Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / SOS 524 - SOCIOLOGY (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: SOS 524 Course Title: SOCIOLOGY AND POSTMODERNISM 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 AHMET FARUK YILDIRIM (afyildirim@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) NEVAL KARANFİL,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The main objective of the course is to discuss postmodernist theory starting from modernism.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can discuss the modernist theories PO-2 2-Plan experiments and carry out original researches in the field by making use of the theoretical and practical knowledge at the expert level that they have obtained in their field.
PO-5 5-Evaluate the knowledge and skills in a critical way in every activity regarding the field, thereby guiding their learning.
Examination
LO-2 Can evaluate postmodernist theories. 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-4 4-Have the qualification and capability to gain admission to doctoral programs, R&D units or occupations related to the field with the knowledge they have gathered in the field.
Examination
LO-3 Can evaluate the social and cultural reflexions of postmodernism by using the concepts of the theories discussed. 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.
PO-10 10-Monitor and supervise the social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the process of collecting, interpreting, implementing and publishing the data related to the field of Sociology and teach those values.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Themes to be discussed include Modernism, structuralism, post-structuralism and postmodernism along with the Foucault's, Harvey's, Lyotard's, Jameson's and Baudrillar's views on the subject.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Discussions related to modernism Lecture, questions and answers
2 Modernity Lecture, questions and answers
3 Fordism - Post-Fordism Lecture, questions and answers
4 Structralism Lecture, questions and answers
5 Post-structuralism Lecture, questions and answers
6 Post-modernism Lecture, questions and answers
7 Post-modern Theories Lecture, questions and answers
8 mid-term exam
9 Lyotard's views Lecture, questions and answers
10 Baudrillard's views Lecture, questions and answers
11 Faucault's views Lecture, questions and answers
12 Jameson's views Lecture, questions and answers
13 Critical Theory and Post-modernism Lecture, questions and answers
14 Overview Lecture, questions and answers
15 Overview Lecture, questions and answers
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Best, S; Kellner, D. (2011). Postmodern Teori. (çev. Mehmet Küçük) İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.
2 Kumar, Krishan. (2010). Sanayi Sonrası Toplumdan Post-modern Topluma Çağdaş Dünyanın Yeni Kuramları. (çev. Mehmet Küçük). Ankara Dost
3 Hollinger, Robert. (2005). Postmodernizm ve Sosyal Bilimler: Tematik Bir Yaklaşım. (çev. Ahmet Cevizci). İstanbul: Paradigma Kitabevi.
4 Jameson, F. (2005). Kültürel Dönemeç. (çev. Kemal İnal), Ankara: Dost Yayınları.
5 Bauman, Z. (2013). Postmodernizm ve Hoşnutsuzlukları. (çev. İsmail Türkmen). İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.
6 Lyotard, Ahmet. (2014). Postmodern Durum. (çev. İsmet Birkan). Ankara: Bilgesu Yayıncılık.
Required Course instruments and materials
Source books and articles

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 1 1 10
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 3 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 14 42
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 1 4 4
       e) Term paper/Project 1 4 4
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 3 6 18
Own study for mid-term exam 3 3 9
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 6 18
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 181