COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED SOCIAL THEORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 7002 ADVANCED SOCIAL THEORY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 12

Offered By

Non-Thesis Master's Degree in Sociology (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR IBRAHIM KAYA

Offered to

Non-Thesis Master's Degree in Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

It is to apprehend the fundamental views of advanced social theorists and to look at the problems of modern societies from a theoretical frame.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will;be able to apprehend the relation between theory and science
2   develop theoretical views by establishing relations between important social theorists and the contemporary social world
3   apprehend the importance of social theories for social sciences
4   be able to explain the differences between theories
5   be able to concentrate on the social, economic and political problems on the basis of social theories

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Introduction and Essential Concepts
2 Enlightenment and its Critiques
3 The Relation of Social Theory to Social Sciences
4 Rationalization of Society
5 Modernity I: Dualistic Theories of Modernity
6 Modernity II: Imaginary Significations of Modernity
7 Postmodernism
8 Midterm
9 Multiple Modernities
10 Time and History
11 End of History Or the Clash of Civilizations
12 Cultural Turn
13 Globalization: New Face of imperialism
14 Results and Reassessment

Recomended or Required Reading

Alex Callonicos, Social Theory. A Historical Introduction (second edition), Polity Press, Cambridge, 2007.
Jürgen Habermas, The Theory of Communicative Action, Vol 1 and 2, Beacon Press, 1985

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 * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

If needed, other assessment methods can be added to the table given below.

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-2: They will be evaluated by questions in the midterm examination.
2. LO 3-5: It will be evaluated by literature review paper.
3. LO 1-5: They will be evaluated by questions in the final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibrahim.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 11.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 4 4 16
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.1553
LO.2553
LO.3553
LO.4553
LO.5555

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