CONTEMPORARY THEORETICAL APPROACHES IN SOCIOLOGY

SOC504

Course Code: SOC504
Semester: Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

Second Term (Spring)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Topics such as modernization, postmodernism, actor-society-structure relations, social change, power, post-structuralism, structure degradation which can be considered as contemporary theoretical approaches of sociology are discussed.
Sociological perspectives developed by contemporary theorists such as Mills, Tourain, Derrida, Adorno, Horkheimer, Foucault, Baudrillard and Baudelaire are discussed comparatively.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

In this course, topics such as modernization, post-modernism, actor-society-structure relations, social change, power, post-structuralism, deconstruction, which can be counted among the contemporary theoretical approaches of sociology, will discussed comparatively by the works of contemporary theorists such as Mills, Tourain, Derrida, Adorno, Horkheimer, Foucault, Baudrillard and Baudelaire.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Structuralism
2^nd Week	Alain Touraine and Modern Society
3^rd Week	Post-modern Social Theory
4^th Week	Zygmunt Bauman
5^th Week	Jean Baudrillard
6^th Week	Pierre Bourdieu
7^th Week	Michel Foucault and Post-Structuralism
8^th Week	Jacques Derrida and Post-Structuralism
9^th Week	Post-Marxism
10^th Week	Jürgen Habermas
11^th Week	Contemporary Feminist Theory
12^th Week	Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari
13^th Week	Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
14^th Week	Immanuel Wallerstein and World System Theory

Recommended or Required Reading

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

Best, Steven- Kellner, Douglas (1991) Postmodern Teori: Eleştirel Soruşturmalar. Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul.

Paloma, Margaret. (2007). Çağdaş Sosyoloji Kuramları. EOS Yayınları, Ankara.

Calhoun, Craig and others (Eds. )(2012). Contemporary Sociological Theory. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell

Berger,Joseph; Morris Zelditch (Eds.) (2002) New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory. Lanham, Boulder, New York and Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Assignment	1	15
Total(%)		55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		45
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	14	12	168
Preparation for Final exam	1	30	30
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	20	20
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	4	4
Homework	1	34	34
Total Work Load			300
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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

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

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

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