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2009-2010 Katalog

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Mayıs Ayı Sosyoloji Bölümü Seminerleri

Sosyoloji Bölümü 2008-2009 Yılı Seminerleri

Department of Sociology Seminar Series 2008-2009

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Sosyoloji Lisans Programı

Ders Planı

Ders Kodu	Ders Adi	( Teorik - Pratik ) Kredi
1.Yıl - Güz Dönemi
PSY1001	Introduction to Psychology	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC1003	Introduction to Sociology I	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC1031	Introduction to Anthropology	( 3 - 0 ) 3
ENG1003	Communications Skills & Academic Writing I	( 2 - 2 ) 3
GEP1005	History of Civilization I	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC1011	Methodology of Social Sciences	( 3 - 0 ) 3
1.Yıl - Bahar Dönemi
SOC1032	Social and Cultural Anthropology	( 3 - 0 ) 3
GEP1006	History of Civilization II	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC1004	Introduction to Sociology II	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC1012	Methods and Techniques of Social Research	( 3 - 0 ) 3
ENG1004	Communication Skills & Academic Reporting II	( 2 - 2 ) 3
PSY1050	Understanding Social Behaviour	( 3 - 0 ) 3
2.Yıl - Güz Dönemi
TLL2021	Turkish Language & Literature I	( 2 - 0 ) 2
	GE Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC2011	Urbanization	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC2031	Stat.Meth. and Comp.App.in Social Sciences I	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC2041	Changes in Contemporary Turkish Society I	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC2051	Sociological Perspectives	( 3 - 0 ) 3
GEP1005	History of Civilization I	( 3 - 0 ) 3
2.Yıl Bahar Dönemi
SOC2020	Rural Sociology	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC2026	Social Change and Stratification	( 3 - 0 ) 3
TLL2022	Turkish Language & Literature II	( 2 - 0 ) 2
SOC2032	Stat.Meth. and Comp.App.in Social Sciences II	( 3 - 2 ) 4
	GE Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC2042	Changes in Contemporary Turkish Society II	( 3 - 0 ) 3
3.Yıl - Güz Dönemi
	GE Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
HIST3051	History of Turkish Republic I	( 2 - 0 ) 2
SOC3011	Political Sociology	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC3031	Sociology of Gender and Family	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC3041	History of Sociological Thought	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC3051	Sociology of Mass Communication	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC3061	Sociometry	( 3 - 0 ) 3
3.Yıl Bahar Dönemi
SOC3020	Work and Organization	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC3042	Social Movements	( 3 - 0 ) 3
	GE Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
HIST3052	History of Turkish Republic II	( 2 - 0 ) 2
	Departmental Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC3052	Philosophy of Social Sciences	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC3062	Qualitative Methods in Sociology	( 3 - 0 ) 3
4.Yıl - Güz Dönemi
SOC4041	Demography / Population Dynamics	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC4031	Religion in Society	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC4011	Contemporary Sociological Theory	( 3 - 0 ) 3
	Departmental Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC4051	Seminar I	( 3 - 0 ) 3
4.Yıl Bahar Dönemi
	Departmental Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
	Departmental Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
	Departmental Elective	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC4052	Seminar II	( 3 - 0 ) 3
SOC4012	Turkish Sociologists	( 3 - 0 ) 3

Ders Listesi

Ders Tanımları

SOC1003

Introduction to Sociology I

The aim of these introductory courses is to provide students with a general understanding of sociological themes and concepts and the ability to appreciate the differences between sociological and commonsensical ways of thinking about the social world. It enables students to understand the major theoretical models that can be brought to bear in the analysis of social structure, social divisions, social processes and institutions and the significance of current sociological theories, research and debates around the changing nature of contemporary societies.

SOC1004

Introduction to Sociology II

SOC1011

Methodology of Social Sciences

The course examines issues and methods of social science research. It covers basic aspects of the philosophy of science, the logic of scientific inquiry, methodological traditions and the main approaches to, and the main techniques and methods of social research

SOC1012

Methods and Techniques of Social Research

"The course aim to provide the students with the meaning of scientific inquires; principles in social science research, problem defined, conceptualization, hypothesis, various methods of data gathering, research planning and field work. In more specific terms it aims to teach students the essentials of sampling techniques; and soft techniques of data collection, observation, unobsructive measures, structured and unstructured interviews and depth interviewing.

SOC1031

Introduction to Anthropology

"The course provides students with an understanding of the basic concepts, methods and findings of contemporary anthropology in general. It focuses on examining social structure and its relationship to the life in human and non-human primates.

SOC1032

Social and Cultural Anthropology

The breadth of the field will be explored initially through lectures and readings on human origins, language, archaeological evidence for the multiple evolution of complex social systems, cultural variability in resource use, social organization, economic arrangements, and politics, religion and family structure.

