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Gaziantep Sociology Course Contents
1.SINIF 1. Dönem (Freshman, Fall Semester)
SOC101 Introduction to Sociology-I (3-0)3 ECTS: 4
The beginnings of sociology: divergent historical processes of modernity and social sciences. The enlightenment and social sciences. The sociological perspective and the other social sciences. Culture and cultures. Language and social sciences. Society and social structure. Deviance and social control. Socialisation and theories of socialisation. Social organisation and the individual. Symbolic interactionism. Education and sociology. Family as a social institution. Gender and gender relationships. Health and society.
SOC103 Introduction to Philosophy (3-0)3 ECTS: 3
The introduction of the course content and materials to the students. The role of philosophy among such disciplines as science and art. To explain main terms and concepts of epistemology. To explain main problems and views on them in epistemology. To explain the concept of science and its district of research. To explain main problems of the philosophy of science. To explain main terms and concepts of metaphysics. The debates on facts and values. To explain main problems of metaphysics. To explain main terms and concepts of ethics. To explain main problems of ethics. To explain main terms, concepts and problems of the philosophy of art. To explain main problems of the philosophy of politics. To explain main problems of the philosophy of religion.
SOC105 Introduction to Humanities (4-0)4 ECTS: 4
The course will focus of on topics like culture before Homo sapiens, Neolithic revolution, state-building and writing, from polytheism to monotheism, Egypt, Anatolia, Aegean Culture, Greek philosophy, Hellenistic culture, Roman Empire, Feudal Ages, Renaissance and Reformation, Enlightenment, capitalism and industrialism.
LENG101 Freshman English-I (4-0)4 ECTS: 5
This course is designed to consolidate the student’s working knowledge of English Language through reinforcement of reading comprehension, listening and writing skills in academic English.
SOC107 Introduction to Anthropology (4-0)4 ECTS: 4
Anthropology and Definition of Anthropology. History of Anthropology. Concept of Culture. The Place of Human in the World of Living Things. Biological Diversity of Human. Human Evolution. Pre-Industrialization and Life Style Avci-Collecting and Agriculture. The Neolithic Revolution. City, State and Industry. First Cities and the Emergence of the State. Language and Communication. Religion and Sacred. Correspondence and Gender. Anthropology in a globalizing World.
TURK101 Turkish Language-I (2-0)2 ECTS: 2
Languages spoken in the world. Languages Families. The position of the Turkish language among the world languages. Spreading areas of the Turkish language. Punctuation marks. Rules of writing. Petition. Voices features of the Turkish language. Voice events of the Turkish language. Written expression. Memoirs.
TDP101 Social Awareness Project-I (1-0)1 ECTS: 1
To strengthen the relationship between the university and the society, and to raise students sensitive towards social issues and aware of social responsibility along with the aim of determining the actual problems of the society and prepare projects to solve these problems.
1.SINIF 2. Dönem (Freshman, Spring Semester)
SOC102 Introduction to Sociology-II (3-0)3 ECTS: 5
Social Inequality: Power Relationships. Politics and Power Relations. Religion and religiosity in secular society. Economy and society. Ethnicity, Minorities and Society. Social Change and Modernisation. Environment, Population and Ecology. Social Movements and Collective behaviour. globalisation and cultures. Virtual Society and Digital Culture. Main Currents in Sociology. Interpretation Language and Society. Methods and Approaches in sociology. The future of sociology.
SOC104 Social Anthropology (3-0)3 ECTS: 4
What is anthropology? Founding fathers of anthropology and its short history. The concept of race. What is culture? The relationship between language and culture. The linguistic construction of culture. The relationship between language and universe. Structuralist anthropology. Interpretative anthropology. Linguistic anthropology. Culture‐centrism. Critique of Eurocentrism. Cultural relativism. Assessment of the different cultures.
SOC106 Introduction to Political Science (3-0)3 ECTS: 4
What is politics? How do political scientists study it? Socratic citizenship: Plato. Christianity and order. New modes and orders: Machiavelli. Sovereign state: Hobbes. Constitutional government: Locke. Democracy and social contract: Rousseau. Democracy and omnipotent state: de Tocqueville. Concepts in political science. State. Sovereignty. Nation. Democracy and civil society. Citizens and modern states.
LENG102 Freshman English-II (4-0)4 ECTS: 5
Academic reading comprehension skills further reinforced through intensive reading of both scientific and academic texts and techniques of writing are further developed with emphasis on the usage of technical vocabulary.
GME100 General and Professional Ethics (2-0)2 ECTS: 2
To define the concepts of general and vocational ethics and social responsibility; the similarities and differences between these concepts; the factors playing roles in the formation of ethics and decency; and the unethical issues in the professional careers for student.
TURK102 Turkish Language- II (2-0)2 ECTS: 2
The emphasis of words in Turkish. The emphasis of groups and sentences in Turkish. Root, additional concepts, affixes of inflection, the concept of head word, derivational morphemes. Parts of a sentence. Sentence types. Correct sentences. Forms and techniques of expression. Ambiguity: semantic ambiguity: structural ambiguity. Criticism and self-criticism. Conversation. Essay and other types of writing.
TDP102 Social Awareness Project- II (1-2)2 ECTS: 2
To strengthen the relationship between the university and the society , and to raise students sensitive towards social issues and aware of social responsibility along with the aim of determining the actual problems of the society and doing field work for the projects prepared to solve these problems; to make it possible that the knowledge gained throughout the lessons be transferred to experience and practice, and to take part in studies designed to improve skills in project teams.
1.SINIF SEÇMELİ DERSLER
SOC112 Career Planning in Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Career Development. Skills, Interests, Values, and Personality. Exploring Majors at SCSU and Career Exploration. Personality and Careers. Experiential Learning. Job Shadows and Informational Interviewing. Resumes and Cover Letters. Resumes Continued and Job Interviewing. Using Your Strengths. Job Searching. Networking, References, and Social Media. Professionalism and Etiquette.
SOC114 Introduction to Social Data Analysis (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Basics of data structure. Inputting data into Excel. Data resources. Data cleaning. Labeling, codebook, variables. Tables and graphs in Excel. Basic descriptive statistics. Recoding, creating new variables. Tabulation and summarization. Combining data sets. Basics of SPSS. Missing data. Basics of statistical tests. Basics of MaxQDA. Reshaping data.
SOC115 Key Texts in Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
This course consists of the passages, topics, and titles that have been cited from the prominent pieces of the field of sociology such as The Sociological Imagination of Wright Mills, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism of Max Weber, The Social Construction of Reality of Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann, Mind, Self, and Society of Georg Herbert Mead, Suicide of Emile Durkheim, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 of Karl Marx, The Sources of Social Power of Michael Mann, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste of Pierre Bourdieu, The Structure of Social Action of Talcott Parsons.
SOC116 Academic Writing Skills (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Professional skills need for Academic writing. The principles of academic writing; example academic language, citation, prepare bibliography, references. Preparation for academic writing. Proper language use in academic essays. Essay submission and reviews.
SOC117 Introduction to Economic Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Introduction to key concepts in economics. Supply and demand. Classical economics and Adam Smith’s theories. David Ricardo and the notion of division of labor in economy. Nineteenth century political economy and its critiques. Mercantilism and the tariff wars. Gold standard and the central banking theories. The birth and rise of Keynesianism. Keynesian economics and the welfare society. Austrian economists and the critique of Keynesian interventionism. Milton Friedman and the Chicago School of economics. The ascent of neoliberalism. Labor markets. Institutionalism and the backlash of competitive advantage theories.
SOC118 Introduction to Sociological Theory (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Contemporary sociological theories. Overview of major works and concepts of the theorists. Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Freud, Parsons, Adorno and Horkheimer, Goffman, Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Bourdieu, Feminist and Postcolonial theories. Founding fathers. Freud. Gender. Functionalism. Symbolic Interactionism. Critical Theory.
