Academic Catalog

SOC206 THE ANTHROPOLOGYOF KINSHIP ORGANIZATIO

Course Code: 2320206
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: Sociology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Assist.Prof.Dr AYKAN ERDEMÝR
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

A cross-cultural comparison of kinship systems. Basic forms of descent and their relationship to residence, marriage, family forms and kinship terminologies. The relationship of kinship and family structure to ecological conditions, technology and economic and political structures.