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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
Fall/Spring
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Elective
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 explain and discuss thematic topics by incorporating classical and modern theories of sociology.
  • will be able to analyze the theories of sociology and sociological topics with a interdiciplinary perspective that benefits particularly from anthropology, philosophy and political theory.
  • will be able to assess critically the topics of religion, everyday life, change, social order and difference.
  • will be able to analyze critically their own selected topics with the appropriate theoretical perspective.
Course Description

 



Course Category

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

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Presentation of the course. Presentation of the course
2 Before Monoteistic Religions I Berger, The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion (Anchor, 1990), pp.3 81 Talal Asad, Geneology of Religions (John Hopkins UP, 1993), pp.1 83.
3 Before Monoteistic Religions II Claude Lewi Strauss, Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of the Cultural (Schocken: 1995); Sigmund Freud, Totem and Taboo, (W.W. Norton Company: 1990). ; George Frazer, Robert Fraser, The Golden Bough, A Study in Magic and Religion (Oxford:2009), pp. 91 66; C. Matthews & J. Matthews , Walkers Between the Worlds: The Western Mysteries from Shaman to Magus (Inner Traditions:2004), Chp.1, pp.22 52.
4 Everyday Life I Gaudsblom and Mennel (eds),The Norbert Elias Reader (WileyBlackwell, 1997): Ben Highmore (eds)., The Everyday Reader, (London, NY: Routledge, 2002).
5 Everyday Life II Ben Highmore (eds)., The Everyday Reader, (London, NY: Routledge, 2002).
6 Change I: Revolution R. C. Tucker, The MarxEngels Reader, Part III: Revolutionary Program and Strategy (NY: Norton and Company , 1978), pp. 469 556.
7 Change II: Utopia, Paul Berman, A Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968 (Norton and Company, 1997).
8 Midterm/Paper Proposals due
9 Social Order I : Law and Justice An Introduction to Law and Society, Chp. I &3, pp. 13 51, 97 205.
10 Social Order II: Governing the Society M. Foucault, ‘Governmentality’, The Foucault Effect: Studies in Governmetality, G. Burchell, C. Gordon et. all. (UCP:1991), pp. 87 105. ; M. Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France, 1978 1979.
11 Difference C. Calhoun, Critical Social Theory, Culture History and the Challenge of Difference (WileyBlackwell, 1995), chp. 3,6,7,8.
12 Student Presentations
13 Student Presentations
14 Student Presentations
15 Student Presentations
16 FinalPapers due.
Course Notes/Textbooks Must readings mentioned in this information sheet.
Suggested Readings/Materials Documentary amd movie screening.

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
14
5
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
20
Project
1
45
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
55
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
45
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
16
4
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
8
Project
1
15
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
10
Final Exams
    Total
145

 

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.
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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