SOCIOLOGY OF CITIZENSHIP

SOCI219

Course Code: SOCI219
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Mustafa Gündüz

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Recognize the concept of citizenship from different perspectives.
Gain the ability to think critically about the concept of citizenship.
Explain the theories related to the concept of citizenship.
Analyze global and national aspects related to the concept.
Analyze the fundamental rights and freedoms

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

Within the scope of this course, the understanding of citizenship that has changed from the first ages to the present, the theories and approaches of thinkers, the rights demands of today's citizens, the course of the ideal of universal citizenship and the relations between the individual-society-state will be emphasized.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	The concept of citizenship and nationhood
2^nd Week	Theories of modern citizenship
3^rd Week	Sociology of citizenship
4^th Week	Concept of modern citizenship: Rights, participation and identity
5^th Week	Challenges to the modern concept of citizenship: Migration and diversity
6^th Week	Transnationalism and European citizenship
7^th Week	Cosmopolitanism and global citizenship
8^th Week	Midterm exam
9^th Week	Citizenship practices: Inclusion and affect
10^th Week	Citizenship, human rights and group fifference
11^th Week	State and citizenship
12^th Week	Citizenship in comparative perspective
13^th Week	Global citizenship
14^th Week	New technologies and the future of citizenship
15^th Week	General assesment of the course

Recommended or Required Reading

BIRIDGES, Thomas: The Culture of Cıtızenshıp, Satate university of New York Press, Albany,1994.
HELD,D.: Models of Domocracy, Polity Press, Cambridge,1991.
MOUFFE; CHANTAL: Dimensions of Radical Democracy: Pluralism, Citizenship Community, Verso Londra,1992.
STEENBERGEN, B.S. (Der.) : The Condition of Citizenship, Sage Publications, Londra, 1994.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Project

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	2	2
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	1	2	2
Preparation for Final exam	1	50	50
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	50	50
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	1	2	2
Total Work Load			150
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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