COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGICAL POLITICAL THOUGHT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 1009 SOCIOLOGICAL POLITICAL THOUGHT COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PINAR KAYA ÖZÇELIK

Offered to

Public Administration (Evening)
Public Administration

Course Objective

It is aimed to define serious notions, problems and approaches of sociology from the point of history of sociological analysis and to evaluate social developments scientifically

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to understand historical bases of sociological thought
2   Being able to form basic perspective about study areas of sociology
3   Being able to analyse social facts and to make a sociological evaluation
4   Being able to explain contemporary political developments with a sociological perspective
5   Being able to get inform about sociology theories

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to basic concepts of sociology: Method in sociological analysis
2 Sociology in early age
3 Sociology in the 18.century
4 General overlook to sociology in the 19.century
5 August Comte and Positivist Thought
6 Sociology of Karl Marx
7 Alexis de Tocqueville
8 Mid-term
9 Mid-term
10 Emile Durkheim. Society and social order
11 Sociology of Max Weber
12 Functionalist theory: Talcott Parsons ve Robert K. Metron
13 Ruler elites and C. Wright Mills
14 Historical Sociology and Nobert Elias.

Recomended or Required Reading

Raymon Aron, Sosyolojik Düşüncenin Evreleri, Bilgi Yayınevi, 1994.
Berch Berberoğlu, Klasik ve Çağdaş Sosyal Teoriye Giriş. Eleştirel Bir Perspektif, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ağustos, 2009.
Robert Bierstedt, On sekizinci Yüzyılda Sosyolojik Düşünüş içinde
Tom Bottomore & Robert Nisbet, Sosyolojik Çözümlemenin Tarihi, Kırmızı Yayınları, 2006.
Tom Bottomore, Toplumbilim, Der Yayınları, çev. Ünsal Oskay, Istanbul, 2000.
Tom Bottomore, Marksizm ve Sosyoloji içinde Tom Bottomore & Robert Nisbet, Sosyolojik Çözümlemenin Tarihi, Kırmızı Yayınları, 2006.
Tom Bottomore & Robert Nisbet, Sosyolojik Çözümlemenin Tarihi, Kırmızı Yayınları, 2006.
Anthony Giddens, Sosyoloji. Eleştirel Bir Yaklaşım, Birey Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 1998.
Gordon Marshall, Sosyoloji Sözlüğü, Bilim ve Sanat, 1999.
Henri Mendras, Sosyolojinin Ilkeleri, Iletişim, 2008.
Edward A. Tiryakin, "Emile Durkheim" içinde Tom bottomore& Robert Nisbet, Sosyolojik Çözümlemenin Tarihi, Kırmızı Yayınları, 2006



Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical Explanation,Participation

Assessment Methods

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



Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aysen.uysal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Final Exam 1 12 12
Final 1 1 1
Mid-term 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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