SOCIOLOGY

SBMO128

Course Code: SBMO128
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Associate Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Knows the structure, functioning, change and social laws of society.
Understands the rules and principles regarding the structure and functioning of social relations and interactions.
Associates the problems of the individual with the society and the problems of the society with the individuals.
Understands social problems; conscious of the economic and cultural development of society contributes in a way.
Interprets the society by knowing the society in relation to the past, a conscious.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course examines the structure and change of society and the functioning of social institutions from a scientific perspective. Within the scope of the course, fundamental sociological concepts such as social class, family, religion, education, and modernization are covered. The primary objective is to provide students with the competence to analyze the link between individual experiences and social structures.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Course Introduction, General Introduction to the Course, Knowledge, Science, Scientific Knowledge, Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge, What kind of science is sociology? When did it emerge? Isn't this date too late for the emergence of a science so closely related to humanity?
2^nd Week	Characteristics of Classical and Contemporary Sociology, Sociological Perspective and ways to acquire this perspective
3^rd Week	Definition of Sociology and the concepts included in this definition (Social Relationship, Social Structure, Social Institution, Culture)
4^th Week	The subject of sociology and its connections with history, geography, psychology, social anthropology, economics, medicine, law, etc. Relationship with other sciences
5^th Week	Sub-branches of Sociology (Family Sociology, Educational Sociology, Legal Sociology, Literary Sociology, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Political Sociology, Village-Town-City Sociology, etc.)
6^th Week	Research Method in Sociology (Methodology), Content-Structure of Methodology, Method, Technique, Theory, Assumption, Hypothesis
7^th Week	Pioneers of Sociology (Durkheim, Comte, K. Marx, E. D.) and their views on education
8^th Week	Midterm Exam
9^th Week	Parts of Social Structure, Social Relations and Their Characteristics, Social Status, Social Role and other related concepts, Social Groups, Their Characteristics, Types and Functions, Socialization Process and groups as a tool of socialization
10^th Week	Social processes (socialization, social stratification, social mobility, social change, etc.) and education
11^th Week	Social Stratification, Types of Social Stratification (Closed and Semi-Closed Stratification, Open Class Stratification) and Social Mobility, Horizontal and Vertical Social Mobility and the importance of education in vertical mobility
12^th Week	Social change and related concepts, Evolution, Progress, Development, (Economic Growth, Middle Class Formation, Revolution, Culture Gap, Buffer Institutions and Mechanisms, Social Integration, Social Disintegration and its Causes, Anomie
13^th Week	Factors Affecting Social Change (Physical Environment, Technology, Culture, Demographic Factors), Types of Social Change (Free Social Change, Social Changes Through Intervention)
14^th Week	Culture and education

Recommended or Required Reading

Apple, M. W. (2012). Can education change society? In Can Education Change Society?.New York: Routledge Publication
Şimsek, H. (2015). Yeni Toplumculuk ve Yeni Toplumcu Eğitim [New Collectivisim and New Collectivist Education]. Ankara: İmge Kitapevi.
Bernbaum, G. (1977). Knowledge and Ideology in the Sociology of Education. London: Macmillan.
Burrell, G., ve Morgan, G. (2017). Sociological paradigms and organisational analysis: Elements of the sociology of corporate life. New York: Routledge Publication
Tezcan, M. (2005). Sosyolojik kuramlarda eğitim. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Questions/Answers
Discussion
Presentation

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	1	1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	8	2	16
Preparation for Final exam	1	35	35
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	25	25
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework
Total Work Load			120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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