COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 2013 HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IBRAHIM KAYA

Offered to

Sociology (Evening)
Sociology

Course Objective

Comprehension of the historical process that contributed to the emergence and development of sociology as a science and thus the issues and approaches addressed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognize the social and political philosophies before the birth of sociology
2   To recognize the basic problems in the birth of sociology
3   To comprehend the positivist approach in the birth of sociology
4   To comprehend the sociologists and their theories that contributed to the development of sociology as a science
5   To comprehend the basic theses and works of classical sociologists such as Saint-Simon, Comte, Durkheim, Marx, Weber
6   Understanding the relationship between modernization and sociology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Developments that led to the birth of sociology
2 The French Revolution and The Industrial Revolution
3 Enlightenment
4 The Scotish Enlightenment: David Hume and Adam Smith
5 The French Enlightenment: Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau
6 Saint Simon
7 Founder: Auguste Comte
8 Midterm
9 Spencer
10 Durkheim I
11 Durkheim II
12 Theory of Marx
13 Sociology of Marx
14 Sociology of Max Weber I
15 Sociology of Max Weber II
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Marrison, K. (2007). Marx, Durkheim, Weber. Londra: Sage.
Giddens, A. (2011). Sosyolojinin Savunusu. Istanbul: Say Yayınları.
Callinicos, A. (2004). Toplum Kuramı: Tarihsel bir Bakış. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları.
Turner, Beeghley and Powers (2010). Sosyolojik Teorinin Oluşumu. Bursa: Sentez.
Freyer, H. (2021). Sosyoloji Kuramları Tarihi. Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları.
Nisbet, R. (2016). Sosyolojik Düşünce Geleneği. Istanbul: Paradigma Yayıncılık.
Ritzer, G. Ve Stepnisky, J. (2014). Sosyoloji Kuramları. Ankara: De ki Yayıncılık.
Turner, B. S. (2014). Klasik Sosyoloji. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları.
Weber, M. (2006). Meslek Olarak Siyaset. Istanbul: Chiviyazıları Yayınevi.
Weber, M. (2019). Protestan Ahlakı ve Kapitalizmin Ruhu. Istanbul: Dorlion Yayınevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation
Question-Answer
Discussion

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)

ibrahim.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will 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 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.144
LO.24442
LO.345542
LO.44443
LO.544
LO.654

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