Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| 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 | NEVAL KARANFİL (nevalkaranfil@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | NEVAL KARANFİL, | ||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| The objective of the course is to provide an overview of theoretical understanding of contemporary sociological theories. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Can discuss the theories of contemporary sociological theoreticians |
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. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | Can discuss the topics that contemporart sociological theories work on |
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. 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 |
| LO-3 | can explain the social problems by using the contemporary sociological 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-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. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Contemporary theories in sociology will be handled by taking them as main topics. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Structural functionalism: Talcott Parsons and Robert Merton | Lecture, question and answer |
| 2 | Neofunctionalism: Niklas Luhmann and Niklas Luhmann | Lecture, question and answer |
| 3 | Conflict Theory: Frankfurt School, Wright Mills,Pierre Bourdieu | Lecture, question and answer |
| 4 | Conflict Theory: Ralf Dahrendorf, Lewis Coser, Randall Collins | Lecture, question and answer |
| 5 | Conflict Theory: Ralf Dahrendorf, Lewis Coser, Randall Collins | Lecture, question and answer |
| 6 | Symbolic Interactionism: G. Herbert Mead, Herbert Blumer, Erving Goffman | Lecture, question and answer |
| 7 | Phenomenology: Harold Garfinkel, Peter Berger, Dorothy E. Smith | Lecture, question and answer |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Rational choice theory | Lecture, question and answer |
| 10 | Exchange Theory | Lecture, question and answer |
| 11 | Globalization Theories | Lecture, question and answer |
| 12 | Globalization Theories | Lecture, question and answer |
| 13 | Globalization Theories | Lecture, question and answer |
| 14 | Postmodernism Theories: Lyotard, Jameson | Lecture, question and answer |
| 15 | Postmodernism Theories: Harvey, Baudrillard | Lecture, question and answer |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Wallace, R. A.; Wolf, A. (2015). Çağdaş Sosyoloji Kuramları: Klasik Geleneğin Genişletilmesi. 6.b. (L. Elburuz; M. R. Ayas çev.). Ankara: Doğu Batı. | |
| 2 | Ritzer, G. (2012). Modern Sosyoloji Kuramları. 7.b. (H. Hülür çev.). Ankara: De Ki Basım Yayım | |
| 3 | Giddens, A. (ed.). (2015). Sosyolji: Başlangıç Okumaları. 5.b. İstanbul: Say. | |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 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 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 174 | ||