COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL CONTACT AND INTERGROUP RELATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 5051 SOCIAL CONTACT AND INTERGROUP RELATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜL ÖZATEŞLER ÜLKÜCAN

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective

It will cover theories and current research on how intergroup relations find meaning through theories of social contact, dynamics in relations, identification and interaction mechanisms.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To grasp the importance of social contact as a field of research
2   To learn theoretical approaches to social contact
3   To be able to analyze the formation of group categories and how group boundaries are established
4   To examine groups and intergroup contact within economic, political and everyday worlds of meaning and the construction of social positions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Theories of Social Contact I
3 Theories of Social Contact II
4 Theories of Social Contact II
5 Social Groups
6 Intergroup Boundaries and Social Interaction
7 Ingroup-Outgroup Dynamics
8 Midterm Exam
9 Intergroup Contact: Friendship
10 Intergroup Contact: Partnership
11 Intergroup Contact: Marriage
12 Intergroup Marriage and Overcoming Prejudices
13 Research Project Discussions
14 Research Project Discussions
15 General Evaluation
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Hogg, M. A., and D. Abrams. 1988. Social Identifications, A Social Psychology Of Intergroup Relations And Group Processes. London, New York: Routledge.
Pettigrew, T. F. (1998). Intergroup contact theory. Annual Review of Psychology, 49(1),
65 85. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.49.1.65
Pettigrew, T. & Tropp, L. R. (2011). When Groups Meet: The Dynamics of Intergroup Contact (Essays in Social Psychology), Psychology Press, NewYork.
Özateşler-Ülkücan, G., Çingene Türkiye'de Yaftalama ve Dışlayıcı Şiddetin Toplumsal Dinamiği, Koç Yayınları, 2016.

Özateşler-Ülkücan, G, "Çapraz Evlilikler ve Gruplar Arası Ilişkiler," Akdeniz Insani Bilimler Dergisi , vol.5, no.2, pp.287-295, 2015
Özateşler-Ülkücan, G vd., "Gruplar Arası Temas ve Çapraz Evlilikler: Izmir de Alevi-Sünni Evlilikleri," Türkiye Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi - Turkish Journal of Social Research , vol.23, no.1, pp.1-24, 2019
Özateşler-Ülkücan, G, "Creating a 'we' between categories: social categories and Alevi-Sunni intermarriages," IDENTITIES-GLOBAL STUDIES IN CULTURE AND POWER , vol.27, no.6, pp.712-730, 2020
2023
Özateşler-Ülkücan, G, "Toplumsal Tabakalaşma ve Eleştirel Kültür Çalışmalarının Kesişim Noktaları," Türkiye Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi , no.1, pp.129-144, 2017

Qian, Z., and D.T. Lichter. 2007. Social Boundaries And Marital Assimilation: Interpreting Trends In Racial And Ethnic Intermarriage. American Sociological Review 72: 68-94. doi: 10.1177/000312240707200104
Tulum-Akbulut S. Et Al. , " We agree more than disagree : Exploring conflict in Alevi-Sunni intermarriages in Turkey," International Journal of Intercultural Relations , vol.96,
Turner, Graeme. Ingiliz Kültürel Çalışmaları, Heretik Yayınları, 2016

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gul.ozatesler@deu.edu.tr

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 4 56
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 184

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.455

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