SOS501 - INDIVIDUAL, CULTURE and BASIC SOCIAL RELATIONS

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
INDIVIDUAL, CULTURE and BASIC SOCIAL RELATIONS SOS501 1st Semester 3 0 3 6
Prequisites-
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
 
Instructor (s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdulkerim Sönmez 
Course objectiveAn examination, under the conditions of modernity and globalisation, of social reproduction; types of social inequality, gender differentiations and gender relations; class, social stratification and patterns of social mobility; forms of domination and subjection; social relations between ethnic groups, minorities and dominant groups; new world order and international relations 
Learning outcomes
  1. Understand and explain how different sociological perspectives analyse, explain and interpret contemporary manifestations of the forms of social divisions and exclusion; class, status and patterns of social mobility; structures of gender relations, race and ethnic relations, the relations of power and domination and the new world order and international relations
  2. Have a raised critical awarenes about the relations between and the problems arising from social and cultural structures and processes and the various domains of individual and social life
Course Content? Modernity, post-modernity and globalisation
? Major forms social divisions of exclusion
? Class, social stratification and the patterns of social mobility
? Gender and social inequalities
? Race, ethnicity and forms of conflict
? Politics, power, the modern state and democracy
? The new world order and international relations
 
References? T. Bilton ve diğ.(2008) Sosyoloji (çev.ed. K. İnal), Ankara: Siyasal kitabevi
? Giddens. (2008) Sosyoloji, (yay. Haz. C. Güzel), İstanbul: Kırmızı Yayınları.
? J.J.Macionis. (2012) Sosyoloji, (çev. Ed. V. Akan), Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık Eğitim Danışmanlık Tic. Ltd. Şti.
? A.Sönmez, (2007) `The Transformation of Occupational Structure and Chances for Mobility in Turkey in the Context of Studies on Social-Class Mobility?, Bilig, Spring, (41), pp. 175-204.
? E. Burcu. (2007) Türkiye?de Özürlü Birey Olma: Temel Sosyolojik Özellikleri ve Sorunları Üzerine Bir Araştırma, Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction: Individual lives, actions and social structures and processes
Week 2Modernity, processes of modernity and contemporary societies
Week 3Modernity and globalisation
Week 4Understanding and explaining the economic, cultural and political aspects and consequences of globalisation
Week 5Social divisions: distribution of income-wealth across social categories
Week 6Social exclusion: social policy and forms of social exclusion by age, sex , disability
Week 7Class and social stratification in sociological analysis
Week 8Class and chances for social mobility in contemporary societies
Week 9Gender and forms of inequality between women and men
Week 10Mid term exam
Week 11Race, ethnic relations and social inequalities
Week 12Ethnic relations and conflict in contemporary Turkey
Week 13Power and domination in sociological theory
Week 14State, democracy and the new world order
Week 15Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments00
Presentation00
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms150
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes150
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes150
Total100

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)14684
Presentation / Seminar Preparation000
Project000
Homework assignment000
Midterms (Study duration)11010
Final Exam (Study duration) 11515
Total Workload3034151

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.     
3. Designs a social research, implements it, reports it and compiles it into works in accordance with academic rules.     
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.     
6. Uses her knowledge of the field with a sense of social responsibility.      
7. Narrates her knowledge of the field in an effectively and systematic way both in oral and written.   X 
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.  X  
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.    X
14. Uses her knowledge of the field in her professional and daily life.   X 
15. Could carry her education a step forward.   X  

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