COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BODY AND POWER STUDIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 6081 BODY AND POWER STUDIES 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

The aim of this course is to develop a multidimensional approach to body and power studies. For this purpose, it is to learn the different approaches and theoretical foundations in these studies and to be able to see and interpret their applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning Body and Power Studies
2   Learning the theoretical backgrounds in Body and Power Studies
3   To analyze the different application areas of Body and Power Studies
4   To be able to analyze social relations and transformation in Body and Power Studies
5   To be able to examine the national and international forms of theories and practices in this field.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 An overview of Body and Power studies
2 Examples of body and power theories
3 Examples of body and power theories
4 Examples of body and power theories
5 Examples of body and power theories
6 Different applications in body and power studies
7 Different applications in body and power studies
8 Different applications in body and power studies
9 Different applications in body and power studies
10 Different applications in body and power studies
11 Different applications in body and power studies
12 Projects
13 Projects
14 Projects

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source:
Alexander, Jeffrey C. ve Steven Seidman (Ed). Kültür ve Toplum. Güncel Tartışmalar. Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Istanbul:2009.

Turner, Bryan S. (2019) Beden ve Toplum. Sosyal Teoride Anlayışlar, Nobel Yayıncılık, Ankara
Gürsoy-Naskali, Emine & Koç, Aylin (2015) Beden Kitabı, Kitabevi, Istanbul
Schick, Irvin Cemil (2017) Bedeni, Toplumu, Kainatı Yazmak: Islam, Cinsiyet ve Kültür Üzerine, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul
Adelman, Miriam & Ruggi, Lennita (2016) `The Sociology of the Body Current Sociology Review, 2016, 64(6), 907-930
Lorber, Judith. (1998) Believing is Seeing: Biology as Ideology In The Politics of Women s Bodies, Rose Weitz (Ed.) Oxford Press, 12-24---Makalenin orjinali 1993 basımlı-----Gender and Society, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Dec., 1993), pp. 568-581

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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 10 140
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Project Preparation 1 25 25
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 238

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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