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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
SOS 4052	CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY THEORIES	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

It is to discuss sociological theories which are about the main characteristics of contemporary societies in a detailed way.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	be able to apprehend the relation between theory and science
2	know the logic of sociological theories
3	learn to look at societies from a comprehensive theoretical perspective
4	explain the problematics by establishing relation between different events
5	develop theoretical views by establishing relations between important social theorists and the contemporary social world
6	apprehend the importance of sociological theories for general sociology
7	see the correlations between theories
8	explain the differences between theories

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction
2	Sociology of Bourdieu
3	Sociology of Bourdieu
4	Jürgen Habermas
5	Sociology of Giddens
6	Risk Society: Beck
7	General Evoluation
8	Midterm
9	Richard Sennett
10	David Harvey
11	Network Society: Castells
12	Postmodern Sociology: Baudrillard
13	Postmodern Sociology: Bauman
14	Foucault
15	General Evoluation
16	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Allan, K. (2020). Çağdaş Sosyal ve Sosyolojik Teori: Toplumsal Dünyaları Görünür Kılmak, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Istanbul.

Bauman, Z. (2019). Akışkan Modernite. Can Yayınları, Istanbul.

Bourdieu, P. ve Wacquant, L. (2016). Düşünümsel Bir Sosyoloji Için Cevaplar. Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul.

Habermas, J. (2001). Iletişimsel Eylem Kuramı, Kabalcı Yayınevi, Istanbul.

Ritzer, G. Ve Stepnisky, J. (2014). Sosyoloji Kuramları, De ki Yayınları, Ankara.

Wallace, R. ve Wolf A. (2020). Çağdaş Sosyoloji Kuramları, Doğu-Batı Yayınları, Ankara.

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

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)

turgut.gumusoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 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	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	15	15
Midterm	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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