COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW TRENDS IN ECONOMICS SOCIOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKT 5118 NEW TRENDS IN ECONOMICS SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TIMUÇIN YALÇINKAYA

Offered to

Economy (UOYLP-Gence State University)
Economics

Course Objective

The aim of this course to provide assessment of economic concepts and institutions of contemporary sociological context and within the framework of the social wholeness in links between sociology and economics and on the basis of the need for inter-disciplinary perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand the basic philosophy of the development of economic sociology and related sociologists and economists' views.
2   To be able to understand and analyze the contemporary economic sociologys concepts and institutions and also the basic of views.
3   To be able to understand philosophical foundation of economics development with the point of view inter-disciplinary.
4   To be able to understand mechanism and configuration of social networks in the knowledge society and knowledge economy.
5   To be able to understand and analyze sociological foundations of today's globalization process.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Assessment of the Social System
2 Fundamentals of Economic Sociology
3 Contemporary Economic Sociology
4 Institutional Economics
5 Behavioral Economics
6 Culture and Economy
7 State and Economy
8 Law and Economy
9 Midterm Exam
10 Education and Economy
11 Information Society and Restructuring the Knowledge Economy
12 Sociology of Firm and Market
13 Sociology of Work
14 Sociology of Consumption
15 Sociology of Globalization

Recomended or Required Reading

Main References:
* Neil J. Smelser ve Richard Swedberg (editörler), The Handbook of Economic Sociology.

Supplementary Reference:
* Beat Bürgenmeier, Socio-economics: An Interdisciplinary Approach.
* Carlo Trigilia, Economic Sociology.
* Hüsnü Erkan, Ekonomi Sosyolojisi.
* Mark Granovetter ve Richard Swedberg (editörler), The Sociology of Economic Life.
* Max Weber, Protestan Ahlakı ve Kapitalizmin Ruhu.
* Neil J. Smelser, The Sociology of Economic Life.
* Richard Swedberg, Principles of Economic Sociology

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is analyze necessary theoretical explanations and sample on the basis of the concepts and institutions of research and debate with all aspects of contemporary economic sociology with basic books and articles.

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Reading 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.14543
LO.2525
LO.3555
LO.4433
LO.5545