COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FAMILY RELATIONS IN SOCIAL LIFE AND FAMILY COUNSELING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 6083 FAMILY RELATIONS IN SOCIAL LIFE AND FAMILY COUNSELING 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 main purpose of this course is to examine family interactions and relationships in the social structure, to analyze the problems in family relationships, to identify the foundations behind the problems, to compare family relationships in different countries and to compare social counseling practices in family relations. In this context, students will see the basic structural changes in family interactions and relationships, determine strategies for analysis and have in-depth knowledge.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will be able to look at the issue from a sociology perspective by distinguishing the family relations as a social reality and the visible forms of the family structure changing in parallel with this.
2   Will gain the ability to sociologically analyze the relationship and interaction problems within the family as a social problem, by seeing the relationships caused by their reflections on society.
3   Will gain the ability to interpret the changing family relations within the framework of theories and theorists within the framework of family theories, and will be able to look critically.
4   Will gain scientific competence in enlightening family structure, relationships and emerging problems, which are one of the reflection areas of the changing social structure.
5   To understand and explain the changes in family structure and relationships, the basic social problems created by this change, family counseling, and develop research projects, perspectives, concepts that will base them with a scientific point of view and gain scientific competence.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Perspective of Family Sociology
2 Family Sociology Concepts
3 Theoretical Approaches to Family 1
4 Theoretical Approaches to Family 2
5 Family in Historical Process
6 Parental Relations in the Family
7 Marriage Types, Conflict Resolution Strategies in Marital Relationship
8 Sociology of Divorce
9 Sociology of Love and Marriage; Consuming in the Name of Love
10 Aspects of domestic violence and family counseling
11 New ways of living together and family counseling
12 Foster Family and Social Counseling
13 Family Policies
14 Türkiye in family relationships and social counseling
15 Family relations and social counseling around the world
16 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source: Aileyi Anlamak (ed. Nurgün Oktik ve diğerleri) 2019 Nobel Yayınları

Further readings: Miller, Brent C.; Aile Araştırma Yöntemleri, çev. D. Köksal, AAK, Ankara 1996.
Kağıtçıbaşı, Çiğdem, (1995), Aileye Yaklaşımda Bir Kuramsal Çerçeve ve Aile Değişim Modeli, Aile Kurultayı, Başbakanlık Aile Araştırma Kurumu, Ankara.
TÜIK, (2006), Türkiye Aile Yapısı Araştırması, TÜIK Yayını, 2007, Ankara.
Aile Içi Şiddetin Sebep ve Sonuçları (1994),
Imamoğlu, Olcay. (1993) Değişen Dünyada Değişen Aile Içi Roller , Kadın Araştırmaları Dergisi,Sayı:1, Istanbul: Istanbul Üniversitesi Kadın Sorunları Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi.
Sayın, Önal. (1990) Aile Sosyolojisi: Ailenin Toplumdaki Yeri, Izmir: Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Kandiyoti, Deniz. (1984) Aile Yapısında Değişme ve Süreklilik: Karşılaştırmalı Bir Yaklaşım , Türkiye de Ailenin Değişimi Toplumbilimsel Incelemeler, Ankara: Türk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği
Timur, S. (1972) Türkiye de Aile Yapısı, Ankara: H.Ü. Yayınları.
Allan, Graham. (1999) The Sociology of The Family: A Reader, Oxford: Blackwell.
Collins, Randal. (1991) Sociology of Marriage and Family: Gender, Love and Property, Chicago:Nelson Hall.

Other course materials: Films and documentaries

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, student researching the subject, preparing a special research paper and presenting it as a discussion presentation with active participation.

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

Expression
Homework and presentation.
Student doing two researches on the subject
Turning this research into an assignment
Presentation and a controversial participation

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 16 3 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 16 10 160
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 239

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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