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| SOS4017 | Contemporary Sociological Approaches | 4+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of SOCIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Öğr. Gör. Dr Selim KARYELİOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to familiarizing theories and approaches which have been explored in sociology after the first quarter of the 20th century with introducing of the key representatives. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | specify the basic concepts related to the sociological theories. | 1 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | comprehend the intellectual origins of the sociological theories. | 1 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | establish a connection between the intellectual origins of the theories and their contemporaries. | 2 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | understand the importance of theories in terms of the science. | | 1, | | LO - 5 : | make a comparison of theories. | 1 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This course covers contemporary sociological theories and their intellectual origins. In this context, by reminding the epistemological, ontological and methodological assumptions of the three main paradigms, starting from the paradigm transformations, what are the new debates in sociological theory and the similarities and differences regarding the positioning of each view within itself will be discussed with an analytical perspective. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction | | | Week 2 | Examination of Assumptions of Basic Paradigms (pozitivist-hermeneutic-conflict) | | | Week 3 | Symbolic Interactionism, Phenomenology,
Ethnomethodology | | | Week 4 | Critical Theory (Frankfurt School) | | | Week 5 | Post-Modern Theory: Jean-François Lyotard / Frederic Jameson | | | Week 6 | Public Sphere and Reason: Jürgen Habermas | | | Week 7 | Anthony Giddens' Structuration Theory | | | Week 8 | Post-Structuralism and Michel Foucault | | | Week 9 | Mid-term axam | | | Week 10 | Consuming and Operating: Zygmunt Bauman | | | Week 11 | Consumption Society, Simulation and Simulacra: Jean Baudrillard | | | Week 12 | World System Analysis: Immanuel Wallerstein | | | Week 13 | Democracy and Society: Alain Touraine | | | Week 14 | The Problem of Multiculturalism: Will Kymlicka | | | Week 15 | Evaluation of Sociological Theories | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 18/11/2024 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 07/01/2025 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Diğer 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Diğer 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Total work load | | | 125 |
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