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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FDB 5122	SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET CEM ŞAHIN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To give students to develop the ability to understand and interpret the relationships between social events and social behaviours in the contemporary societies by teaching the terminology and methodology of Social Psychology of religion.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Gains ability to analyze and interpret individual and social events by learning the terminology of sociology and sociology of religion
2	Learns the birth of the Social Psychology of religion, development and relationship to other disciplines
3	Learns the sociology of religiosity
4	Gains ability to analyze the topics as perceptual aspects of Muslim identity
5	Gains ability to analyse religiosity and atheism in psychoanalytic perspective
6	Gains ability to research the individual and social function of religion in the modern society

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction to social psychology of religion
2	Content of social psychology of religion
3	Development of social psychology of religion and relationship to other disciplines
4	Sociology of religiosity
5	Religion and religiosity in the modern World
6	The function of religion in the Postmodern World
7	Atheism in terms of psychoanalysis
8	Theism in terms of psychoanalysis
9	Religiosity in terms of psychoanalysis
10	Individual, religion and religiosity in changing World
11	Religion and religiosity in perceptual aspect
12	Differentiation of religiosity and popular religiosity
13	Youth religiosity
14	City religiosity

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1. Günay, Enver. Dindarlığın Sosyo-psikolojisi, Karahan Yayınları, Adana, 2006.
2. Kağıtçıbaşı, Çiğdem. Günümüzde Insan ve Insanlar, Evrim Yayınları, Istanbul, 2010.
3. Kuyucuoğlu, Isa. "Post Modern Toplumda Dinin Işlevi", Kent Dindarlığı, Yıl. 6, sayı. 21, Cilt, 1, 2010.
Supplementary Book(s):
1. Günay, Enver. Din Sosyolojisi, Insan Yayınları, Istanbul. 2003,
2. Kuyucuoğlu, Isa. Batı'da Din Sosyolojisi: Teori ve Yöntem Analizleri, FCR Yayınları. Ankara, 2008

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, questions-answers, examples of homework on the review and implementation.

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 * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of student will be examined according to examination and lecture performance

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetcem.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday: 15.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	3	42
Preparing assignments	1	10	10
Preparing presentations	1	7	7
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	5	65
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	15	15
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.3	PO.4	PO.11	PO.12
LO.1	3	3	3	5	4
LO.2	3	3	4	5	4
LO.3	3	3	4	5	4
LO.4	3	3	4	5	4
LO.5	3	3	4	5	4
LO.6	3	3	4	5	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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