SOC119 General Sociology I (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
The prehistory of social sciences: the process of modernity and social sciences. The enlightenment and social sciences. The sociological perspective and the other social sciences. Sociological perspective and sociological thinking; Reviewing Society Social structure, socialization and social control mechanisms. Culture and Cultures. Social issues and social policy Socialisation and theories of socialisation Social organisation and the individual. Family as a social institution. Social interaction and everyday life. Deviance and social control. Health and society. Gender and gender relationships
SOC120 General Sociology II (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Some current social issues. Social Inequality: Power Relationships. Politics and Power Relationships. Religion and religion in secular society. Economy and society. Etnicity,Minorities and Society. Social Change and Modernisation. Environment, Population and Ecology. Social Movements and Collective Behaviour. Globalisation and cultures. Virtual Society and Digital Culture. Main Currents in Sociology. Interpretation, Language, and Society. The future of sociology.
2.SINIF 1. Dönem (Sophomore, Fall Semester)
SOC205 Classical Sociological Theory (3-0)3 ECTS: 5
Development of sociological theory. Approaches to Sociological Theory. Basic Concepts I; Individual, rationality, structure, system. Basic Concepts II; Culture, ideology, power, state. Industrialization and Sociological Positivism. Auguste Comte. Evolutionism and Sociological Positivism; Spencer. Basic Numbers and Concepts of Functionalist Approach. Emile Durkheim and Rules of Sociological Method. Emile Durkheim; Suicide and Social Integration. Sociology of Vilfredo Pareto. An Example of Contemporary Structural-Functionalism; Talcott Parsons. Assessment. Founders of Sociology; General Context. Structure and Structuralism Discussions. Karl Marx. Sociology of Karl Marx. Sociology of Max Weber. Max Weber; Social Sciences Methodology. Max Weber. Max Weber; Model of Social Change. Georg Simmel's Sociology. Georg Simmel; Method discussions and problem areas of sociology. Georg Simmel; Philosophy of Money. Sociology of George Herbert Mead. George Herbert Mead's Theoretical Heritage
SOC209 Sociological Research Methods and Methodology I (3-0)3 ECTS: 5
Method: The idea. Sociological Interpretation of the idea of method. Method: Received View. The distinction between social and natural sciences. Quantitative Methods in social sciences. Qualitative methods in social sciences. The question of subject and method. The debates on facts and values. Two traditions: explanation and understanding. Hermeneutic approaches. Language, tradition and method. Inter‐subjectivity and intertextuality. Contextualism. The future of the sociological method: Prospects.
HIST201 Atatürk's Principles and the History of the Turkish Renovation-I (2-0)2 ECTS: 2
Concept and Ottoman Reformation. European Developments. Industrial Revolution and French Revolution. New Ottomans. Constitutional Monarchy and Prosperity and Progress. Tripoli and Balkan War. Reasons of World War I. World War I. Ottoman State Sharing. National Struggle Preparatory Period. Congresses. Latest Ottoman Parliament and National Pact. Grand National Assembly of Turkey and the Formation of Fronts. Lausanne Treaty. Foreign Policy.
2.SINIF 2.Dönem (Sophomore, Spring Semester)
SOC202 Urban Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS: 5
The birth of urban civilizations: Pre‐modernity and the City. The Town‐Country Conflict: Labor. Immigration and Industrialization. Industrialization and urban communities. Urbanism as a way of life: the city as the beacon of capitalist development. The Chicago School: Urban geography, urban economy, and urban ecology. The "Urban" as Ideology: Urbanism and Urbanity. Mid‐term Exam‐Manuel Castells and his ideas on urban space as the site of collective consumption. David Harvey and historico‐geographical urbanism: the dialectics of history and space. The dialectics of society and space. Walter Benjamin: The dialectics of memory and space. The Society of Spectacle. The Urban Revolution: Henri Lefebvre. Postmodern Urbanism. General Assessment
SOC206 Sociological Research Methods and Methodology II (3-0)3 ECTS: 5
Qualitative field research and hermeneutics. Field research and ethnomethodology, ethnography. The source and history of the field research-Chicago School, Annales School. The function and focus of the theory in field research. Field experience narratives. Note-taking and observation as data collection, different types of note-taking. Focus and hypothesis. Types of interview I. Types of interview II. Semi-structured questions. Analysis of data. Preparing a Report. Validity and reliability. General evaluation of course.
HIST202 Atatürk's Principles and the History of the Turkish Renovation-II (2-0)2 ECTS: 2
Political Revolutions. Abolition of the Sultanate. Abolition of the Caliphate. Political Parties and Political Events. Revolution in the Law of the Republican Era and the New Law System. Reforms in Education. Reforms in the Cultural and Social Areas. Reforms in the Economic Area. Turkish Foreign Policy of Atatürk Era-I (1923-1930). Turkish Foreign Policy of Atatürk Era-II (1930-1938). Atatürk’s Principles: Basic and Complementary Principles. Turkey after Atatürk.
2.SINIF SEÇMELİ DERSLER
SOC203 Rural Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS:6
What is a Village? Peasantry in anthropological and historical terms. Historical turnings of human-land relations. Capitalism: Roots and the first period of development. Capitalism and peasantry; Deprivation and dependence. Ottoman Reaya. Ottoman heritage of two world wars and periods: the peasantry in Turkey. Developments after the Second World War. The political economy of agricultural change. Production and productivity: Basic concepts. Colonialism and capitalism. Local and global farming and agriculture; Neoliberal globalization and world agriculture. Capitalist agriculture and non-capitalist farmers? Production, exploitation and resistance. Class formation in rural areas.
SOC208 Sociology of Family (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
What is institution? Family as An Institution. Origin of Sociology of Family. Basic Concepts of Sociology of Family. History of Family. Functions of Institutions of Family and Marriage. Types of Family. Marriage, Forms of Marriage, Woman. Marriage and Family in Ancient Ages. Marriage and Family in Middle Ages. Marriage and Family in Modern Ages. Woman and men in Ancient Ages, Middle Ages and Modern Age. Marxist, Feminist and Post‐Modern Understandings of Family. Future of Family and Marriage.
SOC210 Sociology of Communication and Mass Media (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Defining communication and mass communication concepts. Different communication levels. Interpersonal communication and features. Group communication and features. Group communication models. Organizational communication and features. Corporate culture, identity and communication. Mass communication and features. Development of mass media and its social and economic conditions. Normative theories of mass communication. Communication theories. Normative theories of mass communication. To present and discuss current examples of new cultural and social values which are formed by mass media.
SOC211 Social Stratification (3-0)3 ECTS:6
General information on social stratification, historical stratification of social stratification and inequalities. Social Inequality: Conflict and Functional and Schools. Stratification and Class, Ethnicity, and Gender Inequalities. Marx and Class Analysis. Discussions on Neo Marxist theory and Class. Weberian Class Analysis. Discussions on Neo Weberian Theory and Classroom. Pierre Bourdieu: Class, Culture and Consumption. Debates on Inequality in Today's Societies and Critical Evaluation of These Debates. Social Stratification and inequality in Turkey and evaluation of the work done in this context.
SOC212 Environmental Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Environmental sociology. Environmental justice. The idea of nature. Environment, civil society, politics, and governance. Ecofeminism. Risk and ecological modernization. Environmental history. Political ecology and development. Constructions of natures. The hybridity of nature.
SOC213 Sociological Data Analysis (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Introduction to data mining. Basic concepts in Python software architecture. Using Scrapy tools to scrape web-based data. Displaying and describing data. Quantitative analysis techniques and introduction to SPSS. Measures of central tendency and variability. Sampling, probability and the normal distribution. Hypothesis testing and significance tests. Comparing two groups (t tests). ANOVA. Multiple correspondence analysis. Setting up survey software online. Collecting survey data and importing into SPSS.
