Course Description
| Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTRODUCTION to SOCIOLOGY | - | Fall Semester | 3+0 | 3 | 4 |
| Course Program |
| Prerequisites Courses | |
| Recommended Elective Courses |
| Language of Course | Turkish |
| Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Course Type | Required |
| Course Coordinator | Assist.Prof. Sayra LOTFİ |
| Name of Lecturer(s) | Assoc.Prof. Esra KÖTEN |
| Assistant(s) | |
| Aim | This course is designed to study the basic concepts and theories of sociology, the concept of family, group, society, social relations, social structure, social stratification and social change with social perspective. |
| Course Content | This course contains; Definition, History, Subjects, Objectives, Boundaries of Sociology ,Sociology and Other Social Sciences ,Basic Concepts of Sociology, Society ,The research methods and techniques of Sociology ,Individual and Society ,Society and Family ,Culture, Socialization ,Behavioral Patterns, Social Control Mechanism,Social Change, globalization and social effect ,Modernism/Postmodernism, Development, Undevelopment ,Social Stratification, Social Mobility ,Settlemant Order, Population. |
| Dersin Öğrenme Kazanımları | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| At the end of the course, students | 10, 16, 19, 9 | A |
| 1. Will be able to have knowledge about culture, society, science and method. | 19, 9 | A |
| 1.1. Define sociology and specify the basic concepts of sociology. | 19, 9 | A |
| 1.2. Summarize how sociology emerged as a scientific discipline and to compare sociology with other social sciences. | 10, 12, 19, 9 | A |
| 1.3. Learn research methods and techniques in social sciences. | 19, 9 | A |
| 2. Will be able to define the development of sociology and basic theoretic approaches of sociology. | 16, 19, 9 | A |
| 2.1. Develop the skills of learning and understanding sociological theories. | 10, 16, 19, 9 | |
| 2.2. Discuss basic theoretical approaches in terms of their strengths and weaknesses in understanding and explaining social reality. | 10, 16, 19, 9 | A |
| 2.3. Discuss social events with sociological perspective. | 10, 16, 19, 9 | A |
| 3. Will be able to define factors those play a role on social change. | 10, 16, 19, 9 | A |
| 3.1. Explain family, group, society and social relations. | 10, 19, 9 | A |
| 3.2. Discuss about social structure. | 10, 9 | A |
| 3.3. Define and compare social relations, social stratification and social change. | 10, 19, 9 | A |
| Teaching Methods: | 10: Discussion Method, 12: Problem Solving Method, 16: Question - Answer Technique, 19: Brainstorming Technique, 9: Lecture Method |
| Assessment Methods: | A: Traditional Written Exam |
Course Outline
| Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Definition, History, Subjects, Objectives, Boundaries of Sociology | |
| 2 | Sociology and Other Social Sciences | |
| 3 | Basic Concepts of Sociology, Society | |
| 4 | The research methods and techniques of Sociology | |
| 5 | Individual and Society | |
| 6 | Society and Family | |
| 8 | Culture | |
| 9 | Socialization | |
| 10 | Behavioral Patterns, Social Control Mechanism | |
| 11 | Social Change, globalization and social effect | |
| 12 | Modernism/Postmodernism, Development, Undevelopment | |
| 13 | Social Stratification, Social Mobility | |
| 14 | Settlemant Order, Population |
| Resources |
| Sosyolojiye Giriş. Gönül İÇLİ, Anı Yayınları Ankara. |
| Sosyoloji, Anthony Giddens, Kırmızı Yayınları, 2008. Sosyolojiye Giriş, Prof. Dr. Gönül İÇLİ, Anı Yayınları Ankara. Sosyolojiye Giriş, İhsan Sezai, Beta Yayınları, 2014. Kerim Edinsel (2014). Sosyolojik Düşünme ve Çözümleme. İstanbul: Kabalcı |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
| Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
| No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PQ-1. Acquires knowledge of social work theory and practice fields. | ||||||
| 2 | PQ-2. Gains communication skills and knowledge. | ||||||
| 3 | PQ-3. Obtains information about management and processes. | ||||||
| 4 | PQ-4. Understands professional ethics, principles and values. | ||||||
| 5 | PQ-5. Uses required computer software, communication technologies and a foreign language. | ||||||
