COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN SOCIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 1154 URBAN SOCIOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR NESLIHAN ÜNVERDI

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course targets at teaching the economic, social, political and cultural dimension of urban life in different socio-cultural and historical settings and giving the ability to think in criticizing terms on social factors underlying urban formation, probable social impacts of physical planning decisions and urban living and its problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to list formation and development of cities and the different types of urban and urbanization from past to present.
2   will be able to list potential impacts of the disparities in social structure on urban spatial structure and the leading impact of different social organizations on the formation of cities.
3   will be able to distinguish differences examining urban developments in Turkey and the western countries and the dynamics of urbanization in third world countries.
4   will be able to analyse the social dimensions of the rapid urbanization process in Turkey.
5   will be able to relate urban poverty, the factors that caused the migration of population from rural to urban, spatial effects of migration with globalization process and socio-economic consequences of globalization.
6   will be able to interpret the importance of planning decisions and the socio-economic, cultural and political dimensions of the physical environment depending on the planning decisions and outcomes/reflections on different social groups.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and method of sociology and urban sociology. General information about the scope and program of the course.
2 The definitions of the city, urbanization and to become urban citizen. The emergence and development of cities. The formation of civilizations, social organization and urban society. Historical conditions of the development of cities, the role of political and religious organizations
3 General characteristics of cities. Types of city. Historical development of cities (The emergence of the first cities, the birth of city-states, pre-industrial cities, urbanization with the Islamic culture from Central Asia to Anatolia, post-industrial cities)
4 History of cities, theoretical approaches in the urban sociology (The urban theories in the transition to capitalism, Chicago school, urban theories according to the process of capital accumulation)
5 The sociological analyzes on the social behaviors of people who is become urban citizen; The city as a place of anonymous affairs according to the Simmel and Wirth, The city as a fear of opening and urban public space according to the Sennett, the foreign as a threat and need according to the Bauman)
6 Theories and problems; foundations of the urban sociology studies in the Europe (Preparative studies, systematic theories, Foundations of the sociology of urban studies in the United States: Muckraker s, first theories, ecological theory, social psychological theory)
7 The city theory of the Rene Maunier and development process of human ecology: City Typology (Undifferentiated and differentiated urban-type). Progress and problems of the human ecology: preparative studies, first theories, subsequent developments.
8 Midterm examination
9 Urbanization - to become urban citizen in Turkey. The changing insights in the urban sociology and urbanization experience of Turkey (Emergence of industrial society and modern urban problem in the early social theory, postwar transformation of modern city and the rise of critical urban theories, globalization, neo-liberal urbanization and political urban theory)
10 Urbanization experience of Turkey and development of urban sociology: Modernization in Turkey and cities in the Early Republican Era, Irregular urbanization era as a spatial representation of third worldhood, neo-liberal urbanization process in Turkey and critical perspectives in urban studies.
11 Settlements as the factors affecting the personality and mental health of the individual, impacts of urbanization on environment, physical and mental health.
12 Settlements as the factors affecting the personality and mental health of the individual, impacts of urbanization on environment, physical and mental health.
13 City and slum, urban regeneration - social renewal, urban conservation. The city and identity formation
14 Globalization and world-city

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Giddens, Anthony (2008), Sosyoloji , Istanbul, Kırmızı Yayınları
Supplementary Book(s):
1. Bauman, Zygmunt (2009), Sosyolojik Düşünmek , Istanbul, Ayrıntı,
2. Bilton, Tony ve diğerleri, (2009), Sosyoloji , Ankara, Desen Ofset
3. Aron, Raymond (2000), Sosyolojik Düşüncenin Evreleri Ankara, Bilgi Yayınevi,
4. Alptekin, M. Yavuz (2007), Medeniyet Havzalarından Küresel Trendlere Şehir ve Toplum , Istanbul, Beta Basım A.Ş.
References:
1. Ergun, Doğan (2010), 100 Soruda Sosyoloji El Kitabı , Ankara, Imge Kitabevi
2. Habermas, Jürgen (2007), `Öteki Olmak, `Öteki yle Yaşamak , Istanbul, Yapı Kredi Yayınları
3. Wallerstein, Immanuel (2005), Yeni Bir Sosyal Bilim Için , Istanbul, Aram Yayıncılık
4. Gulbenkian Komisyonu (1998), Sosyal Bilimleri Açın , Istanbul, Metis yayınları
5. Giddens, Anthony (1999), Toplumun Kuruluşu: Yapılaşma Kuramının Ana Hatları , Ankara, Bilim ve Sanat.
6. Mills, C. Wright (2000), Toplumbilimsel Düşün , Istanbul, Der Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Expressing, explaining, debating will be measured by midterm examination.
Debating, describing, relating will be measured by final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions over reading list.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

neslihan.karatas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 10.30-12.00; Friday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 44

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61

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