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| SOS4024 | Cultural Theories | 4+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Spring 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 | Prof. Dr. Bayram SEVİNÇ | | Co-Lecturer | Assist. Prof. Serdal FİDAN | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The purpose of this course is to teach students to understand the social roots of the culture by analyzing the relationship between culture and society, and to provide them the sociological theories in this regard. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | to perceive the culture concept and its historical development | 1,2,6,7 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | learn about the social origins of culture | 1,2,6,9 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | determine the relationships between culture and social structure and social change | 1,2 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | to interpret the relationship between culture and social life | 3,6,8 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | to perceive and evaluate cultural issues at national and universal level | 6,10,13 | 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, the concept of culture, culture theories the relationship between culture and social institutions, cultural changes during the historical period, the global and local cultures, globalization and culture issues are discussed. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction: culture and cultural theory
| | | Week 2 | Culture in classical social theory
| | | Week 3 | Parsons' culture analysis
| | | Week 4 | Culture and ideology: Marxist approach
| | | Week 5 | Culture and action: Symbolic interactionism
| | | Week 6 | Culture in Phenomenology and ethnomethodology
| | | Week 7 | Durkheim and cultural analysis
| | | Week 8 | Culture in Structuralist approach
| | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam
| | | Week 10 | Poststructuralist approach and culture
| | | Week 11 | Culture, structure, and agency
| | | Week 12 | Hermeneutical analysis of culture
| | | Week 13 | Psychoanalytic approaches to culture
| | | Week 14 | Postmodernism and culture
| | | Week 15 | Critical theory and post-structuralist approach
| | | Week 16 | Ent-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Smith, P. ve Riley, A. 2021; Kültürel Kurama Giriş, Dipnot Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | Bauman, Z. ve Lyon, D. 2013; Akışkan Gözetim, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul | | | 2 | Journet, N. 2009: Evrenselden Özele Kültür, İz Yayınları, İstanbul | | | 3 | Williams, R. 2005; Anahtar Sözcükler, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul | | | 4 | Geertz. C. 2010; Kültürlerin Yorumlanması, Dost Yayınları, Ankara | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 16/04/2024 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 03/06/2024 | 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 | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 1 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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