COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL CATEGORIES AND POWER RELATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 6071 SOCIAL CATEGORIES AND POWER RELATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to learn the connections between social categories and power relations and to be able to see and interpret their applications. It is aimed to analyze the ways in which social categories are formed, how they shape social relations, and the relations of power to which perceptions of similarity and difference are connected.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn theories about social categories
2   To reveal the social categories articulated with power relations
3   To be able to analyze the establishment of power with social categories
4   To question the relationships between social identity and categorization
5   To examine the national and international forms of theories and practices in this field.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Social Identity Discussions 1
3 Social Identity Discussions 2
4 Social Categories and Power relationship analysis 1
5 Social Categories and Power relationship analysis 2
6 Social Categories and Power relationship analysis 3
7 Examples of different categorization and forms of power 1
8 Examples of different categorization and forms of power
9 Examples of different categorization and forms of power
10 Examples of different categorization and forms of power
11 Application Projects
12 Application Projects
13 Application Projects
14 Application Projects

Recomended or Required Reading

Allport, Gordon W. Önyargının Doğası.Sakarya Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2016
Bilgin, Nuri. Kimlik Inşası, Izmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kent Kitaplığı, 2014.
Bourdieu, Pierre. Ayrım& Beğeni Yargısının Toplumsal Eleştirisi. Ankara: Heretik Yayınları, 2015
Çeğin Güney ve Emrah Göker (Ed.) Ilişkisel Sosyolojide Temel Yaklaşımlar, Ankara: Nota Bene Yay. 2012
Goffman, Erving. Damga: Örselenmiş Kimliğin Idare Edilişi Üzerine Notlar. Ankara: Heretik Yayınları, 2019.
Jenkins, Richard. Bir Kavram Anatomisi Sosyal Kimlik, Istanbul: Everest Yayınları, 2016.
Özkırımlı, Umut. Milliyetçilik Kuramları: Eleştirel Bir Bakış. DoğuBatı, Istanbul: 2013 (4. Baskı).
Scott , Joan. Toplumsal Cinsiyet: Faydalı bir Tarihsel Analiz Kategorisi, Feminist Tarihin Peşinde, Istanbul: BGST Yayınları, 2013
Wacquant, Loic. Kent Paryaları: Ileri Marjinalliğin Karşılaştırmalı Sosyolojisi. Istanbul, Boğaziçi Yayınları, 2015

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Project Preparation 1 25 25
Reading 8 10 80
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98
Project Assignment 1 1 1
Project Final Presentation 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 247

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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