COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 7023 HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Master's Degree in Sociology ((Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Master's Degree in Sociology ((Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

To make clear that sociology is a kind of engagement of being historical and tending to be historical. The main interest of historical sociology and the main works within this field will be considered in order to provide examples of both Western and non-Western historical sociology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to understand the relation between history and sociology
2   Being able to understand that our sociological questions are inevitably historical
3   Being able to understand the theorists of historical sociology
4   Being able to understand the importance of historical sociology for present time
5   Being able to learn how to ask questions about social structures and processes which are settled corporally in space and time

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and the Research Agenda of Historical Sociology
2 Relation of History and Sociology
3 Historical Sociology of Karl Marx
4 Historical Sociology of Max Weber
5 Historical sociology of Perry Anderson
6 Historical Sociology of E. P. Thompson
7 Historical Sociology of Charles Tilly
8 Midterm
9 Historical Sociology of Barrington Moore
10 Historical Sociology of Theda Skocpol
11 Historical Sociology of Non-Western Societies: Introduction to Comparative Historical Sociology
12 Eiko Ikegami: Japanese Experience of Modernity
13 Historical Sociological Works on Ottoman Empire
14 Historical Sociology and Gender

Recomended or Required Reading

Theda Skocpol (1999) Tarihsel Sosyoloji, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları.
Abrams, Philip (1982) Historical Sociology, Cornell University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Answer-Question
Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-5: Will be evaluated by questions in the midterm and final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Kaya
ibrahim.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 11.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 9 9
Preparing presentations 13 2 26
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1555555
LO.255555
LO.3555555
LO.4555
LO.5555555