SOC2011

Urbanization

The course aims to provide students with a comparative and historical overview of the nature, causes, consequences of urbanization. Conceptual debates and major social theoretical perspectives on urban development are critically reviewed. Focus is upon the process of urbanization and an analysis of cities, urban behaviour patterns, urban riots, social relationships, and urban problems.

SOC2020

Rural Sociology

"The course aims to provide students with a comparative and historical overview of the village as a rural unit. It covers peasantry and social structure; changing social structures in rural population; peasantry in relation to market economy and development; types of peasant production; utilisation of labor; modernization of agriculture and state policies; and peasantry in relation to world economy; and social institutions and stratification in rural society.

SOC2026

Social Change and Stratification

The course focuses on the comparative and historical study of key theories and debates on social structure, social change and social stratification in agrarian, industrial and post-industrial societies. It deals with social, political and economic processes that influence change and stratification in different societies and regions and studies their effects upon the individual, family, and economic and political institutions.

SOC2031

Stat.Meth. and Comp.App.in Social Sciences I

The course aims to teach students methods in research planning and administration; data processing; analysis and application of statistic, and report writing. Students will learn how to transform certain information into a machine-readable form, and how to use computer package programs such as SPSS; BMDP or SAS. Having acquainted themselves with these skills, students are expected to make inference about data and to learn how to make data "speak" constitutes. Fieldwork is required.

SOC2032

Stat.Meth. and Comp.App.in Social Sciences II

SOC2041

Changes in Contemporary Turkish Society I

The course is designed to develop a sociological description and analysis of social and cultural changes in contemporary Turkish society in a global context. It provides students with a detailed analysis of selected aspects of contemporary Turkish society with particular emphasis on social institutions and problems associated with them.

SOC2042

Changes in Contemporary Turkish Society II

The course is designed to develop a sociological description and analysis of social and cultural changes in contemporary Turkish society in a global context. The course aims to enable students to understand the structure of modern Turkey, to apply sociological thinking to current social trends in Turkey and engage in independent analysis and research.

SOC2051

Sociological Perspectives

The course takes some of the broad theoretical perspectives and explores their contribution to theories of social change, social stratification and power. Students are provided with an understanding of modern conceptions of social reality. Current sociological debates around topics such as identity, ethnicity, nation state, cultural diversity, state and civil society, social movements, modernization, globalization are examined.

SOC2060

Sociology of Development

The course includes a theoretical and empirical approach to the place of the underdeveloped countries in the world economic systems. It also includes relations with developed regions throughout history and at the present; the consequences for social, political and economic structures

SOC2062

Sociology of Knowledge

The course provides students with an understanding of structural analysis of the ways in which social structure and relationships influence the products of consciousness. It includes historical and contemporary analysis of the relationship between social structure, on the hand, and knowledge and ideologies on the other.

SOC2064

Structure and Change in Ottoman Society

The coursecovers the following topics: town and country contradiction in Ottoman society; economic structure, state and bureaucracy; commodity production and trade; the land regime; stratification; ideology of statecraft within the Ottoman Empire; evolution of Ottoman society vis-à-vis the structural changes in Europe; and social strife in Ottoman society.

SOC2078

Modern and Post-Modern Society

The course examines both modernism and postmodernism by first presenting prominent sociological theories of modernity and introducing students to postmodern theory through major figures of postmodern theory. The course aims to enable students to put modernism and postmodernism in their context, and relate theoretical issues to real life situations.

SOC2080

Economic Sociology

The course will introduce students with the interdisciplinary intersection of economics and sociology within the context of the key texts of classical social and economic theorists. The social, institutional and cultural context of the ?economic? categories such as ?market?, ?money?, ?commodity?, ?consumption? ?wealth? will be the primary focus of exploration in the course. Recent debates in the field like ?trust? as the basis of market relations, social organization of capital and so on will also be covered.

SOC2084

Political Anthropology

The course provides the students with the basic principles of social differentiation and hiercarchization. It covers the following topics: change induced by the ascent of the principles on popular sovereignty and nationalism; political ecology: center and periphery; anthropological aspects of political values and behavior in contemporary societies.

SOC2534

Sociology of Art & Culture

From sacred didactic narratives and tools of propaganda to aesthetic objects of reverence and commodities for status acquisition, the arts have enjoyed many roles in society. Employing various sociological perspectives, this course will explore the nature of "art in society" by looking at how art objects are produced, distributed, and consumed.

SOC3003

Sociology of Crime

Study of processes whereby behavior is defined as crime and persons are identified as criminals. Includes a sociological investigation of agencies of law enforcement, adjudication, corrections and prevention; patterns of criminal behavior; explanations of variations in criminality with emphasis on sociocultural and sociopsychological theories.

SOC3004

Military Sociology

The course includes a theoretical and empirical approach to civil-military relations. It covers case studies of civil-military relations in selected countries. Moreover, it relates sociology to security studies.

