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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / SOS 518 - SOCIOLOGY (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: SOS 518 Course Title: ETHNIC SOCIOLOGY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department SOCIOLOGY (MASTER'S DEGREE)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer HULUSİ YILMAZ (h.yilmaz@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To teach that the concept of ethnicity or the concepts of ethnic minority are still vague concepts in sociology. To show that definition of movements of ethnic nationalism in terms of these concepts would be relative.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can ımprove the level of knowledge in the field of sociology. PO-1 1-Have an advanced level of knowledge about the recent and best practices in Sociology, deepen and expand their knowledge on the expert level, conduct and assess the analyses by employing statistical methods.
Examination
LO-2 In every activity related to the field of professional knowledge and skills critically can evaluate. PO-5 5-Evaluate the knowledge and skills in a critical way in every activity regarding the field, thereby guiding their learning.
 		Examination
LO-3 Current developments and their work in sociology, the field of quantitative and qualitative data, and the outside groups can support them with written, oral and visual transfers systematically. PO-9 9-Transfer in a systematical way the latest developments in Sociology and their field of study reinforcing with qualitative and quantitative data to the groups either concerned with the field or not by verbal, visual and written means.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Concepts of ethnicity and ethnic group will be defined. the concept of minority will be defined. To teach how the concepts of ethnic and minority are met in Turkish and American sociology. Some ethnic minorities in Turkey will be compared with minorities in the U.S. the sociological characteristics of ethnic movements will be explained.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The concept of ethnicity Lecture, question and answer
2 Relationship with other concepts in the concept of ethnicity Lecture, question and answer
3 ethnic group Lecture, question and answer
4 Multi-culturalism and multi-ethnicity Lecture, question and answer
5 Western societies, and Turkey to the concept of ethnicity, the social structure of the differences of view Lecture, question and answer
6 Primitive and modern ethnicity ethnicity Lecture, question and answer
7 Cultural identity and ethnicity Lecture, question and answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Nationality and ethnicity Lecture, question and answer
10 Turkey's ethnic structure of the Lecture, question and answer
11 Causes of ethnic grouping Lecture, question and answer
12 Ethnicity, cultural mosaic Lecture, question and answer
13 National culture and ethnicity Lecture, question and answer
14 Identity, culture, relationship Lecture, question and answer
15 new tribalism Lecture, question and answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 TÜRKDOĞAN, Orhan; Etnik Sosyoloji, Timaş Yay., 2000 ÖNDER, Ömer Tayyar;Türkiye'nin Etnik Yapısı, Kripto Yay., 2005
2 Ali Önder Tayyar, Türkiye'nin Etink Yapısı.
Required Course instruments and materials
Source books

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 0
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 14 42
       c) Performance Project 2 1 2
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 14 42
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 7 21
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 13 39
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 190