Academic Catalog

SOC417 UNDERSTANDING OTHER CULTURES

Course Code: 2320417
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: Assoc.Prof.Dr. SMITA TEWARI JASSAL
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The course probes such social and cultural questions as ´Are there different kinds of rationality? ´. ´Does language limit and control thought? ´. ´What kind of difficulties arise when we attempt to translate from one language. or culture. into another?. ´Are there universal moral principles? ´. ´Is it possible to compare different cultures? ´ Basic concepts such as self. reason and sanity. money and wealth. religious beliefs. and health will be subjected to critique.