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| Code | ILT119 |
| Name | Introduction to Sociology |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 1. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Doç. Dr. ÖZLEM AYDOĞMUŞ ÖRDEM |
| Course Instructor |
Doç. Dr. ÖZLEM AYDOĞMUŞ ÖRDEM
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
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Course Goal / Objective
Understands the basic termsrelated to sociology and It isthe comprehension of the relationship between sociology, theories and other disciplines.
Course Content
Sociologicalconcept, theoretical basis, history of sociology, social institutions, social and social relations, relationship between sociology and other social sciences, culture, gender and media relations.
Course Precondition
Not
Resources
Sezal, İhsan. 2003. Sosyolojiye Giriş, Ankara. Martı Yayınevi. Giddens, Antony. 2000. Sosyoloji, Ankara. Ayraç Yayınları. Bauman, Zygmunt. 1998. Sosyolojik Düşünmek, İstanbul. Ayrıntı Yayınları. Aslan, Cahit. 2015. Sosyoloji: Kavramlar ve Kullanımları, Adana. Karahan Kitabevi. Fichter, Joseph. 1993. Sosyoloji Nedir, Konya. Toplum Yayınları. Duverger, Maurice. 1980. Sosyal Bilimlere Giriş. Ankara. Bilgi Yayınevi. Güvenç, Bozkurt. 1984. İnsan ve Kültür, İstanbul. Remzi Kitabevi.
Notes
5-10 original reading passages (Comte, Spencer, Marx, Durkheim, Sumner, Simmel, Weber, Mills vb.)
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Learns the definition of sociology, itsrelation to other disciplines, its place in social sciences and the historical process of sociology. |
| LO02 | Comprehends basic concepts of sociology, important theories and research methods in sociology. |
| LO03 | Establishes the relationship between culture, mass, society and individual, and learns the types of society with different perspectives and examples. |
| LO04 | Students knowledge about social interaction and everyday life. Learn about social dialogue, interaction and communication theories and concepts of action. |
| LO05 | The theories ofgenderand feminism, familyand familytypes, stratification, classstructure obtain important knowledge within the framework of different theories. |
| LO06 | Gain information about globalization and social movements as well as critical sociology, postmodern and poststructural theories. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the basic concepts of the field, communication patterns, communication and cultural functions within the framework of communication as the basis of Communication Studies. | 5 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. | 4 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Holds information related to the fields as a basis; Instrumental Social Communications (Radio, TV, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism) within a terminological frame (=teleological) (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.). | 4 |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Has the knowledge and skills to use and/or explain how communication works in every aspect in different cultures, from individual to group, mass, institutional communication within the major tools of communication. | 5 |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. | 5 |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | From an interdisciplinary perspective, acknowledged the concept of communication to synthesize information that Communication Studies has background from different areas like, Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Sciences, Anthropology and so on. | 5 |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications. | 4 |
| PLO08 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | As a requirement of competence to communicate effectively, has the ability to express himself/herself up, facing the people with correct understanding in environments in which he/she is capable of empathy sets. | 4 |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events. | 3 |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments. | 5 |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work | 4 |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community, leadership and entrepreneurial skills of intellectual exhibitions. | 4 |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Improves constantly himself/herself, as well as being open to professional developments in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities, identifying needs of learning | 4 |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Has rational thinking skills, creative thinking in written, oral, visual and so on, as well as using the methods and strategies, for the purpose of communicating thoughts. | 5 |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Has at least one foreign language in the European Language Portfolio (B) with the level of using the information in track and communicate with colleagues abroad. | 2 |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | While accessing all kinds of information, using and transmitting of all other thoughts on the process and in all other practices of the profession strives to comply with ethical requirements and endeavors. | 2 |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas, such as media literacy, | 3 |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Is competent to use required level of knowledge of the area and use of computer software as well as all means of communication (body language, verbal and nonverbal communication, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema, internet and other information / communication technologies, and mass media) | 2 |
| PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Identifies learning needs and future career plan and perform accordingly. | 2 |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Science of sociology: definition and scope | Introduction to the course | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 2 | Theoreticalapproaches ofSociology: Saint Simon, Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, Herbert Spencer, Max Weber, Talcot Parsons, Robert K. Metron . | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 3 | Culture: description, tangible and intangible items, ethnocentrism and cultural relativizm. | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 4 | Socialization: socialization items, socialization institutions | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 5 | Familyinstitution; the family'schanging and the familystructure ofTurkish society. | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 6 | Economic institutions: the production and function, production regimes. | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 7 | Educational institutionsand education in Turkish society | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Study exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Political institutions: state, bureaucracy, elections, democracy, pressure groups Expression | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 10 | Population: the basic concepts of the population. | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 11 | Social groups and kinds of social groups. | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 12 | Social stratification: slavery, caste system, clan, classand statussystem, social stratification theories | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 13 | Social change theories, social change and modernization. | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 14 | Urbanization | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 15 | Industrialization process: the stages of industrialization. | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | Study exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Study exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 109 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,36 | ||
| ECTS | 4 ECTS | ||