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| KAYL5314 | @ | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Gülmelek DOĞANAY | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | A scientific research is built on a theoretical framework and methodological approach. For this reason, students at the graduate level need to gain the ability to know and use theoretical and methodological approaches. This course aims to teach the theoretical and methodological approaches necessary to conduct research in the field of social sciences. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Learn social theory and approaches | 1,2 | 1,5,6, | | PO - 2 : | Interpret social theory and approaches | 1,2 | 1,5,6, | | PO - 3 : | Use social theory and approaches in their scientific researches | 1,2 | 1,5,6, | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| In the course, both classical and contemporary social science approaches (positivism, functionalism, structuralism, constructionism, symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, critical social theory, feminist theories, etc.) will be presented and discussed within social theory. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Science, Social Reality, Society, and Social Theory | | | Week 2 | Positivist and Realist Philosophies of Science and Conventionalism | | | Week 3 | Sociology and Positivism: Comte, Mill, Spencer, Durkheim | | | Week 4 | Karl Marx and Realism | | | Week 5 | Contemporary Meaning of Classics | | | Week 6 | Structure and Structuralism | | | Week 7 | Post-structuralism | | | Week 8 | Meaning and Ideology | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Frankfurt School | | | Week 11 | Construction Theories | | | Week 12 | Contemporary Critical Theory | | | Week 13 | Feminism and Post-Feminist Theory | | | Week 14 | Postmodernity | | | Week 15 | Networks, Risks, Fluidity | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Anthony Elliot (2021), Çağdaş Sosyal Teoriye Giriş, Ankara: Dipnot. | | | 2 | Russel Keat ve John Urry (2016), Bilim Olarak Sosyal Teori, Nilgün Çelebi (çev.), Ankara: İmge. | | | |
| 1 | Pertti Alasuutari, Leonard Bickman, and Julia Brannen (eds.)(2008), The Sage Handbook of Social Research Methods, London: SAGE Publications | | | 2 | George Ritzer and Barry Smart (eds.) (2001), Handbook of Social Theory, London: SAGE. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 2024 | 2 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 15 | 2025 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 2025 | 2 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 11 | 12 | 132 | | Ödev | 3 | 3 | 9 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 3 | 36 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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