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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS SOS 3038 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

To analyse religion meaning in social contex of society and practical positioni in society.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To know general sociological charecteristics of religion 2   To show social effects of religion in the world 3   To understand religion institutions in the modern society 4   To show religious social movement in the modern society 5   To analyse religious instutions, rituals and symbols how they change and invent in the modernization process

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The religion of sociology, its meaning and sphere 2 The religion of sociological imagination 3 Religion I: Rituals and sacret 4 Religion II:God, community , religion mitology 5 The theories in religion of sociology I: Sosyografy and Marx, Freud, Malinowsky 6 The theories in religion of sociology II: Fenomenology ve Peter Berger 7 The religion of sociological understanding of Durkheim 8 Max Weber and Prothestand Ethic 9 Mid term 10 Religion and society in modern Turkey 11 Religion and social integration 12 Religion and modernization

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Din ve Ideoloji, Şerif Mardin, 1969, Ankara 2) Teokrasi ve Laiklik, Niyazi Berkes, 1984, Ankara 3) The Sociology of Religion, Malcolm B. Hamilton,1995, London 4) Değişen Din Anlayışının Sosyolojisi, Ergün Yıldırım, Bilge Yayınları,1999, Ist. 5) Modern Mahrem, Nilüfer Göle, Metis yayınları, 1994, ist. 6) The Contemporary of Religion ,Martin Aldridge, 2001, London

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 16 4 64 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 3 3 LO.2 3 4 4 LO.3 3 4 3 3 LO.4 3 5 2 LO.5 4 5