COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 6289 RESEARCH IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TURGUT GÜMÜŞOĞLU

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective

Today, rural development, agricultural production, healthy food and their lack of
sustainability are at the top of the main problems and discussion topics. In the
doctoral course, in the context of theoretical knowledge, with the contributions of the
students, information will be obtained on these issues and studies will be carried out
on solutions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Work on rural development problems
2   Understanding the relationship between rural development and agricultural production
3   To be able to evaluate the relationship between agricultural production and consumption
4   Understanding the relationship between food, consumption and development
5   To be able to evaluate the knowledge learned from the course in the context of sustainability

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and course introduction
2 What do we understand by rural development Mutual discussions and evaluations
3 Rural development and agriculture mutual discussions and evaluations
4 Rural development and production mutual discussion and evaluations
5 Rural development and food mutual discussions and evaluations
6 Rural development and agricultural activity mutual discussions and evaluations
7 Rural development, modernity, development mutual discussion and evaluations
8 Rural development, subjects, culture mutual discussion and evaluations
9 Student presentations
10 Student presentations
11 Student presentations
12 Writing scientific texts and working on topics
13 Writing of texts and preparations
14 Evaluation of Articles - I
15 Evaluation of Articles - II
16 Evaluation of courses and students

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Books and articles
Supplementary Book(s): Internet, Short Films, Interviews
References: Works requiring specialist knowledge and Works
Materials: Documentary

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The topics covered in the course will be discussed with the students and written texts
will be created on these topics. After the course, co-authored studies will be
evaluated as articles.

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

Students participating in the Ph.D. course are expected to actively participate in the
determined topics.
Each student will submit his/her preparation for the course in writing. After the
course, group studies will be evaluated as articles and published in a field-indexed
journal.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

turgut.gumusoglu@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 10 140
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) 238

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
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LO.5

CONTACT INFORMATION
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