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| KAM1003 | Social Science | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Gülmelek DOĞANAY | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | An introduction to basic principles; concepts and theories of sociology; relationship between science and sociology; relationship with other social sciences; the logic and method of sociological inquiry; analysis of social structure; culture; relationship between individual and society. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | define basic concepts of sociology and its place within social sciences | 1 | 6 | | LO - 2 : | explain social situaitons | 1 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | relate social phenomena | 1 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | make inference in relation to the future of social processes | 1 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | produce general decisions from social incidents | 1 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Understanding scientific features of sociology and explaining the behavior of society, the basic theories and theorists in the social sciences, scientific methods and techniques, the analize of social structure, the relationship of person and society, social structure and status, social behaviour, socialization. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Basic concepts about sociology, the place of the Sociology as a science in human life.
| | | Week 2 | Society with its structure and general characteristics. | | | Week 3 | Sub-branches of Sociology.
| | | Week 4 | The method of Sociology and research techniques.
| | | Week 5 | History of sociology | | | Week 6 | The Founders of Modern Sociology(Simon, Comte, Marx...)
| | | Week 7 | The Founders of Modern Sociology(Durkheim,Weber, Pareto...)
| | | Week 8 | New Approaches in Sociology | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Culture and the Patterns of Culture
| | | Week 11 | The Process of Sociolization | | | Week 12 | The Instutition of Family | | | Week 13 | The Instutition of Economics
| | | Week 14 | The Instutition of Education
| | | Week 15 | The Instutition of Politics | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Giddens, Anthony (2008), Sosyoloji, Kırmızı Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | Kumar, Krishan (1999) Sanayi Sonrası Toplumdan Post-modern Topluma Çağdaş Dünyanın Yeni Kuramları, çev. Mehmet Küçük, Ankara: Dost Kitabevi. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11/2024 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01/2025 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 16 | 1 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 96 |
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