SOC214 Introduction to Criminology (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Introduction to criminology. Basic concepts in sociology of crime. The notion of crime and punishment. Sociology of law and its relation to criminology. The relation between justice systems and social structures of societies. Social theories on crime and punishment. Reform movements in criminal procedures. Sociological concept of crime and deviant behavior. Robert Merton and types of societal behavior.
SOC215 Oral History for the Qualitative Researcher (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Oral History and History. Oral History and Achievements. Oral History and Theoretical Discussions. Oral History and Method. Memory. Evidence and Classification. Presenting the History with Oral Evidence. Oral history and cultural studies. Oral History Projects: Application and Evaluation. Oral History Projects: Implementation and Evaluation.
SOC216 Sociology of Law (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Relationship between Law and Sociology. Historical development of Sociology of Law. The concept of Living Law and the transition from Sociological Law School to Sociology of Law. Different sociological approaches to law: conflict school, functionalism, and symbolic interactionism. Institutionalization of Law. Law and power. Law and social change / solidarity. Law and state. Law and social control. Law and Lawlessness. Law and inequality. Law and culture. Law and globalization.
SOC217 Economic Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Introduction to main concepts of economic sociology. Economy and society. Mercantilism, industrialization and development. Capitalism, crisis, growth and underdevelopment. Informal economy. Modernization and addiction school. The problems of modern industrial society. Workers and trade unions. Sociological analysis of the economic process. Production, exchange and markets. Consumer society. Economic development, welfare states. Information society.
SOC218 Globalization and Culture (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Creation History of “Globe” Perception and Insight in World. Past Creations Which Remind Globalization. Terminological Background of Globalization. General Role of Discoveries, Inventions and Technics in Globalization. Industry Revolution and Revolution. Typographic Revolution and Globalization. Population Geography of World. Social Geography of World. Communication Revolution and Globalization. Globalization in the Context of Society, Individualistic and Particularity. Globalization and Social Science. Globalization and Universities. Globalization from Different Viewpoints. Discussion and General Assessment.
SOC220 Sociological Theory (3-0)3 ECTS:6
The history of the sociological thought. Founding fathers. Functionalism. Symbolic Interactionism. Critical Theory Sigmund Freud. Talcott Parsons. Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer. Erving Goffman. Michel Foucault. Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Pierre Bourdieu. Feminism. Postcolonial theories. Gender and Judith Butler.
SOC221 Introduction to Social Inequality (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Social theories of stratification and recent trends in inequality and social mobility. Theories of stratification. Classical theories. Contemporary Theories. Social Capital. Gender. Comparative trends in economic inequality and mobility.
SOC223 Sociology of Health and Medicine (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
What is society? What are the elements of social structure? What is role, status, group, institution? Sociology as a science, the subject and the field of sociology, branches of sociology. Health and sickness and disease. Sociological patient and disease, patient status and role. Social structure in Turkey, health and health policy. The relationship of diseases with the social structure of society. Culture, health-disease relationship. The concept of family and family, family of patients, family medicine, preventive medicine, public health concepts. Gerontology: Age and health. Health education and its place in social structure. Health-illness relation of social phenomena such as poverty, unemployment, divorce, violence Mourning and gender impact. Social etiology. Social ecology of the disease. Clinical sociology. Social Epidemiology. Medical demography. Health Care System National and International Health Institutions. Social status and social roles. Concept definition. Functions of functions and their acquisition. Health and Impressions of Disabled and Disabled Individuals. Social dimensions of the major chronic diseases currently active. General evaluation.
SOC224 Foundations of Social Theory (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
The Development of Sociology. Sociological Reasoning, and the Modern. The Enlightenment as Social Formation and Foundation for Sociology. Historical Materialism, Capitalism, and the Conception of the Subject. Early Marx: Hegel, Alienation and Social Conflict. Middle Marx: Ideologies, Fetishism and Praxis. Late Marx: Capitalism. Weberian Sociology: Action, Objectivity, Policy, Science. Weber and the Rationalization of Social Life. Max Weber, and the Understanding of Social Change. Durkheim’s Epistemology: Social Facts as Things. Functionalist Approaches to Studying Social Life. Georg Simmel, the Individual, and the Group. Manuel Castells and the Network Revolution.
SOC225 Cultural Studies (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
What is culture? Theoretical framework for analysing culture and society. Key methods in cultural studies. Cultural studies and the Frankfurt School. Cultural studies and Stuart Hall. Culture, discourse and power. Identity as a cultural heritage. Culture and diversity. Multiculturalism. Culture and globalization. Case studies in cultural studies.
SOC226 History of Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Distinction between social thought and sociological thought. The relationship between the formation of civilization and social thought. Social thought in Ancient Greece, distinction of theoria-historia. Plato and his book State. Religions and Social Thought - Judaism, Christianity and Islam. St. Augustine And St. Thomas. Ibn Khaldun. Utopias - Thomas More, Campanella, Francis Bacon. Machiavelli, Giambisatta Vico, Vico's “New Science”. Social thought gaining a secular identity independent of other thinking areas. Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke. History Concept, Kant's History Philosophy. Hegel's philosophy of history. Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Montesquieu, the place of conservatism in the formation of sociology. Industrial Revolution and its impact on intellectual life. Saint Simon: industry, employees and flaneurs, social physics. Auguste Comte, the foundation of sociology and social physics. Karl Marx ve historical materialism. Emile Durkheim: solidarity, division of labor, anomie, suicide. Max Weber: ideal type, social action theory, sociology of religion. Georg Simmel- philosophy of money, sociology of everyday life. Wilhelm Dilthey- Hermeneutic and tin sciences. Vilfredo Pareto - Circulation of elite. Herbert Spencer- Social Darwinism. American sociology.
SOC227 Forced Migration and Refugess (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Everyday social life and order. The reasons for social and political conflicts. The social and political reasons of migration. Forced migration. Refugees and refugee movements in the world. Refugees and their rights. The history of forced migration and refugees in modern times. Forced migration and refugees in the 20th century. The nation-state, racism, and ethnic cleansing. Refugees, climate change and environmental causes forced migration. Forced migration and the refugees in Africa. Forced migration and refugees in Europe’s modern times, refugees and forced migration in Asia, the middle east, forced migration and refugees.
SOC228 Civil Society From Comparative Perspectives (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Civil Society and History : On the history of the idea of ‘civil society’. The idea of civility: The Importance of Being Civic. Civil Society and the State. Civil Society and Democracy. Social capital, civic engagement and the public sphere. Civil Society in the Turkey I. Civil Society in the Turkey II. The Dilemmas of Humanitarianism. Religion and Civil Society. Government and Civil Society. Global Civil Society? Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Globalization. GO
SOC229 Sociology of Childhood (3-0)3 ECTS: 6
Social Theories of Childhood. The Structure of Childhood and Children’s Interpretive Reproductions. Studying Children and Childhood. Historical Views of Childhood and Children. Social Change, Families and Children. Children’s Peer Cultures and Interpretive Reproduction. Sharing and Control in Initial Peer Cultures. Conflict and Differentiation in the Initial Peer Culture. Pre-Adolescent Peer Cultures. Children, Social Problems and the Family. Children, Social Problems and Society. The Future of Childhood.
SOC230 Sociology of Sport (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Sport sociology, subject and development. Aims of sport sociology. Social dimension of sport. Sociological foundations of sport. Psycho-social development and sport. Sports and Social Institutions. Social Class, Stratification and Sport. Social mobility, Social change and sport. Sport and Ethics. Gender and Sport. Sports and Culture. Politics and Sports. Supporting, Identity, Violence and Sport. Sports and Globalization.