| 6 | PQ-6. Acquires the skills of planning and developing for social policy and solving social problems with scientific data and evidence. | ||||||
| 7 | PQ-7. Improves skills for interpreting, synthesizing and using the knowledge gained from different disciplines to solve complex social problems. | ||||||
| 8 | PQ-8. Develops competency to cooperate with other occupations and disciplines for developing services in teamwork and individual responsibility. | ||||||
| 9 | PQ- 9. Able to use methods and techniques to reach results of research and professional literature to follow and interpret in social work. | ||||||
| 10 | PQ-10. Able to evaluate, criticize, analyze and synthesize the knowledge and skills acquired in the field. | ||||||
| 11 | PQ-11. Gains ability and competence to set goals for self-development of his area, to apply appropriate strategies for selected targets, to follow actual info and developments, to trace and evaluate the state of the projects for his goals. | ||||||
| 12 | PQ-12. Capable to practice social work and train client groups on the basis of similarities and differences by recognizing the positive value of the differences. | ||||||
| 13 | PQ-13. Learns the effects of the social and cultural environment on human behavior and considers this effect in social work practice. | ||||||
| 14 | PQ-14. Able to perform Planned Changing Process (contact, diagnosis and assessment, planning, implementation, application, evaluation, termination, feedback and monitoring). | ||||||
Assessment Methods
| Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
| Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
| Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| ECTS / Workload Table | ||||||
| Activities | Number of | Duration(Hour) | Total Workload(Hour) | |||
| Course Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 | |||
| Guided Problem Solving | 7 | 2 | 14 | |||
| Resolution of Homework Problems and Submission as a Report | 1 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Term Project | 1 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Presentation of Project / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quiz | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Midterm Exam | 1 | 16 | 16 | |||
| General Exam | 1 | 26 | 26 | |||
| Performance Task, Maintenance Plan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total Workload(Hour) | 118 | |||||
| Dersin AKTS Kredisi = Toplam İş Yükü (Saat)/30*=(118/30) | 4 | |||||
| ECTS of the course: 30 hours of work is counted as 1 ECTS credit. | ||||||
Detail Informations of the Course
Course Description
| Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTRODUCTION to SOCIOLOGY | - | Fall Semester | 3+0 | 3 | 4 |
| Course Program |
| Prerequisites Courses | |
| Recommended Elective Courses |
| Language of Course | Turkish |
| Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Course Type | Required |
| Course Coordinator | Assist.Prof. Sayra LOTFİ |
| Name of Lecturer(s) | Assoc.Prof. Esra KÖTEN |
| Assistant(s) | |
| Aim | This course is designed to study the basic concepts and theories of sociology, the concept of family, group, society, social relations, social structure, social stratification and social change with social perspective. |
| Course Content | This course contains; Definition, History, Subjects, Objectives, Boundaries of Sociology ,Sociology and Other Social Sciences ,Basic Concepts of Sociology, Society ,The research methods and techniques of Sociology ,Individual and Society ,Society and Family ,Culture, Socialization ,Behavioral Patterns, Social Control Mechanism,Social Change, globalization and social effect ,Modernism/Postmodernism, Development, Undevelopment ,Social Stratification, Social Mobility ,Settlemant Order, Population. |
| Dersin Öğrenme Kazanımları | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| At the end of the course, students | 10, 16, 19, 9 | A |
| 1. Will be able to have knowledge about culture, society, science and method. | 19, 9 | A |
| 1.1. Define sociology and specify the basic concepts of sociology. | 19, 9 | A |
| 1.2. Summarize how sociology emerged as a scientific discipline and to compare sociology with other social sciences. | 10, 12, 19, 9 | A |
