COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT SOCIAL PROBLEMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 6075 CURRENT SOCIAL PROBLEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

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, in modern times, especially after industry in the world and Turkey, its presence is always revealed by current social conditions and social problems that continue transformed into and in different ways, new challenges and solutions will be discussed with a sociological perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn basic conceptual and theoretical approaches to social problems.
2   Analyze the causes of social problems occurring simultaneously in various societies and cultures and affecting other societies and cultures.
3   Understands the research methods and techniques related to the sociology of social problems.
4   Makes sociological evaluations about the dynamics, prevention and solutions of social problems that come to the fore at the global and local scale.
5   Have knowledge about various interventions and social services professional practices related to current social problems experienced in the area of Turkey.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition, properties and classification of social problem, micro-macro social problems
2 Social problems and sociological theories: Functionalist, confrontational, Interactionalist, Social Constructivist, Postmodern Theory
3 Research methods and intervention theories of social problems sociology
4 Unemployment Poverty
5 Alcohol and Substance Abuse Digital Addiction
6 Midterm
7 Divorce, Divided Families
8 Severity
9 Environmental problems
10 Refugees, Human Trafficking
11 Sexual Abuse
12 Waste, Overconsumption
13 Alienation, Burnout
14 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Sosyal Problemler Sosyolojisi, Nurşen Adak, Siyasal Kitabevi, 2016, Ankara
Dijital Kültür, Hece, aylık dergi, sayı 234/235/236
Petrol, Su ve Iklim, Catherine Gautier, Tubitak Popüler Bilim Kitapları, 2014 Ankara
Göç ve Sosyal Dışlanma, Saniye Dedeoğlu-Çisel Ekiz Gökmen, Elif Yayınevi, 2011 Ankara
Gençlik ve Şiddet/Toplumsal Alanda Şiddetin Yükselişi, Özge Özgür-Bekir Kocadaş, Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Yayınları, 2010 Ankara
Boşanma Sürecinde Müşterek Velayet ve Toplumsal Bakış Açısı, Müge Kiremitci,,Legal Yayıncılık 2015 Istanbul
Jamrozik, A. ve L.Nocella, (1998), Sociology of Social Problems, Cambridge Un. Press.
Ritzer, G. (1990), Social Problems, Random House, New York.
Simon, D., (1995), Social Problems and the Sociological Imagination:A Paradigm for Analyses, McGraw Hill, New York.
Zastrow, C. (1991), Social Problems: Issues and Solutions, Nelson Hall Pub., Chicago

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Problem Solving and Discussion 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 9 126
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Reading 8 10 80
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 258

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
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LO.4
LO.5

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