COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED SOCIAL THEORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 7002 ADVANCED SOCIAL THEORY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 12

Offered By

Master's Degree in Sociology ((Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Master's Degree in Sociology ((Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

It is to apprehend the fundamental views of advanced social theorists and to look at the problems of modern societies from a theoretical frame.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will;be able to apprehend the relation between theory and science
2   develop theoretical views by establishing relations between important social theorists and the contemporary social world
3   apprehend the importance of social theories for social sciences
4   be able to explain the differences between theories
5   be able to concentrate on the social, economic and political problems on the basis of social theories

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Introduction and Essential Concepts
2 Enlightenment and its Critiques
3 The Relation of Social Theory to Social Sciences
4 Rationalization of Society
5 Modernity I: Dualistic Theories of Modernity
6 Modernity II: Imaginary Significations of Modernity
7 Postmodernism
8 Midterm
9 Multiple Modernities
10 Time and History
11 End of History Or the Clash of Civilizations
12 Cultural Turn
13 Globalization: New Face of imperialism
14 Results and Reassessment

Recomended or Required Reading

Alex Callonicos, Social Theory. A Historical Introduction (second edition), Polity Press, Cambridge, 2007.
Jürgen Habermas, The Theory of Communicative Action, Vol 1 and 2, Beacon Press, 1985

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Answer-Question
Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

If needed, other assessment methods can be added to the table given below.

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-2: They will be evaluated by questions in the midterm examination.
2. LO 3-5: It will be evaluated by literature review paper.
3. LO 1-5: They will be evaluated by questions in the final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance must be at least 70% for the lectures.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibrahim.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 11.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 4 4 16
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1553
LO.2553
LO.3553
LO.4553
LO.5555

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