| 1.3. Learn research methods and techniques in social sciences. | 19, 9 | A |
| 2. Will be able to define the development of sociology and basic theoretic approaches of sociology. | 16, 19, 9 | A |
| 2.1. Develop the skills of learning and understanding sociological theories. | 10, 16, 19, 9 | |
| 2.2. Discuss basic theoretical approaches in terms of their strengths and weaknesses in understanding and explaining social reality. | 10, 16, 19, 9 | A |
| 2.3. Discuss social events with sociological perspective. | 10, 16, 19, 9 | A |
| 3. Will be able to define factors those play a role on social change. | 10, 16, 19, 9 | A |
| 3.1. Explain family, group, society and social relations. | 10, 19, 9 | A |
| 3.2. Discuss about social structure. | 10, 9 | A |
| 3.3. Define and compare social relations, social stratification and social change. | 10, 19, 9 | A |
| Teaching Methods: | 10: Discussion Method, 12: Problem Solving Method, 16: Question - Answer Technique, 19: Brainstorming Technique, 9: Lecture Method |
| Assessment Methods: | A: Traditional Written Exam |
Course Outline
| Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Definition, History, Subjects, Objectives, Boundaries of Sociology | |
| 2 | Sociology and Other Social Sciences | |
| 3 | Basic Concepts of Sociology, Society | |
| 4 | The research methods and techniques of Sociology | |
| 5 | Individual and Society | |
| 6 | Society and Family | |
| 8 | Culture | |
| 9 | Socialization | |
| 10 | Behavioral Patterns, Social Control Mechanism | |
| 11 | Social Change, globalization and social effect | |
| 12 | Modernism/Postmodernism, Development, Undevelopment | |
| 13 | Social Stratification, Social Mobility | |
| 14 | Settlemant Order, Population |
| Resources |
| Sosyolojiye Giriş. Gönül İÇLİ, Anı Yayınları Ankara. |
| Sosyoloji, Anthony Giddens, Kırmızı Yayınları, 2008. Sosyolojiye Giriş, Prof. Dr. Gönül İÇLİ, Anı Yayınları Ankara. Sosyolojiye Giriş, İhsan Sezai, Beta Yayınları, 2014. Kerim Edinsel (2014). Sosyolojik Düşünme ve Çözümleme. İstanbul: Kabalcı |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
| Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
| No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PQ-1. Acquires knowledge of social work theory and practice fields. | ||||||
| 2 | PQ-2. Gains communication skills and knowledge. | ||||||
| 3 | PQ-3. Obtains information about management and processes. | ||||||
| 4 | PQ-4. Understands professional ethics, principles and values. | ||||||
| 5 | PQ-5. Uses required computer software, communication technologies and a foreign language. | ||||||
| 6 | PQ-6. Acquires the skills of planning and developing for social policy and solving social problems with scientific data and evidence. | ||||||
| 7 | PQ-7. Improves skills for interpreting, synthesizing and using the knowledge gained from different disciplines to solve complex social problems. | ||||||
| 8 | PQ-8. Develops competency to cooperate with other occupations and disciplines for developing services in teamwork and individual responsibility. | ||||||
| 9 | PQ- 9. Able to use methods and techniques to reach results of research and professional literature to follow and interpret in social work. | ||||||
| 10 | PQ-10. Able to evaluate, criticize, analyze and synthesize the knowledge and skills acquired in the field. | ||||||
| 11 | PQ-11. Gains ability and competence to set goals for self-development of his area, to apply appropriate strategies for selected targets, to follow actual info and developments, to trace and evaluate the state of the projects for his goals. | ||||||
| 12 | PQ-12. Capable to practice social work and train client groups on the basis of similarities and differences by recognizing the positive value of the differences. | ||||||
| 13 | PQ-13. Learns the effects of the social and cultural environment on human behavior and considers this effect in social work practice. | ||||||
| 14 | PQ-14. Able to perform Planned Changing Process (contact, diagnosis and assessment, planning, implementation, application, evaluation, termination, feedback and monitoring). | ||||||
Assessment Methods
| Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
| Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
| Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |