COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILA 2133 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET CEM ŞAHIN

Offered to

Theology (Evening)
Theology

Course Objective

To teach the history and progress of sociology and to provide students the sociological imagination. With this imagination, to show sociological works, theories, perspectives, and methods on religion.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will learn the emergence of sociology and its history.
2   They will have the sociological imagination.
3   They will obtain generic understanding and information on sociological works and theories on religion.
4   They will learn sociological methods when researching religion.
5   They will gain the ability to observe religion with the sociological imagination.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The emergence of sociology
2 Why sociology born in West: Thinking and Crisis
3 Why sociology born in West: Change
4 The founder fathers of sociology
5 A.Comte and his social change theory
6 K. Marx and his social change theory
7 E. Durkheim and his social change theory
8 Mid-term Exam
9 M. Weber and his social change theory
10 Sociology as Liberation Style
11 Objectivity
12 Religion, Values and Objectivity
13 Interpretative Sociology
14 Wrap-up
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Çiftçi, Adil, Din Sosyolojisi ve Yöntem, Ankara: Özkan Matbaacılık,2011.
2. Çiftçi, Adil, Sosyolojiye Giriş, Ankara: Özkan Matbaacılık, 2012.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 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)

adil.ciftci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 14:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11151
LO.22251
LO.32141
LO.41151
LO.52251