Course Code and name

EKO111 Sociology

Course Type

Compulsory

Course Credit

 

3 0 3

ECTS Credit

 

5

Lecturer

Erdal Aksoy

Pre-requisite(s)

None

Course Length

 

1 semester/3 hours each week

Course Content

-         A brief examination of the concepts of science, social science and sociology, principal features and forms of scientific knowledge, the  methods of collecting and processing scientific data and information,

-          The evaluation of the significance of science in the organization of human social life in contemporary society.

-         Culture, the individual and social interaction (the processes, forms, strategies and consequences of socialization within life cycle).

-          Social stratification, groups and organizations, and forms of social control.

-          Kinship, marriage and the family, education, and work and economic life as some of the basic social institutions within their wider context and under the influence of current tendencies and developments.

 

Course Objective and Fulfillments to be obtained by Students

 

 

At the end of this course the student understands the meaning of and manages to assess his/her life experience within the concepts of science, social science and sociology, principal features and forms of scientific knowledge, the  methods of collecting and processing scientific data and information, the significance of science in the organization of human social life in contemporary society, the concepts of culture, the individual and social interaction (the processes, forms, strategies and consequences of socialization within life cycle), social stratification, groups and organizations, and forms of social control, examining kinship, marriage and the family, education, and work and economic life as some of the basic social institutions within their wider context and under the influence of current tendencies and developments.

 

References

 

BILTON, Tony  and the others.(1987) Introductory Socıology:Cambridge

COLE, Stephan(1999), Sosyolojik Düşünme Yöntemi,(Trans. by Bekir Demirkol) Ankara: Vadi Yayınları

DÖNMEZER, Sulhi. (1994) Toplumbilim, İstanbul:Beta Basım Yayım.

FICHTER, Joseph. (1996)Sosyoloji Nedir?( Trans. by Nilgün Çelebi), Ankara:Attila Kitabevi

GIDDENS, Anthony. (1994)Sosyolojiye Eleştirel bir Yaklaşım, (Trans. by Ruhi Esengün, İsmail Öğretir), İstanbul.

GIDDENS, Anthony.(2003) Introduction to Sociology, New York: Norton.

SEZAL, İhsan (ed.) Sosyolojiye Giriş, Ankara: Martı yayınları, 2002.

ZANDEN, J.W. Vander. (1993) Sociology, The Core, New York: McGraw-Hill

                                                                                                

 

Teaching Method

Lectures and classroom discussions

Assessment Method

Written exam (two midterms (50%) and one final (50%)

 

Instruction Language

Turkish