COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0123 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DEVRIM ERTÜRK

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management
Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Civil Aviation and Cabin Services
Civil Aviation Transportation Management
Food Technology

Course Objective

It is to examine the conditions of change and alteration of societies with an aim of providing students with an understanding of the foundations of sociology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the birth and development of sociology
2   Be able to apprehend the main interest of sociology
3   Understand the importance of sociology for modern societies
4   Know how to think about the problems of society and contribute to the solutions of them
5   Explain the social theories and concepts

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Historical conditions that gave rise to the development of sociology
2 Basic areas of interest of sociology
3 The relation between sociology and science: the characteristics that differ sociology from other sciences
4 Founding figures of sociology: Marx, Comte, Weber and Durkheim
5 Social order, change and stratification
6 Theory of modern society (1): the specificity of modern society in history
7 Theory of modern society (2): Different perspectives on modern society
8 Mid-term exam
9 Sociological methods and techniques
10 Branches of Sociology (1)
11 Branches of Sociology (2)
12 Socialization and daily life
13 Poverty and social exclusion
14 Modern (Nation) State
15 General Evaluation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Browne, K. (2015) Sosyolojiye Giriş, Çev. Ibrahim Kaya, Say Yayınları, Istanbul
Ritzer, G. (2000) Modern Sosyoloji Kuramları, DeKi Basın Yayın, Ankara
Swingewood, A. (2010) Sosyolojik Düşüncenin Kısa Tarihi, Çev. Osman Akınhay, Agora Kitaplığı, Istanbul.
Ritzer, G. (1988) Toplumun McDonaldlaştırılması: Çağdaş Toplumun Değişen Karakteri Üzerine bir Inceleme, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul
Baffuna, L. (2005) Küreselleşmiş Koşullarda Yoksulluğu Yeniden Düşünmek, içinde, Giddens, A. Sosyolojiye Başlangıç Okumaları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face -to- Face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and Final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is compulsory to attend % 70 to the classes and fulfill the course requirements

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

devrim.erturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10:00-12:00

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 4 1 4
Preparation for final exam 5 2 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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