COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 3053 SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜL ÖZATEŞLER ÜLKÜCAN

Offered to

Sociology
Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

To understand culture with the sociological perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand the areas of study and methods of the culture of sociology
2   to understand basic concepts and frames of the culture of sociology
3   to learn contemporary approaches to the social dimension of culture
4   to understand the methods of analysis of cultural forms and processes
5   to understand different theories of and approaches to culture by making comparisons

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and areas of the culture of sociology (1)
2 Sociological perspectives to culture (1, 2)
3 Cultural turn in the social sciences (3)
4 The symbolic construction of community (4)
5 Ethnic grups and their constructions (5)
6 Nation and construcion of nation (6, 7)
7 Political Culture (13)
8 On the political culture Gramsci and the concept of Hegemony (13)
9 Mid-Term
10 State and Culture (6)
11 Identity and the Theories of Identity (8, 11)
12 collective Identities and Their Constuctions (5, 6, 7, 12)

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Lynette Spillman, Cultural Sociology, Blackwell, Oxford.
2. Raymond Williams, 1991, Kültür, Ankara: Imge
3. Fredric Jameson, 2005, Kültürel Dönemeç, Ankara: Dost Kitabevi
4. Anthony Cohen, 1999, Topluluğun simgesel Kuruluşu, Ankara: Dost Kitabevi
5. Fredrick Barth, 2001, Etnik Gruplar ve Sınırları, Ankara: Bağlam Yayıncılık
6. Benedict Anderson, 1983, Imagined Communities, Londra: Verso
7. Eric Hobsbawn , Terence Ranger, 1983, Inventing Tradition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
8. Nuri Bilgin, 1994, Sosyal Bilimlerin Kavşağında Kimlik Sorunu, Izmir: Ege Yayıncılık
9. Connolly, W. E. 1991, Identity/Difference, Ithaca: Cornell University Press
10. John, Tomlinson, 1991, Kültürel Emperyalizm, Istanbul: Ayrıntı
11. Simone de Beauvoir, 1993, Ikinci Cins I, II, III Cilt, Istanbul: Payel
12. Ian Chambers, 1994, Göç, Kültür, Kimlik, Istanbul: Ayrıntı
13. Antonio Gramsci, Hapishane Defterleri

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 * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

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 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 5 5
Final 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.244555
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555

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