COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RURAL SOCIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 4221 RURAL SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Agricultural Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ESIN CANDAN DEMIRKOL

Offered to

Agricultural Management (Evening)
Agricultural Management

Course Objective

The objective of this course is students being acquainted with the basic information on and concepts of sociology; and with the information including cultural, social and socio-economic life conditions of village societies; and their learning general sociologic characteristics of Turkish rural people.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to learn basic information on Sociology in general, and on Village Sociology in particular.
2   Being able to understand the place and importance of sociology and village sociology on the development of the country.
3   Being able to learn family, religion, beliefs, culture, settlement, attitudes and standards of judgments of village society.
4   Being able to understand the place and need of rural sociology within rural development studies in the country
5   Being able to understand the place and importance of rural societies within the economy and culture of the country.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, illustration of the scope and importance of the course
2 Branches of Sociology, It s relationship with other branches of science, Various views and theories expressing social events
3 Definition of rural, village differentiations in various countries, definition of Village sociology, studying various common characteristics of village societies
4 Historical development of Sociology and Village Sociology in World and Türkiye, the importance of village sociology, Areas of Village-City differentiation
5 Duties of Village, internal and external relationships in Villages, Village-city relations
6 Place and importance of rural Population within the population of the Country,
7 Characteristics of Village Population
8 Midterm Exam
9 Characteristics of village settlement; physical, topographical, and biological characteristics of rural settlement
10 Village Settlement Types in terms of Shape (Collective, Dispersed etc.), its characteristics, advantageous and disadvantageous aspects
11 Social Stratification, Social Stratifications and Production Relationships within Village Society
12 Social Mobility, Reasons behind Social Mobility, Social Mobility types, institutions effecting Social Mobility, and the results of Social Mobility
13 Family as a social fact, family types, duties of families, marriage, family within village society, differences between village families and urban families
14 Consideration, religion, standards of judgment, belief, attitude and behavior patterns within Village Society, and their basic characteristics
15 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Main resource:
TOLAN, B., 1996, Toplum Bilimlerine Giriş, Murat Yayınları, Istanbul.
GÖKÇE, O., 1993, Köy Toplumbilimi, Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları, Izmir
TÜRKDOĞAN, O., 1970, Türkiye de Köy Sosyolojisinin Temel Sorunları, Atatürk Üniversitesi Yayınları, Erzurum.
TÜRKDOĞAN, O., 2006, Türkiye de Köy Sosyolojisi, IQ Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık,Istanbul.
References:
Other course materials: Up-to-date articles on this subject

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Question and answer
3. active Participation
4. Brainstorming
5. Group discussion
6. Film screenings

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

5 learning outcomes will be assessed by midterm and final exams.

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 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 0 0
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 72

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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