SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY

SOC527

Course Code: SOC527
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

To approach the family institution from a sociological perspective and to have information about the theoretical discussions on the subject.
They learn to conduct research on family-related issues.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

In this course, developments in the family institution will be discussed sociologically. In this course, conceptual and theoretical discussions about the family institution will be conveyed. Sociologically, family; family types, poverty, family relations, gender roles, inequality, changing family structure will be discussed. At the same time, in this course, the family institution will be discussed together with intercultural family studies.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the course
2^nd Week	Definition of family
3^rd Week	Theories of family
4^th Week	Theories of family continue
5^th Week	Family Types
6^th Week	Quality of Family and Family life Satisfaction
7^th Week	Mid-Term
8^th Week	Family and poverty
9^th Week	Family and gender
10^th Week	Family and employment problems
11^th Week	Family and culture
12^th Week	Family and crime
13^th Week	Family and addiction problems
14^th Week	General evaluation

Recommended or Required Reading

Badawy PJ, Schieman S.(2020) When Family Calls: How Gender, Money, and Care Shape the Relationship between Family Contact and Family-to-Work Conflict. Journal of Family Issues. 41(8):1188-1213

Barclay K, Koefoed NJ. Family, Memory, and Identity: An Introduction. Journal of Family History. 2021;46(1):3-12.

Butt CM. (2020), The Middle-Range Theory of the Adapting Family: From Theory to Practice. Nursing Science Quarterly. 33(2):136-142.

Crawford, L. A. ve Novak, K. B. (2008). Parent-Child Relations and Peer Associations As Mediators of The Family Structure Substance Use Relationship. Journal of Family Issues, 29, 155-184.

Chrisman JJ, Chua JH, Pearson AW, Barnett T.(2012) Family Involvement, Family Influence, and Family?Centered Non?Economic Goals in Small Firms. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice ;36(2):267-293.

Falci, C. (2006). Family Structure, Closeness to Residential and Nonresidential Parents, and Psychological Distress in Early and Middle Adolescence. The Sociological Quaterly, 47, 123-146.

Farrell B, VandeVusse A, Ocobock A. (2012), Family change and the state of family sociology. Current Sociology, 60(3):283-301.

Giddens, A. (2005). The Global Revolution in Family and Personal Life. Skolnick A. S. ve Skolnick J. H. (Ed.), Family in Transition (25-31), USA: Pearson.

Hadjar, B. D. ve Boehnke, K. (2008), The Socialization of Hierarchic Self- Interest Value Socialization in The Family. Young, 16 (3), 279?301.

Ho HCY, Mui M, Wan A, et al. (2018) Family Meal Practices and Well-Being in Hong Kong: The Mediating Effect of Family Communication. Journal of Family Issues, 39(16):3835-3856.

Li Xiaohui ve Guan Xiaowen (2020), Mother?Daughter Work?Family Role Transmission: Effects on Daughters? Work and Family Satisfaction, The Family Journal.29 (2), 227-236.

Montoro-Gurich Carolina,, Garcia-Vivar Cristina (2019), The Family in Europe: Structure, Intergenerational Solidarity, and New Challenges to Family Health, Journal of Family Nursing, 25, (2), 170-189

Morgan DHJ. (2019)Family Troubles, Troubling Families, and Family Practices. Journal of Family Issues. 40(16):2225-2238.

Otto, L. B. (1986). Family Influences on Youth's Occupational Aspirations and Achievements, G. K. Leigh ve G. W. Peterson (Ed.). Adolescents in Families (s. 226-255). Cincinnati, OH: South-Western.

Walton, E. ve Takeuchi, D. T. (2010). Family Structure, Family Processes, and Well-Being Among Asian Americans: Considering Gender and Nativity. Journal of Family Issues, 31 (3), 301-332

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	15	210
Preparation for Final exam	1	26	26
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	10	10
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	1	16	16
Total Work Load			308
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.26
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

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