SOC231 Sociology of Everyday Life (3-0)3 ECTS:6
What is everyday life? Everyday life and sociological imagination. General theoretical approaches to everyday life. The knowledge of everyday life: Henri Lefebvre. The practice of everyday life: Michel De Certeau. The presentation of self in everyday life: Erving Goffman. Power and everyday life: Michel Foucault. Social class and everyday life: Pierre Bourdieu. Inequality in everyday life: Gender. Consumption and everyday life. Eating, drinking and everyday life. Work, Leisure and Boredom.
SOC232 Social Gerontology (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Introduction to sociology of aging. Causes and consequences of old age. Old age and social dimensions of old age. Emergence of aging as a social category. Work life, aging and retirement,theories of old age. Social welfare state and old age policies. Social aspects of old age. Life arrangements for old people. Successful aging and quality of life. Elderly abuse. Gender and aging. Coping strategies with old age. Social context of aging.
3. SINIF 1. Dönem (Junior, Fall Semester)
SOC301 Sociology of Social Change I (3-0)3 ECTS:6
What is a change. Theories of social change. Change and progress. Medium theories of change. Small theories of change. Grand theories of change. Theories of modernization. Social Change and Modernisation. Social change in global world. Social change in Turkey I: From Ottoman Empire to Republic of Turkey. Social change in Turkey II: From single‐party period to the eighties. Social change in Turkey III: Changing social structure in contemporary Turkey. Social change in Turkey IV: Changing social structure in contemporary Turkey.
SOC317 Statistical Research Methods in Sociology I (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Definition of variables: Measurement and measurement levels. Change measurements. Relationships between two variables: Cross-Tabulation. Measurement of relationships between common and ordered variables. Correlation. Properties of normal distribution. Normal distribution: conversion of z values. Sampling and sample distributions. Parameter estimates. Hypothesis testing. Hypothesis testing: two samples. Chi-square distributions and test.
3. SINIF 2. Dönem (Junior, Spring Semester)
SOC304 Contemporary Sociological Theory I (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Language, subjectivity, social contexts and the problematic of the structure. Structuralism: From an anthropology of the outsider to the discontent of the Psykhe: Claude Levi-Strauss. Structuralism II: An ideology of interpellation, the sublime object of desire: Louis Althusser.
The Bankrupt Structuralism: Louis Althusser vs. EP Thompson’s historicism from below. The Turn towards Everyday Life, a Rhythmanalysis of the ordinary: Henri Lefebvre. An introduction to the Society of Spectacle: Guy Debord and the Reproduction of Life as Spectacle. The Deconstruction of Meaning: Birth of Post-structuralist Reflexivity and Jacques Derrida. The Dilemma of an Anthropologist: Class, identity, aesthetics and taste as an object of research: Pierre Bourdieu. The birth of the Panopticon and the control society: The Omnipresent Surveillance and Michel Foucault. Power and Knowledge: The Nascent Claim to Scientific Knowledge, An Archaeology of Knowledge and Michel Foucault. From the Pastoral Sovereignty to the societies of control: The birth of a schizoid reason: Feliz Guattari and Gilles Deleuze. The Postmodern Condition. Lyotard and Baudrillard. The Short History of the Empire: Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt.
SOC316 Statistical Research Methods in Sociology II (3-0)3 ECTS:5
Definition of variables: Measurement and measurement levels. Change measurements. Relationships between two variables: Cross-Tabulation. Measurement of relationships between common and ordered variables. Correlation. Properties of normal distribution. Normal distribution: conversion of z values. Sampling and sample distributions. Parameter estimates. Hypothesis testing. Hypothesis testing: two samples. Chi-square distributions and test.
İNF398 Activities Participation (0-2)1 ECTS:1
To enhance students’ participation in our university’s cultural, scientific, sportive, artistic etc. events and to make way for their gains from these activities to be at the highest level.
3. SINIF SEÇMELİ DERSLER
SOC302 Sociology of Social Change II (3-0)3 ECTS:6
The approach of structural-functionalist theories to change. Parsons' approach to change. Merton's understanding of change. Approaches of conflict theories to change. The theory of change of Dahrendorf and Rex. Social change in neo-evolutionary theories. White's Change Model. Lenski and Sahlins's social change model. Eisenstadt's theory of social change and modernization. Modernization theories and social change. Modernism-postmodernism theories of change. The theories of Giddens and Habermas. Globalization theories and social change. Popper, Nisbet and Tilly's theories of change.
SOC305 Social Structure of Turkey I (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Leadership and State. Border phenomenon and Ottoman Spread. Centralization. Crime and Banditry. Tribal Structures. Citizenship and Peasantry. Publicity and Foundation System. Religion and Law. Socio-economic Structure. Administrative and Military Building. Debates on feudalism. The Originality Theories of the Ottoman Timar System. World System Theories.
SOC306 Social Structure of Turkey II (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Social Structure and Change. Economic Structures. Constitutional order in Turkey. Turkey Population Trends. Ethnic structure. Gender Regime. Religious Buildings. Transformation of the family. Social classes. Elite. Urbanization. Cinema in Turkey. Sports in Turkey.
SOC307 Sociology of Work (3-0)3 ECTS:6
The concept of sociology, definition of sociology, work and business concepts. Sociological framework of work and working life. The process of development of work sociology. Working in Pre-Industrial Society. Working in Industrial Society. Working in the Post-Industrial Society. Professionalization and Future Professions. Sociological Analysis of Labor and Labor Market. Sociological Analysis of Organizations in Working Life. Sociological Study of the Basic Problems of Working Life: Unemployment, Discrimination. Sociological Study of the Basic Problems of Working Life: Labor Migration, Poverty and Exclusion. Current Research and Results of Sociology of Work.
SOC308 Industrial Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS:6
What is Sociology of Work?, Work and Production area: A Historical Overview. Control of Labor Force: Flexibility and Inequality. Modern Labor Forms, Employees and Flexibility. Management and Labor Regulation. Unions and Labor. Labor-intensive industries. Labor-intensive industries and Inequality. Business: Gender and Family. Globalization and Labor.
SOC309 History of Turkish Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Beginnings of sociological tradition Turkey. The history of teaching sociology in the Turkish University system General Opinions of Ziya Gökalp. Sociological Studies of Ziya Gökalp. Ziya Gökalp and modern Turkish nationalism. Prens Sabahattin and liberal ideas. Prens Sabahattin’s sociology. Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Ziyaeddin Fahri Fındıkoğlu. Establishment of the DTCF sociology department; Behice Boran Niyazi Berkes and the beginning of the field research tradition. Conservative-nationalism in sociology after 1950: Mumtaz Turhan, Erol Gungor, Nurettin Topcu, Orhan Turkdogan, Nihat Nirun. Field research tradition and Mübeccel Kıray, İbrahim Yasa. Socialist tradition in sociology, Cahid Tanyol, Idris Küçükömer. Islamist tradition, Serif Mardin, the place of postmodernism in the formation of Islamist sociology.
SOC310 Sociology of Education (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Theoretical Perspectives on Education and Society. Schools as Social Organizations. Schools as Social Organizations. Social Functions of Education. School Actors and the Socialization Function of the School: Transmission of Roles, Norms, and Values. Authority Patterns in Schools. Equalities/Inequalities in Educational Opportunity. Role of Schools in the Social Reproduction of Socio-Economic Inequalities. Family Life and Schools. Gender Inequalities in Education. Documentary Screening and Discussion: “Girl Rising”. Educational Movements and Reform.
SOC311 Social Policy and Welfare State (3-0)3 ECTS:6
What is Social Policy? Moral foundations of welfare. Understanding Social Policy Concepts. Social Policy in Global Context. Social Policy in Turkey. Power and Citizenship. Current Issues in Social Policy.