SOC3007

Sociology of Law and Human Rights

The course proceeds in four closely related segments. It covers the scope and methods of the sociology of law; the founders of sociology of law; formal and sociological origins of legal norms; law and social change. The focus is on the Western rights tradition. Other sources of rights, and ideological alternatives to rights, are also considered.

SOC3008

Sociology of Body

The course has two major sections: The first section examines the role of the body in social life and sociological approaches to understanding the body. This is an area which has become increasingly important in recent years both in academic work and in popular culture more widely. The second section examines the various theoretical stances sociologists take towards medical science and human embodiment.

SOC3009

Readings in Sociology of Gender

Under the supervision of the instructor in-depth readings in selected areas of gender – social construction of feminininities and masculinities will be studied. In order to discuss issues like discrimination and inequalities the students will be required to visit NGOs working on women’s issues and women’s rights.

SOC3011

Political Sociology

The course aims to familiarize students with the basic themes and research agendas in the field of political sociology. After an intensive coverage of the debates related to the origins of the modern state and different forms of state power, topics such as the impact of various forms of state power on the formation and evolution of ‘varieties of capitalism’, the controversy over the declining role of the nation-state throughout the process of globalization will be addressed.

SOC3017

Readings in Philosophy

The readings should include early greek philosophy, selected readings of medieval philosophers and learning contemporary philosophical debates. The course also include the examination of major philosophical texts in history and social sciences.

SOC3020

Work and Organization

The course focuses on social conditions giving rise to formal organizations; organization s and their settings; dimensions of organization structure; professionalism and white-collar employment; micro emphasis on control and power; macro-societal and historical emphasis; the impact of external and internal factors on organization; and some consequences of organizational structure.

SOC3031

Sociology of Gender and Family

The course reviews competing explanations and major theories of gender stratification. In the second part of the course, on the basis of the conceptual understanding developed in the first section, historical development of marriage and family will be examined with an emphasis on the social forces shaping the contemporary family, the relationship between the family and social change, power relationships within the family.

SOC3041

History of Sociological Thought

The course aims to develop a solid understanding of intellectual origins of sociology. The course systematically and critically analyses classical sociological theories, locating them in their philosophical and historical context, and emphasizing their relevance for the analysis of contemporary societies and their contribution to the contemporary configuration of social thought.

SOC3042

Social Movements

"The course aims to provide students with the intransigence of established social ordersand the articulation of popular demands as well as the dynamics of social movements in modernizing and modern societies. It also includes the crystallization of ideologies-of-movements, utopia and revolution and students' movements. "

SOC3051

Sociology of Mass Communication

The course explores the nature of the relationship between mass media and society. It enables the students to understand the role of the mass communication in contemporary societies. It introduces students to the study of media production, media content and media reception which is then situated in recent debates concerning globalization and new communication technologies.

SOC3052

Philosophy of Social Sciences

The aim of this course is to understand the philosophical foundations of the social sciences. The course gives due attention to specific philosophical questions related to the relationship between the idea of self that emerges in modernity along with the scientific worldview, on the one hand, and social structures in general, on the other.

SOC3060

Readings in Rural Development Sociology

It covers the following topics: international agricultural and rural development; the emergence and nature of so-called 'new' issue-based social movements relating to questions of environment, agrarian policy and political representation; local and global changes in migration flows and networks resulting from the reorganization of production and work on an international scale and from the process of displacement of rural peoples resulting from social and ethnic strife and violence.

SOC3061

Sociometry

Sociometry has two main branches: research sociometry, and applied sociometry. Research sociometry is action research with groups exploring the socio-emotional networks of relationships using specified criteria e.g Who in this group do you want to sit beside you at work? Who in the group do you go to for advice on a work problem? Who in the group do you see providing satisfying leadership in the pending project? Sometimes called network explorations, research sociometry is concerned with relational patterns in small (individual and small group) and larger populations, such as organizations and neighborhoods. Applied sociometrists utilize a range of methods to assist people and groups review, expand and develop their existing psycho-social networks of relationships. Both fields of sociometry exist to produce through their application, greater spontaneity and creativity of both individuals and groups.

SOC3062

Qualitative Methods in Sociology

To learn and apply different types and traditions of qualitative reserach. Five types/traditions of qualitative research are identified here. Biography, Phenomenology, Grounded Theory, Ethnography, Case Study.

SOC3064

Readings in Urban Studies

Under the supervision of the instructor in-depth readings in selected areas of urban ?urbanizaiton theories, globalization and city will be studied.

SOC3065

Sociology of Childhood: Youth Culture

The Youth Cultures course will explore the common experiences of being a young person in Turkey, Middle East and Europe today, and will examine the cultural creations: music, fashion, expressions and identities, which youth are creating and recreating.

