SOS627 - SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION SOS627 1st Semester 3 0 3 7
PrequisitesNone
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Other  
Instructor (s)Doç. Dr. Serdar SaÄŸlam 
Course objectiveThe course objective is to have students informed of the various theories, approaches, and sociologists? point of views related to social stratification. Another objective is to provide them the opportunity to develop a new point of view for today by examining certain works of sociologists and philosophers that create thoughts about social stratification. 
Learning outcomes
  1. Students interrelate today?s and the historical social process through different approaches and theories and discusses the approaches on today?s societies within this frame.
Course Content?Social stratification, social class, the history and social dimensions of the privileged and stratification are discussed though reading the works of philosophers and sociologists related directly to the matter.
?These philosophers are Saint Simon, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Vilfredo Pareto, Werner Sombart, Wright Mills, Thorstein Veblen, Alex Tocqueville, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieeu and Immanuel Wallerstein.
After discussing the read books, homework assignments are prepared on the discussed person and the works.
 
ReferencesMERİÇ, Cemil; Saint Simon - İlk Sosyolog İlk Sosyalist, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları.
WEBER, Max; (2011), Protestan Ahlakı ve Kapitalizmin Ruhu, Bilgesu Yayıncılık.
PARETO, Wilfredo; Seçkinlerin Yükselişi ve Düşüşü, Ankara: Doğubatı Yayınları.
MİLLS, Wright; İktidar Seçkinleri, Ankara: Bilgi Yayınları.
GOLDHORPE J. H. ve WRİGHT E.O; Sınıf, Ankara: Dost Kitabevi.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction: Social stratification, historical periods and theories
Week 2Cemil Meriç, ?Saint Simon - İlk Sosyolog İlk Sosyalist? ? presentation and discussion
Week 3Max Weber, ?Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" ? presentation and discussion
Week 4Werner Sombart, ?The Jews and Modern Capitalism? ? presentation and discussion
Week 5Wilfredo Pareto, ?The Rise and Fall of Elites? ? presentation and discussion
Week 6Midterm exam
Week 7Wright Mills, ?The Power Elite? ? presentation and discussion
Week 8J. H Goldhorpe and E.O Wright, ?Class? ? presentation and discussion
Week 9Alex Tocqueville, ?Democracy in Americe? ? presentation and discussion
Week 10Thorstein Veblen, ?Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions? ? presentation and discussion
Week 11Midterm exam
Week 12Michel Foucault, ?La Naissance de la Prison? ? presentation and discussion
Week 13David Swartz, ?Culture and Power: The Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu? ? presentation and discussion
Week 14Immanuel Wallerstein, ?Capitalist Agriculture and the Rigins of the European World-Econoy in the Sixteenth Century? ? presentation and discussion
Week 15Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments00
Presentation330
Project00
Seminar220
Midterms00
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes550
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes160
Total110

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14570
Presentation / Seminar Preparation51050
Project000
Homework assignment000
Midterms (Study duration)12525
Final Exam (Study duration) 12020
Total Workload3563207

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Have a good command of the basic concepts related to sociology, the relationships between concepts, basic theories and the ways and methods of constructing theories.   X 
2. HHas knowledge of basic methodological approaches, methods and research techniques related to social sciences and their application and evaluation.   X 
3. Designs a social research, implements it, reports it and compiles it into works in accordance with academic rules.   X 
4. Understands, interprets and evaluates the functioning of relationships between individuals, groups and societies.   X 
5. Processes and analyzes the data collected in her/his research area.   X 
6. Uses her knowledge of the field with a sense of social responsibility.    X 
7. Narrates her knowledge of the field in an effectively and systematic way both in oral and written.     
8. Thinks, interprets, analyzes and criticizes in a multi-disciplinary manner.     
9. . Follows the current knowledge and approaches produced in social sciences and evaluates them from a critical and sceptical perspective.     
10. Participates in teamwork and shares her knowledge with others in detecting and solving problems in her area of study.     
11. . Formulates alternative solutions for social problems.     
12. Knows and follows social, cultural, scientific and professional ethical codes.     
13. Gains awareness of cultural differences and respects these differences in daily life.     
14. Uses her knowledge of the field in her professional and daily life.     
15. Could carry her education a step forward.      

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