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SPS 101 Humanity and Society I

Spring 2026-2027 · 3 SU credits · 6 ECTS · Undergraduate

This course provides an introduction to the study of the human experience in the pre-modern world (from early humans to mid 18th century). 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, this course also aims to emphasize the structured use of language, in this case English, for the purposes of knowledge production and critical analysis. It accepts the role of language in humanities and social sciences as important as calculus is for physics. To that end, it pays special attention to critical reading and writing as evident from the course structure.

Alongside SPS 101D

Opens up HIST 371, HIST 440, HIST 445, HUM 312, HUM 317, HUM 321, HUM 322, IR 342, IR 391, PHIL 301, POLS 250, POLS 473, POLS 483, POLS 493, SOC 301, SPS 102

Lecture — SPS 101

Discussion — SPS 101D

SPS 101 — Sabancı Üniversitesi Spring 2026-2027 ders programı: section'lar, saatler, derslikler, CRN'ler ve syllabus bağlantıları.