SOCIOLOGY OF INSTITUTIONS

SOC217

Course Code: SOC217
Semester: Third Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Third Term (Fall)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Olgu Karan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Discuss the emergence of social institutions, their interactions, and their transformations in the historical process.
Analyze the dynamics of social institutions at the local and global level.
Analyze various social institutions such as family, health, education, politics, religion, economics, leisure and media on the axis of theoretical perspectives.
Analyze the relations between culture, social actors and institutions.
Illustrate employment opportunities with the fields of sociology.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

In this course, which is an introduction to the field of Sociology of Institutions, social institutions, the social interaction of institutions with each other, the relationship between culture and institution are discussed. The most prominent features of various institutions are given and the structural-functional characteristics of each are explained. In this course, which also deals with the basic approaches in the field of sociology of institutions, culture, value, norm, social role, community, action, function, etc. concepts are also discussed.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the Course
2^nd Week	Core Approaches: Structuralism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism.
3^rd Week	Core concepts: Value, norm, social role, community
4^th Week	The Process of Institutionalism
5^th Week	Basic Institutions: Economy
6^th Week	Basic Institutions: Family
7^th Week	Social Institutions: Education
8^th Week	Mid Term
9^th Week	Social Institutions: religion
10^th Week	Basic Institutions: Politics
11^th Week	Social Institutions: Sport
12^th Week	Social Institutions: Health
13^th Week	Social Institutions: Communcation
14^th Week	Social Institutions: Leisure
15^th Week	Social Institutions: Law

Recommended or Required Reading

Aydın, M. (2014). Kurumlar Sosyolojisi. İstanbul: Açılımkitap.
Güçlü, S. (2005). Kurumlara Sosyolojik Bakış. İstanbul: Birey Yayınları.
Poloma, M. M. (1993). Çağdaş Sosyoloji Kuramları. İstanbul: Gündoğan Yayınları.
Giddens, A. (2000). Sosyoloji. Ankara: Ayraç Yayınları.
Kağıtçıbaşı, Ç. (2013). Günümüzde İnsan ve İnsanlar. İstanbul: Evrim Yayınları.
Gökçe, B. (2007). Türkiye'nin Toplumsal Yapısı ve Toplumsal Kurumlar. Ankara: Savaş Yayınları.
Kongar, E. (2012). 21. Yüzyılda Türkiye-2000'li Yıllarda Türkiye'nin Toplumsal Yapısı. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	4	4
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	14	4	56
Preparation for Final exam	1	28	28
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	14	14
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	6	6
Homework	0	0	0
Total Work Load			150
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1	X		X
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7	X	X	X	X	X
K8
K9
K10					X
K11		X		X
K12