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Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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Fall |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
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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;
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Course Description |
| Core Courses | X |
Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction and overview of the course. | |
2 | The sociological perspective and types of applied sociological research. | Sullivan, Ch. 1 |
3 | Concepts, variables, hypotheses | |
4 | Analyzing relationships between variables. | Sullivan, Ch. 3 |
5 | Experimental design. | Sullivan, Ch. 4 |
6 | Research Proposal Submission Deadline; preliminary inclass evaluation of proposals | |
7 | Strategies for gathering data (1) | Sullivan, Ch. 5 |
8 | Strategies for gathering data (2) | Sullivan, Ch. 5 |
9 | Applied research techniques (1) | Sullivan, Ch. 6 |
10 | Applied research techniques (2) | Sullivan, Ch. 6 |
11 | Ethics, objectivity, social policy. | Sullivan, Ch. 7 |
12 | Presentations of research project. | |
13 | Presentations of research project. | |
14 | Presentations of research project. | |
15 | Concluding remarks. | |
16 | Final (Project Papper |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Sullivan, Thomas J., Applied Sociology: Research and Critical Thinking, Allyn & Bacon (1991) |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Steele, Stephen F. & Price, Jammie, Applied Sociology: Terms, Topics, Tools, and Tasks, Wadsworth Publishing (2007) (On reserve at the library.) |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 14 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | 14 | 30 |
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 |
Project | 1 | 20 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 70 | |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 30 | |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 4 | |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 1 | |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 5 | |
Project | 1 | 16 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | 1 | 17 | |
Total | 150 |
# | 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