COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND RELIGION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 4091 SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND RELIGION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ADIL ÇIFTÇI

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To widely and deeply analyze concepts of "social change", "social development" and "progress". To examine social change theories of founder fathers of sociology and to show their relations to religion.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will learn concepts of social change , social development and progress .
2   They will acquire main reasons and determinants behind the social change.
3   They will understand social change theories of founder fathers of sociology.
4   They will discuss the role of religion in social change.
5   They will apply social change theories to Muslims societies in order to evaluate Islam as a social change determinant.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 "Social change", "Social development" and "Progress"
2 Sociology and social change
3 Reasons and causes of social change
4 Comte's social change theory
5 Spencer s social change theory
6 Marx's social change theory
7 Durkheim s social change theory
8 Midterm Exam
9 Weber s social change theory
10 Sociology of change and religion
11 Social change theories and religion
12 Sample: The Spirit of Protestant Ethics and Capitalism
13 Islam and social change
14 General Review
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Çiftçi, Adil. 2012. Sosyolojiye Giriş ya da Bir Özgürlük Tarzına Çağrı. Ankara: Ankamat Matbaacılık.
Bottomore, T. B. 2000. Toplumbilim: Sorunlarına ve Yazınına Ilişkin Bir Kılavuz çev. Ünsal Aksoy. Istanbul: Der Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and Interactive Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

adil.ciftci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 13 6 78
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51