SOC312 Sociology of Religion (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Introduction to sociology of religion. The position, place, role and function of religious knowledge and belief between other types of knowledges and beliefs in socio‐cultural reality and environment. Theory: Classical, Modern, Postmodern. Method in the sociology of religion. Religion and limits. Religion and State, Nation, Law. Globalization and Fundamentalism. The Status and Roles of Religious Men. Secularization and Religion Reproduction. Religion and Family. Religious Change.
SOC313 Cultural Analysis (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Introduction to the course. Introduction to the concept of culture. Culture and ideology. Culture and hegemony. Cultural studies economy politics critique. Critical theory and Frankfurt school. Critical view to multiculturalism. Culture and contemporary theories. Cultural politics in Turkey. Cultural transition process.
SOC314 Sociology of Leisure and Tourism (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Basic concepts of leisure time. Leisure time in Antiquity and medieval age. Leisure time in modern period. Leisure time and postmodern period. Theories of leisure time. Development and General Framework of Tourism Sociology. Tourism, Leisure and Recreation. Socio-Cultural Effects of Tourism Development. Culture and Tourism Interaction. Globalization and Tourism.
SOC315 Sociology of Body (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Sociology and health and the body. Bio-Medical Model and Sociological Model History of Health: Historicality of Health and Medical Knowledge. Basic approaches in Sociology of Health: Social Foundations of Illness and Health. Social Inequalities, Illness and Health. Bio-politics, Political Anatomy and Medical Gaze. Anti-psychiatry Movement. Feminist Disputes: Gender and Health. New Disputes in Sociology of the Body. Medicalisation of Society. New Political Economy of Health and the Body.
SOC318 Philosophy of Science and Knowledge (3-0)3 ECTS:6
What is Philosophy of Science? Fundamental Questions of Philosophy of Science? The Theory of Knowledge, What is Knowledge? What are the Types of Knowledge? The Relation Between Philosophy and Science. Methods of Reaching Scientific Knowledge. The Rise of Natural Sciences: Views on Criteria of Being Scientific. The Method in the Scientific Activity. The Influence of the Rise of Social Sciences on the Philosophy of Science. The Method in Durkheim's Sociology. The Interpretive Method of Weber. Falsifiability as the Criterion of Social Science's Being Scientific: Karl Popper. Critical Approaches: Post-structuralism.
SOC319 History of Philosophy (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Position philosophy among such disciplines as science and art. To explain main terms and concepts of epistemology. To explain main problems and views on them in epistemology. To explain the concept of science and its district of research. To explain main problems of the philosophy of science. To explain main terms and concepts of metaphysics. To explain main problems of the philosophy of religion. To explain main problems of metaphysics. To explain main terms and concepts of ethics. To explain main problems of ethics. To explain main terms, concepts and problems of the philosophy of art. To explain main problems of the philosophy of politics.
SOC321 Social Class and Culture (3-0)3 ECTS:6
General information on class and inequality. Social Inequality: Conflict and Functional Schools. Marx and Class Analysis. Weberian Class Analysis. Neo-Weberian Theory and Class. Pierre Bourdieu: Class, Culture and Consumption. Postmodern Theory and Class Discussions. Evaluation of studies on Class and Inequality in Turkey.
SOC322 Sociology of Migration (3-0)3 ECTS:6
What is migration? Basic Concepts and definitions. Types of Migration. Migration and assimilation. The Effects of Migration on society. Youth and Migration. Who Migrate? Causes of Migration to Developed Countries. Brief look to history of migration in Turkey. Causes and Effects of Migration. Migration from rural to urban areas. Migration and Urbanization. Migration and the Labor Market. Social and Political effects of migration.
SOC323 Historical Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Historical imagination of sociology. Historicism‐historicalism discussion. Historicity of social. Marc Bloch’s sociological and historical scene. Karl Polanyi’s holistic sociology. Configurations in history and S.N.Eisenstadt. Theoretic Generality and historical particularity in comparative sociology. Perry Anderson’s Sociology of History. E.P.Thompson and Formation of English Laborer Class. History, Sociology and Philosophy of History in İbn Haldun. Charles Tilly and Collective Action. I.Wallerstein’s System of World. Barrington Moore and Discovery of Values. Strategy in Historical Sociology.
SOC329 Introduction to Political Economy (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Introduction to the history of political economy. Basic concepts in political economy. Physiocrats and Say’s Law. Mercantilism and the early elements of political economic critiques. Adam Smith and the Wealth of Nations. The idea of “invisible hand” and the self-regulating markets. David Ricardo and the labor theory of value. Ricardo’s concept of the comparative advantage. The Corn Law and the Anti Corn Law League: A historical case study in the impact of political economy. Jeremy Bentham and the rise of utilitarianism. The Listian economics. Karl Marx’s critique of political economy. Weberian influences in political economy. Paul Samuelson and the hegemony of neo-classical economics. Keynesian interventions and the welfare state. Contemporary international political economy.
SOC335 Sociology of the Modern World System (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Introduction to the key concepts of the modern world system analysis. Debates on transition: Paul Baran and Paul Sweezy’s theory of monopoly capitalism. Robert Brenner and the transition from feudalism to capitalism. The early precepts on analysis of the world system and the Dependency School. Fernand Braudel and the Annales historiography. History and sociology. The emergence of the inter-state system and the Westphalia Peace. The beginnings of the world economy and the notion of weltwirtschaft. Ottoman Empire in the modern world system. The world as a sociological object of analysis and Immanuel Wallerstein’s methodological contributions. The hierarchy within the modern world system and the structural relations between the core and the periphery. Semi-periphery as the genuine invention of Wallerstein’s sociological analysis. Utopistics, structural bifurcation, chaos theory and the possible endgames for the modern world system.
SOC336 Sociology of Modernization Theories (3-0)3 ECTS:6
The debates on change in tradition societies. Social evolution and progress. Development, urbanization, globalization. Dependency and impossibility of development. Democracy. Postmodern challenge.
SOC337 Political Anthropology (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Defining the political anthropology. Development of political anthropology. Methods and tendencies in politic anthropology. Types of preindustrial political systems.The evolution of the state, politics and power. Theories of the state. Social stratification and power. The power of the people: resistance and rebellion.Kinship and power. Religion and power. Gender and power. The politics of identity: ethnicity and nationalism. Modernism, postmodernism, and the emerging synthesis. From modernization to globalization.
SOC338 Sociology of Disability (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Description of disability and disabled individual in terms of physical and social. Theoretical approaches in sociology of disability. Studies towards determination of problems related to disability individuals in Turkey. The importance and contribution of sociology of disability in addressing the issue of disability, identifying problems, analyzing and shaping recommendations. Examination of the social construction of disability, including its historical and cross-cultural variations, institutional and organizational contexts, and interactional and emotional dimensions.
SOC339 Social Theory in Turkey (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Social theories in Turkey from the beginning of Ottoman modernization process to today. Ottomanism, Islamism, Nationalism, Socialism, Conservatism, and Kemalism. Ziya Gökalp. Ziyaeddin Fahri Fındıkoğlu. Mümtaz Turhan. Hikmet Kıvılcımlı. Baykan Sezer.
SOC340 Peasant Studies (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Who is the peasant? The short history of the peasants. The emerge of peasants in the world. Agricultural production, surplus and peasants. The state, political power and peasantry. Peasantry according to Wolff. Peasantry according to Chayanov. The types of pleasantries in the world. The industrialization and the peasantry. The change of agricultural production and peasantry after the 1950s. Neoliberal policies and peasants and villages. The decline of the peasantry towards the end of the siècle.
