SOCIOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

SOC520

Course Code: SOC520
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Çiçek Coşkun

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Learn the history and society structure of the Middle East region.
Learn cultural elements of the Middle East region.
Makes research about the field

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

In this course, transformations and social structures in the fields of rural-urban, class, gender, ethnicity, economy, society, politics and culture in an important and contemporary region such as the Middle East are examined from a sociological perspective. This examination is made through the concepts of globalization-localization, transformation-reproduction, actor-structure, modernity-post-modernity, development-underdevelopment, community-identity and world system-regional systems, which are among the main topics and theories of sociology.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the course, introduction to the course and basic concepts
2^nd Week	Modern Middle East History 1
3^rd Week	Modern Middle East History 2
4^th Week	Political life
5^th Week	Economic relations
6^th Week	Social structures
7^th Week	Ethnic groups
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Everyday life
10^th Week	Gender
11^th Week	Orientalism
12^th Week	Basic cultural concepts
13^th Week	Art
14^th Week	Student presentations

Recommended or Required Reading

Bozarslan, Hamit. Ortadoğu'nun Siyasal Sosyolojisi: Arap İsyanlarından Önce ve Sonra. İstanbul: İletişim 2016

Cleveland, William L. Modern Orta Doğu Tarihi.İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı, 2008

Lewis, Bernard Orta Doğu, İstanbul: Arkadaş Yayıncılık, 2015

Hourani, Albert. A History of the Arab Peoples, Belknap Press, 2010

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	1	20
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
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	14	196
Preparation for Final exam	1	15	15
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	15	15
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	2	16	32
Total Work Load			304
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.13
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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