COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF SECULARIZATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6255 SOCIOLOGY OF SECULARIZATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ADIL ÇIFTÇI

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

The student are able to learn the paradigms of secularization, secularization of the Western cosmology, religion, secularization, critic of secularism, Modernizm, rationalization, invisible religion, privatization, Rational Chose Theory, New Religious Movement.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To study of the secularization, the sociological meanings of religion and historical background of religion.
2   To research of the paradigms of the secularism.
3   To investigate the relationship between religion and society in the development process of societies.
4   To measure and evaluate the data about secularism.
5   To study of the function of religion in the modern society.
6   To investigate of secularism and new religious movements.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the topics
2 Secularism, modernism, pluralism, individualism privatization in conceptual aspect.
3 Religion in conceptual aspect
4 Historical process of secularization
5 Relationship between religion and religion
6 Specificity of the urbanization of the West
7 The role of the Muslims in rationalization of the West
8 Midterm exam
9 Classical theory of secularization
10 New paradigms and Rational Chose Theory
11 Overview of the secularizations theories
12 Measurement of the secularization
13 The participation of worship
14 Islam and secularization

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):

1. Duran, Bünyamin (1996) Sekülerleşme Krizi ve Bir Çıkış Yolu Arayışı, Timaş Yayınları, Istanbul.
2. Sayman, Zeki (2005) Din, Sekülerleşme ve Cemaatler. Nüve Kültür Merkezi Yayınları, Konya.
3. Charles Taylor (2014). Seküler Çağ. Türkiye Iş Bankası Yayınları, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, questions-answers, examples of homework on the review and implementation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of attendant is examined by examination and lecture performances

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

isa.kuyucuoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday: 15.00 - 16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 172

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.154455
LO.254455
LO.354455
LO.454455
LO.554455
LO.654455

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