CLASSICAL THEORETICAL APPROACHES IN SOCIOLOGY

SOC503

Course Code: SOC503
Semester: First Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

First Term (Fall)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Çiğdem Sema Sırma

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Various key concepts of sociology such as modernization, industrialization, power, structure-actor, individualization, stratification, rationalization, identity, socialization, social change and development are learned.
Discuss comparatively the sociological perspectives developed by classical theorists in sociology.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

In this course, sociological perspectives developed by classical theorists for understanding various key concepts of sociology such as modernization, industrialization, power, structure-actor, individualization, stratification, rationalization, identity, socialization, social change and development are discussed comparatively.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	The emergence of sociology as science and the concepts of classical sociology
2^nd Week	Saint Simon, Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, J.S. Mill
3^rd Week	Emile Durkheim
4^th Week	Ferdinand Tönnies Georg Simmel
5^th Week	Max Weber
6^th Week	Karl Marx
7^th Week	Vilfredo Pareto and the Elite Theory
8^th Week	Midterm Exam
9^th Week	Antonio Gramsci and Georg Lukacs
10^th Week	Functionalism: Talcot Parsons and Robert Merton
11^th Week	Critical Developments Against Functionalism
12^th Week	Sociological Imagination and C. Wright Mills
13^th Week	Symbolic Interaction
14^th Week	Frankfurt School

Recommended or Required Reading

Bottomore, Tom; Robert Nisbet (2010) Sosyolojik Çözümlemenin Tarihi. Kırmızı Yayınevi

Ritzer, George (2013) Klasik Sosyoloji Kuramları, Ankara: De Ki Yayınları

Turner, Bryan S. (2014) Klasik Sosyoloji, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık

Turner, Bryan S. (1999) Classical Sociology, New York: Sage Publications

Appelrouth, Scott; Laura Desfor Edles (2008) Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory: Text and Readings, Los Angeles, London and New Delhi: Pine Forge Press

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	1	10
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	3	3
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	14	14	196
Preparation for Final exam	1	28	28
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	22	22
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	5	5
Homework	1	18	18
Total Work Load			314
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.46
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2
K1	X	X
K2
K3	X
K4	X
K5	X
K6
K7
K8	X	X
K9	X
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14	X	X
K15
K16	X
K17	X	X
K18

	LO1	LO2
K1	X	X
K2
K3	X
K4	X
K5	X
K6
K7
K8	X	X
K9	X
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14	X	X
K15
K16	X
K17	X	X
K18

	LO1	LO2
K1	X	X
K2
K3	X
K4	X
K5	X
K6
K7
K8	X	X
K9	X
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14	X	X
K15
K16	X
K17	X	X
K18

	LO1	LO2
K1	X	X
K2
K3	X
K4	X
K5	X
K6
K7
K8	X	X
K9	X
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14	X	X
K15
K16	X
K17	X	X
K18