SOC3070

Readings in Sociology of the Turkish Transformatio

The course aims to examine the structural transformation of the late Ottoman society within the context the new global economic order. The course covers following topics in its scope: the Western challenge and the response of the Ottoman state; the Eastern question; from statecraft to govern-mentality; the reform movement and its shortcomings; new social forces within the late Ottoman society; "Jeune Turc" ideology and its roots; ideology in the face of socio-economic reality.

SOC4001

The Sociology of Work and Industry

The focus of this course is work: how it developed into its present forms; how it is organized; how individuals experience it; and the social relationships and institutional frameworks so essential for it to occur. It examines the work: how it developed into its present forms; how it is organized; how individuals experience it; and the social relationships and institutional frameworks so essential for it to occur.

SOC4006

Conflict Resolution

It is a multi-disciplinary course designed to integrate theory, research and practice. First, as an introduction to the field of conflict analysis and resolution, it examines definitions of conflict and diverse views of its "resolution." It examines major social scientific theories of conflict. Emphasis is on the need for theories to inform our ability to resolve conflict. Weaves together ideas from conventional disciplines with new approaches especially to causes of deep-rooted conflict.

SOC4008

Victimology

The course will examine the incidence, prevalence , and effects of victimization on individuals and groups from such crimes as family violence, rape, street crime, and fraud.

SOC4009

Readings in Sociology

Periodic offerings of courses on developing topics in this field. Students select a topic concerning sociological theory or research, survey the relevant literature, and discuss their findings with their major professor.

SOC4010

Issues in the Information Society

The course major objective is providing an introduction to theories and issues surrounding the notion of the information society, from early formulations in the 1970s with the advent of computerization, to current debates and issues about the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

SOC4011

Contemporary Sociological Theory

The course provides the students with an analysis of the major theoretical models and paradigms in contemporary sociological theory. It focuses on critical analysis of competing paradigms, approaches and theories. It also aims at construction of theories and their relevance for research.

SOC4012

Turkish Sociologists

The course covers the works of Turkish sociologists including Ziya Gokalp, Niyazi Berkes, Mubeccel Kıray, Bahattin Akşit. It is a comprehensive course that examines the links between studies and their environment. The course answers the following questions. (a) What sub-disciplines have been studied most in Turkish Sociology since 1985? and (b) Are there significant differences between approaches of the sociologists?

SOC4015

Medical Sociology

Use of theory and empirical studies to understand the social etiology of disease health practices, practitioners, and institutions, and the special area of mental health. Measurement of health and illness and their social significance. Applications of sociological and social-psychological theories to practitioner-client relationships and interaction. Implications of alternative models of health care provision.

SOC4016

Special Topics in Sociology

An examination of current problems organized on a lecture-discussion basis.

SOC4018

Readings in Migration Studies

In-depth readings in selected areas of migration -insight into the relevance of migration in an interdisciplinary and international context- will be studied. The course also aims to understand the perspectives and motives of the actors involved in international migration.

SOC4028

Sociology of the Balkans

The course covers the study of the ethnic origins of the Balkan people and the historical roots of Balkan culture. It also includes social and cultural change in the post-Cold War era in the Balkan countries.

SOC4030

Sociology of the Middle East

The course covers the study of the ethnic origins of Middle Eastern people and the historical roots of Middle Eastern culture. Moreover, it focuses on kinship systems and the family; patron-client relationships; and the "honor-and-shame" complex.

SOC4031

Religion in Society

The course aims to locate the significance of religion in society role of religious consciousness in human action. It surveys comparatively and historically the role that religion has played in human society, and explores the interaction between religion and worldwide social change. Other topics include the secularization debate, the concept of civil religion, new religious movements and religious fundamentalism.

SOC4041

Demography / Population Dynamics

The course introduces the main concepts in population studies, showing how they relate to issues in research, planning and policy development. Topics include contemporary thought on population growth, mortality control, changes in fertility, population mobility, the life cycle, the study of generations and the population dimension of environmental changes and social issues.

SOC4051

Seminar I

"The course aims to cover the substantive research interests, current projects, and research styles of the fourth year undergraduates. It will study major theories and research on large-scale social change and global trends. Important contemporary and historical processes, including the Russian, Chinese, and African revolutions are to be focussed as weell as the current issues in sociology of economic and political change. "

SOC4052

Seminar II

SOC4075

Sociology of the Southeast Asia and Far East

This course provides basic information about the inhabitants of the Southeast and Far East nations of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, China, Korea, and Japan. The beliefs, attitudes, and value systems of the people of the Southeast and Far East are studied using some core textbook readings supplemented by feature films, video materials, novels, short stories, and poetry. Class discussions focus on interpreting these works of art in the context of comparative sociological analysis of the Malaysian, Indonesian, Thai, Singapore, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese cultures and societies.