COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT ISSUES IN URBAN SOCIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 5007 CURRENT ISSUES IN URBAN SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Master's Degree in Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GAZANFER KAYA

Offered to

Master's Degree in Sociology

Course Objective

The course focuses on current issues in urban sociology. Some of these issues include: urban differentiation and segregation, urban renewal, class, religion, ethnicity, women and space relations. The main objective of the course of the urbanization process and the dynamics of this process creates economic, social, cultural and political dimensions is analyzed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to use the terminology of urban sociology
2   To explain the basic theoretical approaches used in urban sociology.
3   To explain the stages of urban development from past to present.
4   To analyzes social dynamics that arise in the process of urbanization.
5   To analyzes social processes and relationships that arise in today's urbans

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and basic concepts
2 The historical development of the city (from Antiquity to the Industrial Age)
3 The historical development of the city (from the Industrial Age to the Present)
4 Urbanization Theory
5 Urbanization Theory
6 Neoliberal Policies and Urban Space in the World
7 Urbanization Process in Turkey
8 Midterm
9 Urbanization Problems in Turkey today
10 Urbanization Problems in Turkey today
11 Classroom Presentations
12 Classroom Presentations
13 Classroom Presentations
14 Classroom Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Uğurlu, Ö. ve Diğerleri (2010). Kent Sosyolojisi Çalışmaları, Örgün Yayınevi, Istanbul.
Ergun, Cem ve Diğerleri (2013). Kent Üzerine Özgür Yazılar, Bağlam Yayınevi, Istanbul.
Merrifield, Andy (2012). Metromarksim-Şehrin Marksist Bir Hikayesi, Phoenix Yayınevi, Ankara.
Harvey, David (2011). Sermayenin Mekanları, Sel Yayıncılık, Istanbul.
Kaya, Gazanfer (2014). Kentleşmenin Toplumsal Boyutları, Ütopya Yayınevi, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Answer-Question
Discussion

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + RST* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-4: They will be evaluated by questions in the midterm examination and the final examination.
2. LO 5: Which will be prepared by the student presentations will be judged by.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance must be at least 70% for the lectures.

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 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.5555

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