COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HUK 1050 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ENGIN TOPUZKANAMIŞ

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

To introduce the basic problems of the social theory, particularly the essential topics of sociology related to modern society, and analysis of modern society

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the subject and the methodoyogy of sociology.
2   To be able to state the debates about capitalism and the industrial society.
3   To be able to analyze the concept of class, class conflict, and the alteration of these by the emergence
4   To be able to explain the main ideas about the structure of the modern state.
5   To be able to explain the relationship between urbanisation, capitalism and daily life.
6   To be able to discuss the period of change of the family, gender, sex and patriarchy.
7   To be able to discuss the relationship between capitalism and the world system.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: What is sociology Development of the sociological thought, the very first theorists.
2 Industrial society and capitalism
3 Classes
4 Social change
5 Modern state
6 Modern state
7 The city
8 Culture and society
9 Capitalism and the world system
10 Capitalism and the world system
11 Nation state, nationalism and military power
12 Overall evaluation
13 Midterm exam
14 Crime and deviation
15 Crime and deviation

Recomended or Required Reading

Anthony Giddens, Sosyoloji: Kısa Fakat Eleştirel Bir Giriş, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara, 2010.
Anthony Giddens, Sosyoloji, Kırmızı yay., Istanbul, 2013.
Zygmunt Bauman, Sosyolojik Düşünmek, Ayrıntı Yay., Istanbul, 2013.
Max Weber, Sosyoloji yazıları, Çev. Taha Parla, Iletişim yay., Istanbul, 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundKPU + FN,0
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundKPU + BUT,0


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The student is expected to enter one mid-exam and one closing examination (the `final exam ) from each lecture. In case of failure to achieve the required minimum grade, the student is offered the chance to enter one further exam, named as the `make-up exam'.
The passing grade is sixty out-of one-hundred. In other words, a student is expected to achieve a minimum average mark of sixty.
For the calculation of passing grade, the note of mid-term exam is taken. With the help of this note, the contribution points, which are previously determined by the faculty management, are calculated. Then students take a final examination. To pass a course, student must achieve a total score of 60. This total score is the sum of final exam s grade and the contribution points from the midterm exam. But to pass a course, student must become at least 50 points from the final exam. These rules are applied for the make-up exams too.
If the note of a student from a lecture at the end of the mid-term exam attains 80 (out of a full one-hundred) he/she is exempted from the final examination for that lecture. The student is deemed to have passed that course.
Contribution points mentioned below are added to exemption note, if there is not exemption from final examination, added to final or make-up examination note and this final note is regarded as achievement note.

Contribution Points
100-95 15
94-90 14
89-85 13
84-80 12
79-75 11
74-70 10
69-65 8
64-60 6
59-55 4
54-50 2
49-40 0
39-35 -2
34-30 -3
29-25 -4
24-20 -5
19-10 -6
9-0 -8
The number determined by contribution point can not exceed one hundred. Minus ''-'' contribution points are scaled down from final or make-up examination note.
The examinations are written exams in general. But professors can independently choose the style of examinations. The number of questions varies from lecture to lecture and according to being a mid-term exam or the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

etopuzkanamis@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 1 24 24
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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