| Teaching Staff
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhittin Şahin |
| Language of Instruction |
İngilizce (English) |
| Type Of Course |
Elective |
| Prerequisites |
- |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
- |
| Course Objectives |
The main goal of this course is to describe sociology as a social science; but the most important goal is to provide students with the ability of analyzing what's happening around themselves in an multi-dimensional perspective; by doing so it is expected that they will be aware of human rights.
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| Course Content |
In the course called “Introduction to Sociology” sociology in history, individual's status and roles in the course of interaction with others, and anything related to society are discussed.
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| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
The students who attended the course and were successful at the end of semester will acquire the followings:
1. will be able to develop his/her analytic thinking skills.
2. will be aware of the positions and roles of the individual in the course of interaction with others in society.
3. know that all cultures effect each other and try to protect the human rights.
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| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Introduction to the course
What is sociology?
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| 2. Week |
The sociological imagination and a short introduction to sociological theory.
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| 3. Week |
The foundations of society from macro to micro: Societies and theories in classical sociology
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| 4. Week |
The foundations of society from macro to micro: Culture and Globalization
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| 5. Week |
The foundations of society from macro to micro: Groups, Organizations and the Network Society
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| 6. Week |
The foundations of society from macro to micro: Micro sociology and the construction of everyday life
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| 7. Week |
Midterm Examination
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| 8. Week |
Social divisions and social stratification
Global inequalities and poverty
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| 9. Week |
Class, poverty and welfare
Racism, ethnicities and migration
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| 10. Week |
The gender order and sexualities
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| 11. Week |
Disabilities, care and the humanitarian society
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| 12. Week |
The sociology of control, crime and deviance I
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| 13. Week |
The sociology of control, crime and deviance II
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| 14. Week |
Questions and answers
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| Assessment |
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Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
40 |
| Quizes (%) |
- |
| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
- |
| Practice (%) |
- |
| Labs (%) |
- |
| Projects/Field Work (%) |
- |
| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
- |
| Final (%) |
60 |
| Other (%) |
- |
| Total(%) |
100 |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
Macionis, John J.; Plummer, Ken. (2008). Sociology: A Global Introduction. Pearson: Prentice Hall. |
| Work Placement(s) |
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| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
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