COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIGION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 6072 RELIGION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed to provide students with comprehensive information about various sociological analyzes and discussions developed on the position and functions of religion as a sociological institution, its relationship with other sociological institutions, and the new forms of social change arising from these contacts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understands that religion is a sociological institution.
2   The social dimension of religion and its position after changing conditions explain its functions.
3   To have knowledge about the characteristics of groups born from religion within a wide socio-cultural structure.
4   While making causal explanations about the direction and effects of social change, he/she comments on the positioning of religion in these processes.
5   To learn the dimensions of the relationship of religion with other sociological institutions (family, education, politics, economy).
6   To have a broad knowledge about the literature, which includes the approach of the discipline of sociology to belief.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Society as the Subject of Sociology
2 Religion as the Subject of Sociology
3 Social Structure and Religion
4 Religion and Culture
5 Socio-Cultural Change and Religion
6 Social Institutions and Religion
7 Social Stratification and Religion
8 Midterm
9 Religion in Classical Sociological Theories
10 Marx, Weber, Durkheim
11 Religion in Contemporary Social Theory
12 Peter Berger & Luckmann, Robert Bellah
13 Clifford Geertz, Gracie Davie, Rudolf Otto, Hervieu Leger
14 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Peter Berger, Sosyolojiye Çağrı, Iletişim Yay. 2017
Gustav Mensching, Din Sosyolojisi, Litera Türk Yay. 2012
Din Sosyolojisi El Kitabı (Edt: Niyazi Akyüz & Ihsan Çapçıoğlu) Grafiker Yay.
Yasin Aktay & M. Emin Köktaş Din Sosyolojisi, Vadi Yay. 2017
Hans Freyer, Din Sosyolojisi, Doğu Batı, 2013
Joachim Wach, Din Sosyolojisi, Marmara Üniv. Ilahiyat Vakfı Yay. 1995
George Ritzer, Modern Sosyoloji Kuramları (Çev: Himmet Hülür), Deki Yay. 2012

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Brainstorming and Vision Enhancement Techniques

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

To be announced.

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 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 8 112
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Reading 7 5 35
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 204

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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