Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 2 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
| Department | PHILOSOPHY | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| The aims of this course is to introduce the student to the early sources of sociological thought, and to depict the generation of sociology as a distinct science within the context of philosophy of society and politics, and its development afterwards. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | can explain the historical roots of sociological thought. |
PO-8 Understanding, resolving and – if need be – manipulating singular problems confronted in sub-disciplines of philosophy. PO-12 Attaining knowledge and using sources in the field of history of science. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | can explain the general character of modern social science. |
PO-8 Understanding, resolving and – if need be – manipulating singular problems confronted in sub-disciplines of philosophy. PO-13 Identifying inferential structures in given textual materials. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | can identify the leading schools in classical sociology. |
PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing. PO-8 Understanding, resolving and – if need be – manipulating singular problems confronted in sub-disciplines of philosophy. PO-12 Attaining knowledge and using sources in the field of history of science. |
Examination |
| LO-4 | can grasp the philosophical foundations of social science. |
PO-6 Approaching in a philosophical fashion to problems in fields such as science, art and culture, and identifying such problems. PO-8 Understanding, resolving and – if need be – manipulating singular problems confronted in sub-disciplines of philosophy. PO-15 Identifying the philosophical-logical facets of problems treated in given scientific texts, and locating within the philosophical literature possible solutions to such problems. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Detection of proto-sociological thought in the history of philosophy; presentation of the forerunners and founders of sociology; presentation of the basic views/currents in sociology; presentation of traditional/classical sociological theories (Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Pareto, Simmel, LePlay, Veblen, Tönnies, Spencer). | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Early sources of sociological thought | Lecture |
| 2 | Early sources of sociological thought | Lecture |
| 3 | The nature of modern social science | Lecture |
| 4 | Classical sources of modern social science | Lecture |
| 5 | Classical sources of modern social science | Lecture |
| 6 | Saint-Simon and Comte | Lecture |
| 7 | Saint-Simon and Comte | Lecture |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | The positivist view | Lecture |
| 10 | The mechanistic view | Lecture |
| 11 | Social organism | Lecture |
| 12 | Classical theories | Lecture |
| 13 | Classical theories | Lecture |
| 14 | Classical theories | Lecture |
| 15 | Sub-disciplines of modern sociology | Lecture |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Bouthoul, G. (2016). Sosyoloji Tarihi, çev. Süreyya, C., İstanbul: İnkılap Kitabevi. | |
| 2 | Ünsaldı, L. ve Geçgin, E. (2013). Sosyoloji Tarihi: Dünya’da ve Türkiye’de, Ankara: Heretik. | |
| 3 | Freyer, H. (2012). Sosyoloji Kuramları Tarihi, çev. Çağatay, T., İstanbul: Doğu Batı. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Coursebook | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 4 | 15 | 60 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 4 | 15 | 60 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 0 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 24 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 170 | ||