COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 3005 SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NILÜFER ÖZCAN

Offered to

Sociology (Evening)
Sociology

Course Objective

To learn the meaning of family in the social life and induvidual life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn social meaning of family
2   To teach the meaning of family our social life
3   Contribution of marrige and social enviroment in development of modern individual
4   To explain transition of the family in the context of urbanization and migration
5   To understand influence of modernization on family struction and values
6   To discuss Turkish family s problems and possible solutions to these problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sociological perspective of family
2 Family, its social meaning and social functions
3 The sociological theory of family
4 Historical development of sociology of the family
5 Family studies in Turkey
6 Family and social change/modernizations of the family
7 Marriage types
8 Family and marriage
9 Mid term
10 Communication and family relationship
11 Social problems and family: separation, divorce, domestic violence
12 Motherhood, fatherhood and brodher/sisterhood

Recomended or Required Reading

1-Sosyo-Kültürel Değişme Sürecinde Türk Ailesi, cilt:3, Başbakanlık Aile Araştırma Kurumu, 1992, Ankara
2- Toplumsal Değişme ve Türkiye de Aile , Nur Vergin, Ilim ve Sanat Dergisi, Cilt: 14, Temmuz-Ağustos 1987, ss.17-25
3- Evlilik Kurumuna Sosyolojik Bir Yaklaşım , Birsen Gökçe, H. Ü. Sosyal Bilimler dergisi, Sayı:1, aralık 1978, ss.7-21
4- Bir Modernite Rüyası mı : Ailenin Sonu mu -Kütahya yetiştirme yurdu örneği- , Aile ve Toplum Dergisi, Sayi:8, Cilt:2, Yil:7, Ocak-Mart 2005, Basbakanlik Aile ve Sosyal Arastirmalar Gn. M., www.aile.gov.tr/raporlar/Aile%20ve%20toplum8.pdf

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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 3 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 16 5 80
Midterm 1 12 12
Final 1 15 15
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 155

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65