	Learning skills about interpretation and research in human evolution and Paleolithic cultures;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Main principles of the world and organisms
2	Evolution of the primates
3	Hominids from Africa 8-3 myr ago
4	Emergence of genus Homo
5	First stone tool making and Oldowan culture
6	Theories about out-of-Africa and related sites
7	Midterm Exam + Acheul culture and related sites
8	Neanderthals: African Middle Stone Age and Eurasian Middle Paleolithic cultures
9	Emergence of Homo sapiens
10	Extinction of the neanderthals and predominance of Homo sapiens to the Old World
11	Out of Old World: occupations of Americas and Oceania
12	Upper Paleolithic cultures
13	Art in human evolution and cognitive stages
14	Emergence of food production and Near Eastern Neolithic cultures

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	- ARSEBÜK, G., 1995 İnsan ve Evrim, Ege Yayınları, İstanbul. - ARSEBÜK, G., 2012 Uzak Geçmişimize Dair Okumalar, Ege Yayınları, İstanbul. - BRAIDWOOD, R., J., 1995 Tarihöncesi İnsan, B. Altınok (Çev.), Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul. - DEBÉNATH, A., H. L. DIBBLE, 1994 Handbook of Paleolithic Typology, Cypher Press, Philadeplphia. - LEWIN, R., 2000 Modern İnsanın Kökeni, TÜBİTAK Popüler Bilim Kitapları, Ankara. - ÖZDOĞAN, M., 2011 50 Soruda Arkeoloji, Bilim ve Gelecek Kitaplığı, İstanbul.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High