SOC341 Sociology of Music (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Humans and musical culture. Definition, scope and elements of the musica culture. The relationship of music culture with other cultures and cultural elements. The place of music culture in artistic history. Philosophical, artistic, scientific and technical foundations and dimensions of the musical culture. Sound, timbre, frequency, range and melody; music as a social expression. Social functions of music. Music as an indicator of social division of labor. Organization and integration, poetry, work, production: Rhythm and tempo. Action and differentiation: Tune and interval. The universe of thought of the East. Social harmony and divine harmony: Harmony and chord order. Projections of organic solidarity: counterpoint and fugue. Gender in music. Turkish music's and its development during the modern period. Popular music; an analysis focusing on the genre of arabesque. New orientations in music. The search for new timbre and sound material.
SOC342 Urban Space and Politics (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Capital city design. The ideology of urban planning. The political roles of avenues and squares. Symbolic representations of political power via monuments and the naming of urban space.
SOC343 Sociology of Consumption (3-0)3 ECTS:6
An overview of the concept of consumption. Sociocultural characteristics of consumption. Consumption and sociology. Consumption and society. Modernism and consumption. Postmodernism and consumption. Emergence of consumer society. Consumption and social class. Consumption and lifestyle. Consumption and Identity. Globalization and consumption. Consumer culture and advertisements. Consumption and leisure time. Consumption, city and space.
SOC344 Migration and Integration (3-0)3 ECTS:6
What is migration? Basic concepts and definitions. The effects of migration on society. Social and political effects of migration. Migration, integration and assimilation. Migration and integration. Migration and gender. Food and migration. Cuisine as an politics of recognition. Multiculturalism and migration.
SOC345 Sociology of Crime and Punishment (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Introduction to the sociological study of crime and punishment. Cesare Beccaria and the emergence of criminology. Theories and practices of crime and punishment in the eighteenth century. Pre-modern structures of crime and punishment. Sociology of crime and law. Penal regimes. The Auburn prison system. Criminal punishment system and reforms in nineteenth century continental Europe. Emile Durkheim and the concept of anomie. Robert Merton and theories on deviant behavior. Crime and punishment in the twentieth century American sociology. Labor markets and systems of punishment and theories of Georg Rusche and Otto Kirchheimer. Post-structuralism in sociology of crime and punishment. Michel Foucault’s key criticisms of theories of crime and punishment. Cultural studies, Stuart Hall and post-1980s crisis in crime and punishment.
SOC346 Social Inequality and Culture (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Cultural process in the production of social inequalities. Social inequalities and culture in contemporary world and Turkey. Conceptualising Culture. Marxist Approaches to Culture. Bourdieu’s Sociology of Culture. Inequality and Cultural Differentiation. Class Boundaries.
SOC347 Visual Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS:6
What is visual sociology? Seeing and understanding. Seeing and interpreting. The analysis of visual representations of society. Understanding photography. Family photography. Hyperreality of photography and social media. The power of images and politics. The social impact of advertising.
4. SINIF 1. Dönem (Senior, Fall Semester)
SOC401 Contemporary Social Issues (3-0)3 ECTS:6
What are the main social issues in our contemporary societies? What are the effects of social forces like migration, gender, and military service? Ethnicity. Religion and local communities. The Risk Society: Ulrich Beck. The Network Society: Manuel Castells. Globalisation: George Ritzer.
SOC498 Research and Project Design (2-2)3 ECTS:6
Introduction to the basic concepts in sociological research design. Learning the differences between exploratory and explanatory research design proposals. Developing capabilities in literature review. Drafting a short research proposal. Qualitative research design. Quantitative research design. Mixed-methods research design. Sampling in sociology. In this course the students develop their own research proposal, relate their research subject with sociological theories, design a research, collect raw data, analyze the data, prepare and submit their reports, and make an oral presentation.
4. SINIF 2. Dönem (Senior, Spring Semester)
SOC420 Sociology of Science and Knowledge (4-0)4 ECTS:6
Birth of Sociology of Knowledge. Classical Sociology and Knowledge. Karl Mannheim and Max Scheler. Epistemology and sociology of knowledge. Ideology and utopia. Robert K. Merton and sociology of knowledge. Science and scientific knowledge as a social phenomenon. Philosophy of science. History of science and sociology of science. Approaches to science and scientific knowledge after Kuhn. The beginnings of modern science in Turkey. The future of science in Turkey. Sociological studies of scienceand scientific knowledge.
SOC499 Honor’s Thesis (0-4)2 ECTS:6
Realization of theoretical and conceptual studies within the scope of the study subject, clarification of the research question. Determination of thesis frame; content, purpose, scope, method, original contribution. Work plans. Investigation of the theories and researches within the scope of research questions – literature review. Conceptualization-operationalization studies and case study in the context of dissertation and research question. Preparation of content, method and concepts of dissertations and discussions.
4. SINIF SEÇMELİ DERSLER
SOC402 Contemporary Sociological Theory II (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Frankfurt School and Cultural Industry: Benjamin. Frankfurt School and Cultural Industry: Marcuse. Frankfurt School and Cultural Industry: Adorno. Structure and the Individual: Bourdieu. Post-Structuralism: Knowledge and Power. Post-Structuralism: Power and Resistance. Post-Structuralism and Gender. Post-Colonial Theory.
SOC404 Political Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS:6
The main concepts of Political Sociology. Economic development and democracy. Social conflict, legitimacy, and democracy. Social order. Legitimacy and democracy. Democracy and Arabian Spring. Modern political ideologies. The history of political thought. Liberalism and democracy. The aporia of democracy: Minorities. Elections. The political structure in Turkey. Multi‐party system.
SOC405 Gender and Society (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Conceptual discussion; What is gender and gender? Theoretical discussions on gender inequalities. Gender and biology discussions. Socialization of gender and socializing institutions. Social organization of gender and gender. Gender regulation and gender regime. Main structures; labor, power, catechesis. Theorization of patriarchy; relations of production at home, wage labor, patriarchal state, violence, patriarchy and patriarchal cultural institutions in the field of sexuality. Debates on public patriarchy. Feminism and masculinity studies. Hierarchy of gender. Different manhood and masculinity studies in Turkey.
SOC406 Sociology of Culture (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Culture and Cultural Theory. Culture in Classical Social Theory. Culture in Functional Theory. Western Marxism and Culture. Symbolic Effectiveness, Phenomenology and Culture in Ethnomethodology. Culture in Durkheim. Structuralism and Semiotic Culture Analysis. Poststructuralism. Synthesis Initiatives. British Cultural Studies. Culture as Text. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Culture and Self. Post-structural Critical Theory.
SOC407 Research Seminar (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Basic Concepts in Science and Research. Defining Research Problem and Hypothesis. Causality. Conceptualization. Measurement. Description Method. Content Analysis, Field Research. Research Design. Sample. Statistical Data Analysis. Qualitative Data Analysis. Research Design and Selection of Statistical Tests. Bibliography, Ethical Violations and Plagiarism.
SOC409 Qualitative Research Methods in Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Social Science and Research. Qualitative Research Steps. Qualitative Sampling and Surveying. Literature and Content Analysis. Qualitative Data Collection Techniques. Reliability, Validity and Ethics in Social Research. In-depth interview. Observation. Historical Comparative Research. Qualitative Data Analysis. Coding and concept development. Analytical Strategies for Qualitative Data. Reporting of Qualitative Data. Presentation of Qualitative Research.
SOC410 Women’s Studies in Turkey (3-0)3 ECTS:6
The development of women’s studies in world and Turkey. Ottoman women's movement. Ottoman women's associations and women's magazines. Women's movement and organizations in the early years of the Republic. Situation of women in Turkey; labor and development discussions. In the case of women in Turkey; politics and participation. Status of women in Turkey; violence against women. Women from the 1990s and facilitated the development of different movements and feminism in Turkey. Organization of women's movement. Neoliberal policies and feminist movement. Women and schooling.
