| Course Name | Sociology of Work |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOC 345 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionLecture / Presentation | |||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course is an introduction to the sociology of work that will explore the organization and management of work and contemporary transformations in ways that people experience work and employment. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course provides a sociological perspective to work. Work is a defining activity on the lives of human beings. The course will take account of how different types of work and workers are connected worldwide. We will first start with historical background and theories and then explore the issues of labor control, globalization, flexibility, precarity, service labor, gender, and current trends such as employment conditions in the digital age. The course introduces discussion on the issue of gig economy and complements this with a cinematic representation of the theme exploring the issues of time, family, and work-life balance in the 21st century. |
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| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Historical Transformation of Work | Edgell, Ch. 1 The Historical Transformation of Work. |
| 3 | Marxist Analysis of Work | Edgell, Ch. 2 Work and Alienation |
| 4 | Skill Formation at Work | Edgell, Ch. 3 Work and Deskilling Edgell, Ch. 4 Work, Upskilling and Polarization |
| 5 | Industrial Work | Edgell, Ch. 5 Industrial Work: Fordism, Neo-Fordism and Post-Fordism |
| 6 | Work in the Service Economy | Edgell, Ch. 6 Service Work: Fordism, Neo-Fordism and Post-Fordism |
| 7 | Gig Economy and the Future of Work | Edgell, Ch. 7 Non-Standard Work Paul Glavin, Alex Bierman, and Scott Schieman, Über-Alienated: Powerless and Alone in the Gig Economy, Work and Occupations 2021 48:4, 399-431. |
| 8 | Midterm Assignments due | |
| 9 | Inequality at Work: Race, Gender and Class | Browne, I. and Misra, J. (2005). Labor-market Inequality: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class. In The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities (eds M. Romero and E. Margolis). https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470996973.ch9 |
| 10 | Inequality at Work: Migrant Workers | Munck, Ch. 7 Migrant Labour Şenses, Nazlı. (2016). Rethinking Migration in the Context of Precarity: The Case of Turkey. Critical SociologyVolume 42, Issue 7-8, Pages 975-987 |
| 11 | Workers in the North: Problems and Prospects | Munck, Ch. 4 Workers North |
| 12 | Workers in the South: Problems and Prospects | Munck, Ch. 5 Workers South |
| 13 | The Global Precariat and the Future of Work | Munck, Ch. 6 Global Precariat Standing, G. The Precariat: Today’s Transformative Class? Development 61, 115–121 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41301-018-0182-5. |
| 14 | Workers (Dis)organized and the Future of Capitalism | Munck, Ch. 8 Workers and Its Others Munck, Ch. 9 A New Internationalism |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Edgell, Stephen. (2013). Sociology of Work: Continuity and Change in Paid and Unpaid Work. ISBN-13 978-1849204132
Munck, Ronaldo. (2018). Rethinking Global Labour: After Neoliberalism. Agenda Publishing. ISBN-13 978-1788211055
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| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 20 |
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 60 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 20 | |
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 27 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 40 | |
| Total | 180 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To have the knowledge of classical and contemporary theories in sociology, and be able to comparatively analyze these theories. | X | ||||
| 2 | To have the knowledge of main methodological approaches in sociology as well as social research and data analysis methods. | |||||
| 3 | To have knowledge in the fields of general sociology, sociology of institutions, social structure and change, and applied sociology. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to determine the appropriate methods in the design of the planning stage and conclusion of a sociological project, individually or as part of a team. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to diagnose the social dynamics behind personal problems by using sociological imagination. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to define social problems at local, national, and global level, and offer new policies for solutions. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to apply commonly-used computer programs for data collection and analysis in sociological research. | |||||
| 8 | To be able to develop a socially responsible, scientific and ethical perspective regarding the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to analyze different aspects of the social world by drawing on the knowledge produced by other disciplines of the social sciences. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following scientific and technological developments in sociology and social research. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect sociological data and communicate with sociologists and other social scientists in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
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