COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURE, IDENTITY AND SOCIETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 3002 CULTURE, IDENTITY AND SOCIETY COMPULSORY 4 0 0 4

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NEBIYE KONUK KANDEMIR

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

Scope of the lecture is to examine community, individual, sub-community groups, culture and identity (sub-identities) with the help of examples on historical and contemporary urban settlements, globalization, post-modernism, meanning, tranformation, immigration, population, sheltering, gentrification in Türkiye and other world cities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Acquire basic information about the concept of culture and cultural theories,
2   They can discuss the relationship between culture-identity-society,
3   Gains a critical perspective on the field.
4   They can understand cultural practices by gaining a sociological perspective.
5   They can understand and interpret the discussions of universal culture.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is Culture Analysis of thoughts on the word and concept of culture
2 The Concept of Popular Culture and Critical Readings
3 The Concept of Mass Culture and Its Critical Readings
4 Oral Culture, Folk Narratives and Social Structure
5 Arabesque Culture Concept and Arabesque Culture Examples
6 Universal Culture
7 Symbolic Interactionism- Symbolic aspects of culture
8 mid term exam
9 Concept of identity
10 Identity construction
11 Evaluations on the Relationship between Culture and Identity
12 Relationship between identity and society
13 Identity-culture and society relationship
14 Cultural Structure of Turkish Society - determining factors
15 Perspective on the Cultural Structure of Turkish Society from the perspective of identity
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Giddens, A., (2014).,Modernite ve Bireysel Kimlik , Çev. Ü. Tatlıcan, Istanbul: Say Yayınları.
Kandiyoti, D., & Saktanber, A. (Eds.). (2003). Kültür fragmanları: Türkiye'de gündelik hayat. Metis.
Konuk, N. (2015). Bir şehirli kimliği göstergesi olarak Istanbulluluk. Kültür AŞ. Y. Istanbul

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Discussion
3. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 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

1. LO 1-5:The student s performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is required.
2. The participation in midterm and final exams will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nebiye.konukkandemir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Mon 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

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.14354
LO.24535
LO.3444455
LO.45445
LO.545554

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