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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

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Course Name
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
Spring
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Required
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will be able to realize and identify various typologies of behavior that are considered as crime and deviant behavior in the society.
  • will be able to discuss critically major theories which attempt to explain why people commit crimes.
  • will be able to discuss the various types of crime.
  • will be able to elaborate the links between major criminological theories and the crime typologies.
  • will be able to identify the major criminal topics in Turkey.
Course Description

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Overview of the course and Origins of Criminology Vold’s Theoretical Criminology (sixth edition 2010), 1-13; 37-93.
2 Classical School and C.Beccaria Vold’s Theoretical Criminology (sixth edition 2010), 14-36.
3 A Sociological Approach to Crime I: Youth and Crime The Oxford Handbook of Sociology (fourth edition, 2007), 3-42; 575-602. Vold’s Theoretical Criminology (sixth edition 2010), 115-133, 154-177
4 Film screening A Clock-work Orange, S. Kubrick (1971)
5 Sociological Approach II: Class, Poverty and Crime Vold’s Theoretical Criminology (sixth edition 2010), 93-115,267-275.
6 A Sociological Approach III: Sex, Gender and Crime Oxford Handbook of Sociology (fourth edition, 2007), 381-421. Vold’s Theoretical Criminology (sixth edition 2010), 287-305.
7 Crime and Punishment Micheal Foucault, Discipline and Punish (1995). Vold’s Theoretical Criminology (sixth edition 2010), 275-287.
8 MIDTERM
9 Forms of Crime-Responses to crime I The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (fourth edition, 2007), 687-841.
10 Forms of Crime-Responses to crime II The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (fourth edition, 2007), 687-841.
11 Forms of Crime-Responses to crime III The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (fourth edition, 2007), 687-841.
12 Guest Lecturer (s) Crime in İzmir
13 Presentations -
14 Presentations
15 Review of the Semester  
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks Readings mentioned in this information sheet.
Suggested Readings/Materials Other sources will be circulated-announced by the instructor.

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
15
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
25
Project
1
35
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
25
Final Exam
-
-
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
65
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
35
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

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
14
3
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
24
Project
1
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
27
Final Exams
-
30
    Total
141

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1 To be able to scientifically examine concepts and ideas in the field of sociology; to be able to interpret and evaluate data. X
2 To be able to define classical and contemporary theories in sociology; to be able to identify the differences and similarities among those theories and to be able to evaluate them. X
3 To be able to critically use the knowledge acquired in the field of sociology X
4 To be able to plan and conduct, individually or as a member of a team, an entire sociological research process with the knowledge of methodological requirements of the field. X
5 To be able to identify and evaluate local, regional and global issues and problems. X
6 To be able to share their ideas and solutions supplemented by qualitative and quantitative data in written and oral forms. X
7 To be able to make use of other disciplines related to sociology and to have core knowledge related to those disciplines. X
8 To be able to follow developments in sociology and to be able to communicate with international colleagues in a foreign language. (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale,” Level B1) X
9 To be able to use computer software required by the discipline and to possess advancedlevel computing and IT skills. (“European Computer Driving Licence”, Advanced Level) X
10 To be able to use a second foreign language at the intermediate level. X
11 To have social and scholarly values and ethical principles during the collection and interpretation of data for implementation, publication, dissemination, and maintenance X
12 To acquire life long learning abilities that will enable the socially responsible application of knowledge based on their field of study to their professional and everyday lives. X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 

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