COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 2003 HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PINAR KAYA ÖZÇELIK

Offered to

Sociology
Sociology

Course Objective

To grasp the historical process that contributed to the birth and development of soicology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the social, political philosophies before the birth of sociology
2   To recognize the social problems that forced the birth of sociology
3   To grasp the pozitivist approach
4   To learn the major sociological theories and sociologist
5   To learn theories of Comte, Durkheim, Pareto and Weber
6   To analyze society in terms of major classic sociological theories

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Society and state philosophies during the ancient time
2 Sociological thinking during the middleage
3 Sociological thinking in the Islamic world (Farabi ve Ibni Haldun)
4 Influences of modern times to sociological thinking (Modern astronomy, Renaissance, reform movements)
5 Discussions on Governed, Governance, and Governing types (monarch, liberalism, modern civil state, democracy, socialism, panteism) Montesguieu s approach
6 French revolution, Industrial revolution, S.Simon,A.Comte
7 Tocgueville, Le Play K.Marx
8 H.Spencer, L.Gumlowicz, W.G. Sumner
9 Mid term
10 De Roberty, W.Pareto
11 F.Tönnies, G.Simmel
12 E. Durkheim

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Raymon Aron, Sosyolojik Düşüncenin Evreleri, Bilgi Yayınevi, Ankara, 1994.
2) Robert Nisbet- Tom Bottomore, Sosyolojik Çözümlemenin Tarihi, Ayraç Yayınevi, Ankara, 1997.
3) Sezgin Kızılçelik, Sosyoloji Teorileri I-II, Yunus Emre LTD.ŞTI., Konya, 1994.

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


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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 4 64
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 16 1 16
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
LO.65