COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 5033 SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective

The content of this course is the structure of social movements and collective behaviors, determining features of social movements, collective behavior typology and ideologies, and the anatomy of social movements.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   General Introduction and Concepts
2   Conceptual Look on Social Movements
3   Types of Social Movements
4   Being able to comprehend the significance of social movements for sociology
5   Being able to explain the difference between social movements

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Introduction and Main Concepts
2 The Concept of Social Movement
3 The First Emergence of The Idea of Social Movements
4 The First Emergence of The Idea of Social Movements
5 Classifying Social Movements
6 Classifying Social Movements
7 Classifying Social Movements
8 Midterm
9 Being able to comprehend the significance of social movements for sociology
10 Being able to comprehend the significance of social movements for sociology
11 Being able to explain the difference between social movements
12 Being able to explain the difference between social movements
13 Being able to explain the difference between social movements
14 Being able to explain the difference between social movements

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Sources:
Türkdoğan, O. (2013) Sosyal Hareketlerin Sosyolojisi. IQ Kültür Sanat Yayın: Istanbul
Çayır, K. (1999), Yeni sosyal Hareketler Kaknüs Yayınevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Answer-Question
3. Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

1. LO 1-5: They will be evaluated by questions in the midterm and final examinations.
2. LO 4: It will be evaluated by the student s presentation and presentation report

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 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 10 120
Reading 5 8 40
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.134
LO.2435
LO.3445
LO.443
LO.54