Course Details
Country:
Turkey
Institution:
Sabanci University
Course Title:
Humanity and Society I
Course Number:
SPS 101
Course Description:
This course provides an introduction to the study of the human experience in the pre-modern world. It brings together various disciplinary approaches and major topics of the pre-modern world in a roughly chronological order. There are three central aims of this course. The first aim is to present our students the challenges and potential in the scientific study of human experience through the introduction of various analytical tools from disciplines such as history, sociology, anthropology, and economics. The idea is to show to our students that the human experience is as much the realm of scientific inquiry and critical thinking as it is the case with the natural world. The second aim is to introduce the basic dynamics of the pre-modern world before the 18th century so that students would be adequately equipped to follow our consecutive course SPS 102 about the modern era and the concept of modernity. Finally,
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
HIST 125
Attachment Files:
SPS 101 Syllabus (Spring 2021) (1).pdf
