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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS SOS 3072 SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

To teach students how to approach health problems in a holistic way and evaluate problems at multifactorial levels. To see the interaction among health, illness, and social system

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To teach students to approach health issues in a holistic way 2   To learn how to think about health issues in more fundemantal way instead of creating paliatif solutions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Sociological perspective, interaction of sociolgy with other disciplines 2 History of sociology of health 3 Interest areas of sociology of health 4 Defining health and illness 5 Illness, society and culture 6 Social change and illness models 7 Social influences on health and illness 8 Interaction of health workers and patients 9 Mid term 10 Health, gender, marital status, and education 11 Health and income 12 Neoliberal policies and health

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Sağlık sosyolojisi kadın ve kentleşme, Nurşen Özçelik Adak 2. Sağlık sosyolojisi, Zafer Cirhinlioğlu 3. Sağlık sosyolojisi: Türkiye den araştırmalar, Aytül Kasapoğlu 4. Halk sağlığına giriş, Nusret Fişek

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 5 70 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 4 4 4 4 4 LO.2 4 4 4 4