COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GLOBALIZATION OF SOCIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ESH 0060 GLOBALIZATION OF SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Faculty Of Letters

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ÖZKAN YILDIZ

Offered to

American Culture and Literature
Archeology
Museology
.
Translation and Interpreting
.
Turkish Language and Literature
Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)
Psychology
Archeology
Comparative Literature
Philosophy
Linguistics
History
Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)
History
Comparative Literature

Course Objective

This course is a general introduction to social apparatus of globalization and will cover five broad topics: theory of globalization, social change, and new instutions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand phenomenon of globalization
2   To show the influcence of globalization on social life
3   To show how globalization created new developments in our lifes
4   To show how globalization influenced new social movements, identities, and culture
5   To show how network societies developed with the globalization: problems and advantages

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Defining globalization concept
2 Golabalization as a social phenomenon
3 The historical and sociological reality of globalization process
4 Globalization theory: Wallerstein
5 Globalization; Giddens
6 Martin Albrow and Global Age
7 Globalization: understanding of Roland Robertson
8 Globalization perspectives in the classical sociology
9 Mid term
10 Global culture
11 Globalization and new social movements
12 Globalization and environment

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Küreselleşme, R. Robertson, Bilim ve Sanat yayınları, Ankara
2. Küreselleşen Dünya da Milliyetçilik , Ergün Yıldırım, Doğu Batı Dergisi, 2006
3. Kültür, Küreselleşme ve Dünya Sistemi, Der: A.D. King, Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları, Ankara ,1999
4. Elimizden Kaçıp Giden Dünya, Anthony Giddens, Alfa yayınları, Istanbul, 2000
5. Dün Ekonomik Sistemi, Cilt:I-II, Wallerstein, Bakış Yayınları, Istanbul, 2004-2005
6. Dünya Düzdür, Thomas Friedman, Boyner Yayınları, Istanbul,2006
7. Ağ Toplumu, M. Castell, Cilt:I-II, Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Istanbul,2007

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Mail: ozkan.yildiz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 3 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 16 2 32
Midterm 1 6 6
Final 1 12 12
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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