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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / SOS-BH-508 - SOCIOLOGY (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: SOS-BH-508 Course Title: SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 5 / 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 HASAN YAVUZER (hasanyavuzer@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) HASAN YAVUZER,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To give information about religion sociology, its subjects and methods. Examining relation between religion and society from a sociologic perspective.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can know information about religion 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.
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-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-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.
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 explain subject and methods of religion sociology, sociologic approach to religion-society relation and 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-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-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.
PO-8 8-Evaluate how the important personalities, events and phenomena that have made essential contributions to the development of Sociology that might have impact on their field of practice.
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
LO-3 Can evaluate to influence each other religion and society. 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-8 8-Evaluate how the important personalities, events and phenomena that have made essential contributions to the development of Sociology that might have impact on their field of practice.
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
History of Sociology of Religion and subject, method, and way of expressing religious experience, functional relationships with other social institutions of religion, religion and society, religion and natural groups, religious groups, social stratification and differentiation of religion, religion and social change, religion and social integration will be considered.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Birth, development and history of religion sociology Verbal-question-answer
2 Its subject and methods Verbal-question-answer
3 Religious experience and narration types of it Verbal-question-answer
4 Functional relations of religion with other social institutions Verbal-question-answer
5 Religion and society relations Verbal-question-answer
6 Religion and natural groups and religious groups Verbal-question-answer
7 Relation between religious groups and congregation Verbal-question-answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Religion, social stratification and differentiation Verbal-question-answer
10 Religion and social change Verbal-question-answer
11 Religion and social integration Verbal-question-answer
12 Types of religious authority, religion-state relations Verbal-question-answer
13 Religious institutions and foundations Verbal-question-answer
14 The Presidency of Religious Affairs Verbal-question-answer
15 Mission and responsibilities of The Presidency of Religious Affairs. Verbal-question-answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Ünver Günay; Din Sosyolojisi, İnsan Yayınları, İstanbul 2005
2 Phil Zuckerman; Din Sosyolojisine Giriş, (Çev. İhsan Çapcıoğlu- Halil Aydınalp), Birleşik Kitabevi, Ankara 2006
3 Hasan YAVUZER; Çağdaş Din Hizmeti ve Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, Laçin Yayınevi, Kayseri 2006
4 Abdurrahman Kurt; Din Sosyolojisi, Sentez Yayıncılık, Bursa 2012
5 Niyazi Akyüz- İhsan Çapcıoğlu; Din Sosyolojisi, Grafiker Yayınları, Ankara 2012
Required Course instruments and materials
The source books, selected 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
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 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 9 27
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 5 15
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 5 15
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 151