COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 5212 SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IBRAHIM KAYA

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective

To analyse the effects of scientific and technological developments on social
structure.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the relationship between science and society
2   Discuss the relationship between technology and society
3   Understand the historical roles of science and technology in social change
4   Explain the scientification and technologicalization of society
5   Relate science and technology to society sociologically

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Concepts
2 Historical Experience of Science
3 Scientific Revolution
4 Industrial Revolution
5 Second Industrial Revolution: Electric Energy and Assembly Industry
6 Third Industrial Revolution: The Computer Revolution
7 Mid-term Exam (Homework Submission)
8 Digitalization
9 Fourth Industrial Revolution: Artificial Intelligence
10 The pace of change that overturns predictions
11 Scientific Society
12 Science and its Critique
13 Technological Society
14 Technology and its Critique
15 Transcending the biological human ( )
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

David E. Newton, Neil Schlager and Kelle S. Sisung. 2001, Science, Technology and
Society: The Impact of Science in the 19th Century, UXL Publication.
Daniel Bell. 1973, The Coming of Post-industrial Society, New York: Basic Books.
Eric Hobsbawm, 2008, Devrim Çağı, Ankara: Dost.
Klaus, Schwab, 2017. Dördüncü Sanayi Devrimi, Istanbul: Optimist.
Ray Kurzweil, 2016. Insanlık 2.0: Tekliğe Doğru Biyolojisini aşan insan, Istanbul:
Alfa.
Robert, C. Allen, 2009. The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bruno Latour, 1993. We Have Never Been Modern, Harward University Press.
Samir Okasha, 2002. Philosophy of Science, Oxford University Press.
Andrew Feenberg, 2023, Marcuse s Critique of Technology Today , Philosophy and Social
Criticism.
Herbert Marcuse, 2001. `Cultural Revolution , in Towards a Critical Theory of Society:
Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse, ed. Douglas Kellner, London: Routledge.
Jürgen Habermas, 1970. `Technology and Science as Ideology , in Toward a Rational
Society; Student Protest, Science, and Politics, Boston: Beacon Press.
Andrew Feenberg, 1999. Questioning Technology, New York: Routledge.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer and 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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibrahim.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

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 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1555
LO.25
LO.3555
LO.455
LO.55