SOC411 Turkey and the EU (3-0)3 ECTS:6
General Structure and Characteristics of Capitalism. Historical Cycles of Capitalism and the International System after the Second World War. Investigation of the effect of US Hegemony on the systemic organizational models of the Hegemony installation (institutions and theories) and determining where European integration falls on this system. Investigation of the main components of EU organization and the elaboration of the symbiotic relationship between EU institutions, which are the main engines of capital integration, through the example of the European Industrialists Joint Table. Examination of the Bolkestein Directive as a case study. Turkey after the Second World War which consists in determining the location within capitalist accumulation regime and be made of a structural analysis of the Turkey-EU relations. Made of a general analysis of the negotiations on Turkey-EU relations and negotiations headlines-content context. Examination of the reasons apply to the European Community of Turkey, to be made of the Ankara Treaty and the Treaty Mani analysis. Additional Protocol and examining the Revised efforts in the context of the EC-Turkey relations between the years 1970-80. Between the years 1980-90 Investigation of EU-Turkey relations. Between the years 1990-2000 examination of the Turkey-EU relations. After 2000, examination of the Turkey-EU relations and the analysis of the negotiation process. The future of the European Union.
SOC413 Oral History (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Oral History and History. Oral History and Achievements. Oral History and Theoretical Discussions. Oral History and Method. Memory. Evidence and Classification. Presenting the History with Oral Evidence. Oral history and cultural studies. Oral History Projects: Application and Evaluation. Oral History Projects: Implementation and Evaluation.
SOC414 Philosophy of Culture (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Culture and Culture Philosophy. Cassirer: Naturalistic and Humanitarian Foundation in Cultural Philosophy. Dilthey: Introduction to Geist Science. Simmel: Metropol and Mental Life. Religion and Culture. Society and Culture. Adorno: Cultural Industry. Bourdieu: Cultural Capital. Gender and Culture. Modernism. Postmodernism. Multiculturalism. New trends in cultural philosophy.
SOC415 Demography (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Historical progress, extent, content and the objectives and importance of demography. Conceptual framework of population: Population from the standpoint of politics, economy, culture and society. The views about population increase. Change of birth rate and death rate globally: The Samples of World and Turkey. Geographical distribution of population. Migration and its types. Population by age group. Employment situation of population. Gender situation of population. The factors that affect settlement and types of settlement. The rural settlements and their properties in the World and Turkey. Urban settlements and their properties in the World and Turkey. Global responses to urbanization.
SOC416 Sociology of the Middle East (3-0)3 ECTS:6
What is the Middle East? Historical facts shaping the Middle East. Middle East in the twentieth century. Establishment of nation-states and society in the Middle East. Understanding the Middle East and perspectives. Imperial legacies: armament of congregations in the Middle East. Social change in Middle East after 1948. Change of Middle East political and social conditions after 1980. Radicalization tendencies in the Middle East: Violence and identity. Class and capital relations in the Middle East. Power cartels and society. Nationalist upswing in the Middle East. Arab printings: causes and results. Women in the Middle East.
SOC419 Sociology of Literature (3-0)3 ECTS:6
The aim and scope of the sociology of literature. Literary theories: Reflection theory. How the reflection theory treats the literary phenomenon. The relation of literary currents with the history of society. Criticism towards artist: Psychoanalysis and literary work. Contemporary theories in sociology of literature in the world and Turkey. Emergence of novel. Novel review.
SOC421 Political Philosophy (3-0)3 ECTS:6
The idea of the “political.” The community and the good life. The notion of virtue versus the notion of the self. The Socratic Utopia and the res publica. Plato and the allegory of the cave. Democracy versus Aristocracy. The ancient notion of the civil society. Cicero’s discourse on the politics of the Roman Republic. The Aristotelian ethics and the good life as the education of the youth. St. Augustine’s concept of the divine versus profane. Ethics as a political question. St. Thomas Aquinas and the entanglement of the politics and the ethics. Ibn Khaldun and the reconstruction of social change as the essence of community. Thomas Hobbes and the state as the Leviathan. The genesis of a novel conception of human history: the state of nature. The state of nature according to Hobbes. Niccolo Machiavelli and the idea of state as the body of the prince. The uses of vice and the concept of government. John Locke and the state as the guardian of the civil society. Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s concept of the grassroots democracy and the state of nature as the pristine existence of human society. John Stuart Mill and the inviolability of human rights and liberties. The Kantian ethics. Georg Wilhelm Frederik Hegel and the transcendence as the state itself. Karl Marx and historical-materialism as the critical criticism.
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SOC423 Ottoman Modernization (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Modernity and Modernization. First Modernization Trends. Obstacles to Modernization. New Order. Westernization. Reforms. Language Translation. Reactions to Tanzimat. Kanuni Esasi. The effects of capitalist economy. Union and Progress. Intellectual ideas for the recovery of the Ottoman. World War 1. Turkish War of Independence.
SOC424 Social Movements (3-0)3 ECTS:6
From Society to Social Movement. Symbolic Challenge of Contemporary Movement. Emergence of Social Movements. Recent Social Movements. Identities and Recent Social Movements. Relationship of Center‐Periphery Relationship in the Ottoman Society. Celali Rebellions. Recent Religious Movements in the Western and Turkish Societies. Democracy and Civil Society in Turkey. Racism in Europe. Racist Creation and Hegemony. Etnicity and Identity in Postmodern Framework. Social Movements in 21th century. Social Movements as Political Movements.
SOC425 Theories in Social Work (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Methods and Theories. Psychosocial Case Study. System Theory and Ecological Approach. Powers Approach. Empowerment and Use of Language. Social Constructivism. Feminist Theory and Practice. Person-Centered Approach. Motivational Interview. Cognitive Behavioral Theory. Solution Oriented Approach. Task Centered Approach. Crisis Intervention.
SOC429 Sociology of Film (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Introduction to film studies as a sociological object of analysis. Silent movies and the beginnings of mass media and cinema as entertainment. Fritz Lang and Sergei Eisenstein and early twentieth century criticisms of industrial societies in film. John Ford and the emergence of Hollywood realism. The Cold War and the onset of Hollywood star system. Alfred Hitchcock and paranoia. Siegfried Kracauer’s film theory. The emergence of a national motion picture powerhouse: Yeşilçam and the Turkish movie industry. Auteur theory and Italian neo-realism. Auteur theory and French nouvelle vague. New Hollywood movies. American neo-realism and the collapse of the studio system. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and blockbusters as the hegemonic film language.
SOC432 Sociology of Food (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Social dimensions of food. Food studies. Theoretical perspectives in food and nutrition. Sociological approaches to food. Social organization of eating. Civilization and food culture. Food, family and society. Food and identity. Social class and food. Food and gender. Food and consumption. Eating out. Globalization and food. Food and social change.
SOC433 Sociology of Urban Settlements and Space (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Basics of community studies. Lewis Mumford and his critical theories of urbanism. The study of vice and the Chicago School’s genuine ethnographical anti-urbanism. Janet Jacobs and the life and death of great cities. Urban sociology as the study of urban communities. Beginnings of urban anthropology. Methodological constraints and possibilities. Herbert Gans and the urban villagers. Ruth Glass and the study of gentrification as the basis of sociological transition. Sharon Zukin’s conceptualizations on the gated communities. Urban culture in the postmodern era. Identity and urban space. Henri Lefebvre’s theory of trialectical space.
SOC434 Sociology of Art (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Art and Society. Social History of Art. Art as an Institution of Modernity. The distinction between Modernity Modernism. Art as Movements, Manifestos and Criticism: Romanticism, Expressionism, Impressionism. Art as Manifestos and Criticism: Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism and Futurism. Bauhaus, Situationist International and Pop-Art. Frankfurt School, Art and technology discussion: Walter Benjamin. Sociology of Art, Perception and Like: Pierre Bourdieu. New media, new theories and social approach to technology in art. Culture industry, effects, results.
