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| SOS4019 | Modernity and Sociology | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of SOCIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Bahar USTA BAKİ | | Co-Lecturer | Assist. Prof. Serdal FİDAN | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | It is aimed to examine the changes and transformations experienced in society together with modernization. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | explain the basic concepts of modernity. | 1,2,6,8,10,13 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | can compare pre-modern society with post-modernity societies. | 1,2,6,9,11,12,14 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | can do sociological analyzes of social changes in society with modernity. | 1,2,3,7,8,10,14 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | comprehend and explain the ideas of the modernity theorists. | 1,2,4,5,7,10,11,12 | 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 | | |
| In this course pre-modern societies, post-enlightenment society, social transformations in the modern era, modernity theorists, institutional dimensions of modernity, risk society, consumer society, industrial society and non-western modernities and the results of modernity will be discussed.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Modernity as a Social Formation
| | | Week 2 | Pre-modern period
| | | Week 3 | Background of Modernity | | | Week 4 | Post-Enlightenment Society
| | | Week 5 | Construction of Iron Cage: Bureaucracy
| | | Week 6 | Modernity theorists
| | | Week 7 | Institutional Dimensions of Modernity
| | | Week 8 | Break from Modernity | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Risk Society | | | Week 11 | Non-western modernities | | | Week 12 | Is Modernity a Western Project?
| | | Week 13 | Exit Routes From Modernity
| | | Week 14 | Exit Routes From Modernity
| | | Week 15 | General Evaluation | | | Week 16 | End-of term exam | | | |
| 1 | Wagner, P. 2014; Deneyim ve Yorum Olarak Modernlik: Modernliğin Yeni Sosyolojisi, PEGEM Akademi, Ankara | | | |
| 1 | Touraine, A. 1994; Modernliğin Eleştirisi, Çev. Hülya Tufan,Yapı Kredi Y., İstanbul | | | 2 | Giddens, A. 2012; Modernliğin Sonuçları, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul | | | 3 | Bauman, Z. 2000; Liquid Modernity, Blackwell, Malden | | | 4 | Gellner, E. 1994; Postmodernizm İslâm ve Us, Çe. Bülent Peker, Ümit Y., Ankara | | | 5 | Davison, A. 2002; Türkiye?de Sekülarizm ve Modernlik, Ç:Tuncay Birkan, İletişim Y.,İstanbul | | | 6 | Bauman, Z. 1991; Modernity and Ambivalence, Cornell University Press, New York | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 20-28/11/2023 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 10-23/01/2024 | 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 4 | 10 | 40 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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