Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / SOS 511 - SOCIOLOGY (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: SOS 511 Course Title: SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES IN TURKEY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall 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 NEVAL KARANFİL (nevalkaranfil@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) NEVAL KARANFİL,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To make students gain information and experience about sociological studies in Türkiye.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can know information about sociology studies in Türkiye. 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.
PO-3 3-Make use of the knowledge they have in order to find a solution to problems by analyzing, comparing and questioning them and can carry out original research in the related field on their own.
PO-5 5-Evaluate the knowledge and skills in a critical way in every activity regarding the field, thereby guiding their learning.
PO-6 6-Are able to communicate in at least one foreign language in verbal and written terms on B1 level in the European Language Portfolio.
Examination
LO-2 Can explain Turkish sociologists and their studies. 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.
PO-3 3-Make use of the knowledge they have in order to find a solution to problems by analyzing, comparing and questioning them and can carry out original research in the related field on their own.
PO-5 5-Evaluate the knowledge and skills in a critical way in every activity regarding the field, thereby guiding their learning.
PO-6 6-Are able to communicate in at least one foreign language in verbal and written terms on B1 level in the European Language Portfolio.
Examination
LO-3 Can gain competence sociological thinking and evaluation. 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.
PO-3 3-Make use of the knowledge they have in order to find a solution to problems by analyzing, comparing and questioning them and can carry out original research in the related field on their own.
PO-5 5-Evaluate the knowledge and skills in a critical way in every activity regarding the field, thereby guiding their learning.
PO-6 6-Are able to communicate in at least one foreign language in verbal and written terms on B1 level in the European Language Portfolio.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Beginning of sociology studies in Türkiye. First Turkish sociologists, sociology studies in later periods, recent Turkish sociologists.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 General information about sociology and sociological studies. Verbal, question-answer
2 The birth of sociology and first sociology studies in Türkiye Verbal, question-answer
3 First Turkish sociologists Verbal, question-answer
4 Samples of sociology studies in first periods Verbal, question-answer
5 Historical development of sociological studies in Türkiye Verbal, question-answer
6 Sociology studies in Republic Period Verbal, question-answer
7 Samples from recent sociology studies Verbal, question-answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Theoretical sociology studies Verbal, question-answer
10 Practical sociology studies Verbal, question-answer
11 Present Turkish sociologists Verbal, question-answer
12 Effects of American sociology on Turkish sociology Verbal, question-answer
13 Samples from studies of present sociologists Verbal, question-answer
14 Samples from studies of present sociologists Verbal, question-answer
15 Samples from studies of present sociologists Verbal, question-answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 H. Bayram Kaçmazoğlu; Türkiye’de Sosyoloji Tarihi;
2 H. Bayram Kaçmazoğlu; Türk Sosyoloji Tarihi Üzerine Araştırmalar Öncüleri ve Temelleri Çerçevesinde Yaklaşımlar, Birey Yayıncılık / Türkiye İncelemeleri Dizisi
3 M. Çağatay Özdemir; Türkiye’de Sosyoloji (İsimler-Eserler: I-II), Phonenix Yayınevi, Ankara 2008,
4 Tülay Kara, İçtimaiyat'tan Sosyoloji'ye: İÜEF Sosyoloji Bölümü'nün Tarihine ve Sosyoloji Derslerine Dair (s. 713-730)
5 Nükhet Sirman, Nükhet Sirman ile Türkiye'de Sosyoloji ve Antropoloji Yapmak Üzerine (s. 303-326)
6 Ertan Eğribel-Ufuk Özcan; Türk Sosyoloğları ve Eserleri I-II
7 Emre Kongar, Türk Toplum Bilimcileri I-II, Remzi Kitabevi
Required Course instruments and materials
The source books, selected articles, computer, board, marker

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) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 10 50
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 8 24
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 4 16
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 6 6 36
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 170