SOC435 Post-industrial Societies (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Introduction to the key arguments in the sociology of post-industrial societies. Industrial society vs. post-industrial society: history of the concept. Theories of post-industrial society. Daniel Bell and the coming of the post-industrial society. Alain Touraine and alienation in the post-industrial society. Transformation from manufacturing to services economy. Occupational changes and changes in the structure of property and education. The importance of human capital. The concept of intellectual technology. The emergence of intellectual property rights. Manuel Castells and the birth of information society. From knowledge to information the transition to precariat. Flexible labor and consumer society. The Fourth World and the dispossessed. Binary society and the concept of networks as the sociological metaphors of post-industrial structures of power.
SOC436 Nations and Nationalism Studies (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Introduction to different conceptualizations of the “nation” and “nationalism.” Interpretations of historical and social developments associated with the building and emergence of nations and nationalist movements. Strategies for locating the study of nationalism in a more general theoretical framework. the discussions and debates over the essential characteristics of the nation and nationalism. The relevance of the problem of identity. Major scholarly models and theories of nationalism.Instrumentalist, constructivist, and primordialist views of nationalism.
SOC437 Race and Ethnicity (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Meaning and significance of race and ethnicity. Origins of the concept of race and ethnicity.Theoretical approaches to the study of race and ethnicity. Comparative approaches to studying race, ethnicity. Ethnic groups and ethnicity. Colonialism/postcolonialism. Race, politics and public policy. Race-based social movements. Race, gender, and sexuality. Race, media and popular culture. Race, ethnicity, and globalization. Institutional patterns and transformations:race and ethnicity in housing, education, labor markets, religion, and criminal justice. The dynamics of inequality. Prejudice, discrimination and ethnic conflict.
SOC438 Contemporary Anthropological Theories (3-0)3 ECTS:6
What is anthropological theory? On the concept of culture. British and US Victorian anthropology: social evolutionism. Structure and function. Functionalism, evolution, and history. The invention of U.S. cultural anthropology.The development of British social anthropology and the post-colonial critique. Marxism. Some legacies of Marx: cultural materialism, cultural ecology, neo-evolution, political economy, and practice theory. Early French social theory. Structural functionalism. Symbolic and interpretive anthropology. Feminist anthropology. Postmodernism: power and practice.Theory of globalization
SOC439 Sociology and Postmodernism (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Postmodernism and its Others. Death of God and Demise of Values and Civilization. Baudrillard; Simulations. Postmodern Economy and Society. Daniel Bell and Fredric Jameson. The Attack on Humanism and Some Alternatives. Postmodern Feminisms. L. Irrigaray, S. Harding and J. Butler. Race and Identity. Iris Marion Young and Gayatri Spivak. Postmodern Science: Irrealities and Hyper-realities.
SOC440 Advanced Studies in Urban Sociology (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Introduction to meta-theoretical debates and polemical discussions in contemporary urban sociology. Mark Gottdiener’s criticism of urban ecology, economics, and geography. Manuel Castells and the notion of urban as ideology. Theory and ideology in urban sociology. The Althusserian intervention in urban sociology. The geopolitics of urbanization. David Harvey and the urban process under capitalism. The socio-spatial dialectic and Edward Soja’s analysis of postmodern spaces. The society of spectacle and the city of profane illumination. Mike Davis’ critique of the city of quartz. David Harvey and the Condition of Postmodernity. Cyborg urbanization and postmodern urbanism. The notion of thirdspace and urban semiotics. The state-spaces and Neil Brenner and Bob Jessop’s territory, place, scale, and network framework.
SOC443 Advanced Studies in Migration Studies (3-0)3 ECTS:6
This course has specific subtitles and subjects in the field of migration and refugee studies. The course includes titles such as refugee and migrant rights in the age of globalization, women, and children in the routes of migration, borders and refugees, social integration and migrants, xenophobia and migrants, the rise of the racism, refugees, and migrants, pro-refugee political discourses in the world, refugees, migrants, and social change, legal systems and migrants and refugees.
SOC444 Identity and Politics (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Basic concepts and discussions in social theory regarding the relationship between identity and politics., The relationships between identity and politics. Discussions on how identity affects perceptions, behavior, and social relations. The different ways of building in the context of politics. The various processes of identity and politics, such as socialization, social categorization, stereotyping, and discrimination.
SOC445 Economic Anthropology (3-0)3 ECTS:6
What is the economic anthropology? Hunter-gatherers. Pastoralists and horticulturalists. Medieval and early modern roots of economic theory. Gift and money, anthropology and economics. Pre-capitalist markets. Capitalism: what is it? Marx and anthropology. Industrial revolution. Industrial agriculture. Anthropology, political economy and world-system theory. Women, economy, informal economy. Environment and economy: mutual connections and diverse perspectives. Economy and religion and ethnicity.
SOC446 Sociology of Development (3-0)3 ECTS:6
General information about the course. Sociology of development and main topics of interest. Basic concepts of development. Development theories, basics and development. Modernization Theory. Dependency Theory. World System Theory. Development literature and criticism. Democracy and development. Globalization and development. Modernization and development in developing countries. Development policies implemented in Turkey. Development policies implemented in Turkey.
SOC447 Anthropology of Development (3-0)3 ECTS:6
The anthropology of development. What is development? The discourse of development: poverty/First World/Third World. The rise and fall of development theory. The history and politics of development knowledge. From development to globalization. Cultural politics of development. Discourse and agency: IMF, World Bank and the others. Development, sustainable development, and environment. Inequalities and poverty in the first World. Marxism, dependency, world systems and globalization. Modernization, dependency, and decolonization. neocolonialism, Development, and anthropology. 20th-century debates.
SOC448 Transnational Studies (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Meaning of transnational studies. Introduction and History. Human Security and Cities. Crisis and Future. Economic Globalization. The History and Institutions of Modern Globalization. Cultural and Political Globalization. Nations and States in Transnational Perspectives. Politics of International Economic Relations: Inequality and Development. Human Rights and Cultural Relativism. Culture and World Politics. Global Cinema and Transnational Media. Careers and International Travel.
SOC449 Sociology of Language (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Sociolinguistics and sociology of language. Language and social unity. Language and social diversity. Language and generation. Nationalism, discourse and political power. Prejudices. Patriarchal language. Advertisements and convincing for consumption.
SOC450 Ethnographic Research (3-0)3 ECTS:6
On method and methods in anthropology. Approaches to ethnographic research. Theories and methods in applied anthropology. Research design and research strategies. Preparing for research. The literature search. Sampling theory. Choosing informants. Interviewing: unstructured and semistructured. Structured interviewing I: questionnaires. Structured interviewing II: cultural domain analysis. participant observation. Field notes: how to take them, code them, manage them. Direct and indirect observation.
SOC451 Political Theory (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Modern political theories and debates. General framework of modern political theories such as liberalism, libertarianism, communitarianism, republicanism, conservatism, critical theory, post-Marxism, post-structuralism. Beside these theories mentioned above, the course discusses the key concepts such as modernity, liberty, equality, justice, legitimacy, community, power, identity, discourse, democracy, pluralism, populism, elitism, hegemony, and multiculturalism that determine current social and political life.
SOC452 Cultural Studies and the City (3-0)3 ECTS:6
Culture and the city. Whose culture? Whose city: Sharon Zukin. The image of the city: Kevin Lynch. Entrepreneur city: David Harvey. Space and identities. Neoliberal urban policies and urban identity. Urban identity and culture. Middle class and urban identity. Popular culture and the city. Globalization, city and culture. Case study: Urban identity and Gaziantep. Industrial city Gaziantep. Gastronomy city Gaziantep.