COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF TURKEY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 2017 SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF TURKEY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology (Evening)
Sociology

Course Objective

To understand the development and transformation process of Turkish society and sociological rules.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to analyse the process of changes and transformations of Turkish Social Structure
2   To be able to understand the continuous social structure
3   Understanding the Turkish social structure historically
4   Evaluation of the Turkish social structure through comparative analysis
5   Understanding the political foundations of the Turkish social structure
6   Evaluate the economic foundations of the Turkish social structure
7   Understanding the cultural foundations of the Turkish social structure
8   To comprehend studies on Turkish social structure
9   To discuss the problems of the Turkish social structure

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Structure of Turkish Society
2 Turkish Thought System Before Islam
3 Ottoman Identity and Otoman Social System
4 Turkish Rerganization ( Tanzimat ) and Westernization
5 An Historical Process: Oguz Turkmen Differentiation
6 Tribe and Clan Structure
7 Otoman Heritage and from an Empire to a Nation State
8 Official Theory as a Social System
9 Mid-Term Exam
10 Dynamics of Present Turkish Society and Turkish Democracy Model
11 Recent Turkey: Politics, Economy, Society and Multy party Life
12 Revolutions in Turkish Republic Period

Recomended or Required Reading

Orhan Türkdoğan,Türk Toplum yapısı,Çamlıca Yayınları,Istanbul 2002
Feroz Ahmad,Modern Türkiye nin Oluşumu,Sarmal ,Istanbul 1995
Memet Zincirkıran,Dünden Bugüne Türkiye nin Toplumsal Yapısı,Nova, Ankara 2006

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 10 120
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 158

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.133
LO.244
LO.335
LO.434
LO.543
LO.623
LO.754
LO.854
LO.943