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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS SOS 2015 SOCIAL STRAFICATION AND MOBILITY 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

To address the source of inequality in societies in the historical process and to examine the inter-layer passivity

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the basic theories and concepts related to social stratification and mobility 2   To be able to define different social stratification models 3   To be able to explain the foundations of social, economic and political inequalities 4   To be able to understand social classes and class conflicts 5   To be able to analyze the opposing theories on layer and class 6   To be able to comprehend the role of categories such as gender, race and religion in stratification

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 General introduction and basic concepts 2 Basic parameters of social stratification 3 Social theories about social stratum and class 4 Functionalism 5 Marxisme 6 Executive Class and Elite Theory 7 General Evoluation 8 Midterm 9 Anthony Giddens' Approach to the Elites 10 Social and Cultural Mobility 11 Sorokin's approach to social mobility 12 Social mobility approach of Lipset and Bendix 13 Weber and neo-Weberian theory 14 General Evoluation 15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

David B. Grusky, Social Stratification in Sociological Perspective, Westview Press, Oxford, 1994 B. Turner, Eşitlik, Dost Kitabevi, Ankara, 1997. Anthony Giddens, Ileri toplumların Sınıf Yapısı, Birey Yayıncılık, Ankara, 1999. E. Balibar ve I. Wallerstein, Irk, Ulus, Sınıf, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul, 1993

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

To be announced.

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 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56 Reading 5 10 50 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 4 LO.2 4 4 LO.3 4 4 4 LO.4 5 5 3 5 LO.5 4 3 4 4 LO.6 4 5