COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY THEORIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 4052 CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY THEORIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TURGUT GÜMÜŞOĞLU

Offered to

Sociology (Evening)
Sociology

Course Objective

It is to discuss sociological theories which are about the main characteristics of contemporary societies in a detailed way.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   be able to apprehend the relation between theory and science
2   know the logic of sociological theories
3   learn to look at societies from a comprehensive theoretical perspective
4   explain the problematics by establishing relation between different events
5   develop theoretical views by establishing relations between important social theorists and the contemporary social world
6   apprehend the importance of sociological theories for general sociology
7   see the correlations between theories
8   explain the differences between theories

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Sociology of Bourdieu
3 Sociology of Bourdieu
4 Jürgen Habermas
5 Sociology of Giddens
6 Risk Society: Beck
7 General Evoluation
8 Midterm
9 Richard Sennett
10 David Harvey
11 Network Society: Castells
12 Postmodern Sociology: Baudrillard
13 Postmodern Sociology: Bauman
14 Foucault
15 General Evoluation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Allan, K. (2020). Çağdaş Sosyal ve Sosyolojik Teori: Toplumsal Dünyaları Görünür Kılmak, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Istanbul.

Bauman, Z. (2019). Akışkan Modernite. Can Yayınları, Istanbul.

Bourdieu, P. ve Wacquant, L. (2016). Düşünümsel Bir Sosyoloji Için Cevaplar. Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul.

Habermas, J. (2001). Iletişimsel Eylem Kuramı, Kabalcı Yayınevi, Istanbul.

Ritzer, G. Ve Stepnisky, J. (2014). Sosyoloji Kuramları, De ki Yayınları, Ankara.

Wallace, R. ve Wolf A. (2020). Çağdaş Sosyoloji Kuramları, Doğu-Batı Yayınları, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

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

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

turgut.gumusoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 11.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1444
LO.2454
LO.343
LO.4443
LO.54444
LO.63443
LO.74
LO.834

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