COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PERSON AND SOCIETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IAÇ 5027 PERSON AND SOCIETY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Conflict Resolution (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ÖMÜR NECZAN ÖZMEN

Offered to

Conflict Resolution (English)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide a deep knowledge of central concepts, theories, and methodologies about the relationships between social world and person. It focuses on human behavior and the organization of the society guided by the assumption that human behavior is shaped by the groups to which person belongs and the social forces external to person. This course examines its history, essential concepts, major theories, research methods, and applications that exemplify the sociological way of thinking and analysis. It presents an opportunity to understand usefulness of sociological imagination in making sense of everyday life and to apply it to the social world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify sociological perspectives, concepts and theories.
2   describe how society shape what people do, how they do it and how they understand what other people do
3   develop greater understanding of and tolerance for individuals from other social and cultural backgrounds.
4   examine social topics critically, making connections between them and learning to formulate critical questions.
5   Have the ability to apply the knowledge to the process of everyday life by making connections person and society.
6   have the ability to express their original ideas of central concepts, theories, and methodologies about the society and person.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 information about the aim and content of the course.
2 Discovering Evolution; Anthropological Perspective
3 Society; components, dimensions, dynamics
4 Culture
5 Social Institutions(State, Economy, Religion, Education, Economy, Media)
6 Socialization
7 Populations
8 Urbanizations
9 Ecology and Society
10 Collective Behavior
11 Social Change, Traditional, Modern and Postmodern Societies
12 Social Stratification, Social Class,
13 Inequality, Social Movement
14 Review

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussions, assignments and presentation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To gain knowledge about perspectives, concepts and theories about the relations between society and person.
To reflect and use the conceptual and theoretical knowledge that gained during lectures to real cases.
To make presentations about selected topics.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Cheating and plagiarism is punishable.
2. Taking part in class discussions, submission of homework on time and making presentations in classes are mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ceyhan.aldemir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 4 10 40
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.14
LO.2535
LO.355
LO.455
LO.5555
LO.6355555

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