COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IDA 2008 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ADIL ÇIFTÇI

Offered to

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To study sociology of religion's main concepts and topics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defines sociology of religion.
2   Explains main concepts of sociology of religion.
3   Explains main subjects of sociology of religion.
4   Recognizes the pioneers of sociology of religion.
5   Recognizes the founders of sociology of religion.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is sociology of religion
2 When and where born sociology sociology of religion
3 Foundations of sociology of religion A. Comteau, Durkheim.
4 Foundations of sociology, Max Weber, Joachim Wach.
5 Characterises of sociology and religion.
6 Methodology of sociology of religion
7 Mid-Term Exam.
8 Differencies between modern sociology of religion and classical sociology of religion.The basic subjects in sociology of relgion.
9 The basic problems areas in the sociology of religion.
10 Islam and sociology of religion.
11 Islamic references to socioloy or religion.
12 Private and general sociology of religion. Is Islamic or Buddhist sociology possible
13 Christianity and other great religions and sociology of religion
14 Disorganization and religion, social cahange and religion, socail development and religion
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Günay, Ü. (2005) Din Sosyolojisi, Istanbul: Insan Yayınları.
Robertson, R. (1969) Sociology of Religion, England: Penguin Books.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Self Study , Testing , Homework

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

adil.ciftci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 69

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.154
LO.254
LO.354
LO.454
LO.554