COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF WORK

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKD 7043 SOCIOLOGY OF WORK COMPULSORY 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Employment and Career Consultancy Non-thesis (evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HATICE ŞEBNEM SEÇER

Offered to

Employment and Career Consultancy Non-thesis (evening)

Course Objective

To analyze phenomenon of working and working life from sociological perspective, and in this context to gain students the ability of evaluating of working life in the integrity of the social structure.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to evaluate the development of working phenomenon in process of social change
2   Being able to interpret the changes in working life in the integrity of society
3   Being able to dispute the relationship between working life and professions
4   Being able to analyze the developments in labor markets and employment from a sociological perspective
5   Being able to evaluate organizations, groups and networks in working life from a sociological perspective
6   Being able to explain the problems of working life from a sociological perspective

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Working Phenomenon from Sociological Perspective and Its the Changing Meaning
2 Factors Affecting Working Phenomenon
3 Working in Changing Society Models
4 Sociological Framework of Working Life
5 Culture in Working Life and Working Value
6 Family and Work Life Balance and Leisure Time Evaluation
7 Professionalization and Future Jobs
8 Midterm Exam
9 New Technologies and Working Life
10 Sociological Analyzing of Labour Market
11 Basic Problems of Labour Market 1: Globalization of Labor Force
12 Basic Problems of Labour Market 2: Labour Migration and Unemployment
13 Basic Problems of Labour Market 3: Discrimination and Exclusion
14 Sociological Analyzing of Organizations in Working Life

Recomended or Required Reading

Main References
GRINT, Keith (1998). Çalışma Sosyolojisi, (Çev. Edt.: Veysel Bozkurt), Bursa:Alfa/Aktüel Kitapevleri.
GÜZEL, Serkan (2008). Çalışma Sosyolojisi, Istanbul: Literatürk Yayınları.
KOCACIK, Faruk (1974). Çalışma Sosyolojisi, Sivas: Dilek Ofset Matbaacılık.
ÖZKUL, Metin (2002). Çalışma Sosyolojisi, Istanbul: Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı.
WATSON, Tony (2003). Sociology of Work and Industry, New York: Taylor & Francis Books.

Supplementary References
BOZKURT, Veysel (2005). Endüstriyel & Postendüstriyel Dönüşüm, Istanbul: Aktüel.
BOZKURT, Veysel (2006). Sosyoloji: Temeller, Kavramlar, Kurumlar, Bursa: Ekin Kitapevi.
GIDDENS, Anthony (2000). Sosyoloji, Ankara: Ayraç Yayınevi.
MARSHALL, Gordon (1999). Sosyoloji Sözlüğü (Çev.: Osman Akınhay ve Derya Kömürcü), Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Assignment and Presentation

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 * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Exam and presentation

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes are measured by semester exam and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+902323010361
s.demirbilek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 04:00 pm-05:00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
0
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511
LO.611

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