COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHANGING FAMILY IN A CHANGING SOCIETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 5028 CHANGING FAMILY IN A CHANGING SOCIETY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective

Students taking this course; To be able to explain the emergence of changing family and family types in the changing social structure; It is aimed to comparatively evaluate the theoretical approaches related to family studies, to interpret family structures in Turkish and Western European societies comparatively, to analyze the changes in the family institution sociologically, to predict the effects of cultural, socio-economic, technological innovations and transformations on women and family life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will be able to look at the subject from a sociology perspective by distinguishing the changing social structure as a social reality and the visible forms of the family structure changing in parallel with this.
2   Will gain the ability to analyze sociologically by seeing the relationships caused by social change and family reflections as a social problem.
3   Will gain the ability to interpret the changing family relations within the framework of theories and theorists within the framework of social change theories, and will be able to look critically.
4   Will gain scientific competence about family structure and enlightenment of emerging problems, which is one of the reflection areas of changing social structure.
5   Understand and explain social change, change in family structure and relationships, basic social problems created by this change, family researches, and develop research projects, perspectives and concepts that will base them with a scientific point of view and gain scientific competence.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Family with its changing and unchanging aspects
2 Social Change Theories
3 Theoretical Approaches to Family
4 Kinship and close relationships as a Form of Social Interaction and Solidarity
5 Choosing a partner and Marriage
6 changing family and children loaded value and meaning in Turkey
7 Domestic aspects of violence
8 Damage to family unity; Divorce and remarriage
9 The family whose boundaries have expanded; new partnerships, marriages
10 Alternative family models; Living together or marriage
11 Wedding industry, consuming in the name of love
12 Sociology of love
13 Change in parent child rearing attitudes
14 Deception; technological changes and their reflection, cyber deception
15 Foster family
16 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source:
Değişen Toplumda değişen Aile (Ed. Nurgün Oktik) 2019 Siyasal Yay.
Aileyi Anlamak (ed. Nurgün Oktik ve diğerleri) 2019 Nobel Yayınları
Further readings:
Imamoğlu, Olcay. (1993) Değişen Dünyada Değişen Aile Içi Roller , Kadın Araştırmaları Dergisi, Sayı:1, Istanbul: Istanbul Üniversitesi Kadın Sorunları Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi.
Sayın, Önal. (1990) Aile Sosyolojisi: Ailenin Toplumdaki Yeri, Izmir: Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Kandiyoti, Deniz. (1984) Aile Yapısında Değişme ve Süreklilik: Karşılaştırmalı Bir Yaklaşım , Türkiye de Ailenin Değişimi Toplumbilimsel Incelemeler, Ankara: Türk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği
Timur, S. (1972) Türkiye de Aile Yapısı, Ankara: H.Ü. Yayınları.
Allan, Graham. (1999) The Sociology of The Family: A Reader, Oxford: Blackwell.
Collins, Randal. (1991) Sociology of Marriage and Family: Gender, Love and Property, Chicago:Nelson Hall.
Other sources: Film and documentaries.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, student researching the subject, preparing a special research paper and presenting it as a discussion presentation with active participation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

Expression
Homework and presentation.
Student doing two researches on the subject
Turning this research into an assignment
Presentation and a controversial participation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nilufer.ozcandemir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

thursdays 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 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1454
LO.2455
LO.355
LO.4545
LO.544

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