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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
SOS 3003	SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜL ÖZATEŞLER ÜLKÜCAN

Offered to

Sociology (Evening)
Sociology

Course Objective

It aims to understand approaches to culture as the basis of our social worlds of meaning and positioning, cultural theories and cultural studies with its economic, political and symbolic dimensions by making connections between everyday life experiences.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Understand the importance of culture as a field of research
2	To learn theoretical approaches to culture analysis
3	To Analyze the formation of cultural categories and how intercultural contact is established
4	To analyze culture within economic, political and everyday worlds of meaning and the construction of social positions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction
2	Introduction to Cultural Theory: The Concept of Culture and Prior Research
3	Culture in Classical Social Theory: Durkheim, Weber, Marx, Simmel
4	ralism and Semiotics: Levi Strauss and Saussure
5	Culture as Text: Geertz
6	Cultural Studies I: Theoretical Background
7	Cultural Studies II: Practice and Research Discussions
8	Midterm
9	Identity Debates
10	Intercultural Identification and Identification
11	Intercultural Relations
12	Intercultural Contact
13	Research Projects Discussions
14	Research Projects Discussions
15	General Evaluation
16	Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Alexander, Jeffrey C. Çözümleyici Tartışmalar: Kültürün Görece Özerkliğini Anlamak.
Jeffrey C. Alexander ve Steven Seidman (Ed). Kültür ve Toplum. Güncel Tartışmalar.
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Istanbul:2009, 9-42.
Cuche, Denys. Sosyal Bilimlerde Kültür Kavramı. Bağlam Yayınları, Istanbul, 2013
Geertz, C. 2010. Yoğun Betimleme: Yorumsal Bir Kültür Kuramına Doğru Kültürlerin
Yorumlanması. Dost Yayınları, Ankara, 17-51
Larrain, Jorge. Ideoloji ve Kültürel Kimlik. Istanbul: Sarmal Yayınevi, 1995
Smith, Philip. Kültürel Kuram. Babil Yayınları, Istanbul: 2007
Pultar, Gönül. `Moderniteyi Sorgularken. Kültür ve Modernite.Gönül Pultar, Emine O.
Incirlioğlu, Bahattin Akşit (Ed.) Istanbul: Tetragon Yayınları, 2003, 25-62.
Incirlioğlu, Emine O. `Sosyo-Kültürel Antropoloji, Kültür Araştırmaları ve Türkiye

Kültürlerinde Göç. Kültür ve Modernite.Gönül Pultar, Emine O. Incirlioğlu, Bahattin Akşit
(Ed.) Istanbul: Tetragon Yayınları, 2003, 63-78.
Turner, Graeme. Ingiliz Kültürel Çalışmaları, Heretik Yayınları, 2016

Özateşler-Ülkücan, G., Çingene Türkiye'de Yaftalama ve Dışlayıcı Şiddetin Toplumsal Dinamiği, Koç Yayınları, 2016.

G. ÖZATEŞLER, "Çapraz Evlilikler ve Gruplar Arası Ilişkiler," Akdeniz Insani Bilimler Dergisi , vol.5, no.2, pp.287-295, 2015
G. ÖZATEŞLER Et Al. , "Gruplar Arası Temas ve Çapraz Evlilikler: Izmir de Alevi-Sünni Evlilikleri," Türkiye Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi - Turkish Journal of Social Research , vol.23, no.1, pp.1-24, 2019
Ö. Erarslan-Ingec Et Al. , "Effects of Family and Social Group Reactions to Intermarriage Decisions in Türkiye," MARRIAGE AND FAMILY REVIEW , no.5, pp.351-377, 2023
G. ÖZATEŞLER ÜLKÜCAN, "Creating a 'we' between categories: social categories and Alevi-Sunni intermarriages," IDENTITIES-GLOBAL STUDIES IN CULTURE AND POWER , vol.27, no.6, pp.712-730, 2020
S. TULUM AKBULUT Et Al. , " We agree more than disagree : Exploring conflict in Alevi-Sunni intermarriages in Türkiye," International Journal of Intercultural Relations , vol.96, 2023
G. ÖZATEŞLER, "Toplumsal Tabakalaşma ve Eleştirel Kültür Çalışmalarının Kesişim Noktaları," Türkiye Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi , no.1, pp.129-144, 2017

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	PAR	PARTICIPATION
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + PAR * 0.40 + FIN * 0.30
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + PAR * 0.40 + RST * 0.30

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)

gul.ozatesler@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesdays 12.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	3	42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	3	42
Preparation for midterm exam	1	5	5
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing assignments	1	10	10
Midterm	1	5	5
Final	1	10	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			124

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	5					4				5			4	4
LO.2		5		5				4			4
LO.3					5				5			5
LO.4			5				5

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Description of Individual Course Units

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Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

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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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