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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
		ELECTIVE

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective

To follow the perspectives that have changed from past to present about objectification of daily life,
to reveal the daily life and the dynamics that build it, to focus on sociological thinking through specific topics and discussions in daily life studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Distinguish visible forms of the construction of social life as a social reality.
2	Students will be able to interpret social events related to the reflections of daily life within the framework of the sociologists and theories examined and will be able to look at them critically.
3	Students will gain scientific competence in the reflection areas of daily life and the enlightenment of the emerging problems.
4	Will be able to benefit from the sociological point of view of the construction of daily life in social life.
5	Develop research projects, perspectives and concepts that will understand and explain how the construction of daily life is realized and will be based on a scientific point of view and gain scientific competence.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Sociology of Everyday Life; purpose, scope, problems
2	Historical process and basic principles
3	Classical Sociology and Everyday Life: From Durkheim to Parsons
4	Details of everyday life G. Simmel
5	Chicago School and Everyday Life
6	Symbolic Interactionism and Everyday Life
7	Phenomenology and Everyday Life
8	Ethnometodology and Everyday Life
9	Social construction of meaning in everyday life, P. Perger
10	Everyday life as a construction site, A. Giddens
11	Social Capital and Everyday Life
12	Utopia and Everyday Life
13	Everyday life according to Lefebvre
14	Everyday life of ordinary people
15	Micro-sociology and daily life rituals
16	General Evaluation and Discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source:
Gündelik Hayat Sosyolojisi Ed. Ali Esgin ve G. Çeğin, Istanbul Phoneix Yayınları 2018
Supplementary resources:
Berger L. Peter, Gerçekliğin Toplumsal Inşası, 2008
Gündelik Gerçeklikte Anlamın Sosyal Inşası, Şeref Uluocak 2-69-304, 2018- Phoenix kitabevi
Elias N. Uygarlık Sureci cilt1 ve 2 Çev: E.Ateşman, Istanbul Iletişim Yay.Goffman Gündelik yaşamda Benliğin Sunumu, Çev. B.Cezar, Istanbul Metis yay. 2012
Simmel G. Bireysellik ve kültür Çev.T.Birkan, Istanbul: Metis yay. 2012
Uygulamalı Ilişkisel Sosyoloji, Ed.Aytül Kasapoğlu, Istanbul: Yeni Insan Yayınevi 2018
Sosyal Sermaya, Hülya Ekşi Uğuz, Istanbul Orion yay.2010
Chicago Okulu, Oya Morva Istanbul: Doruk yay.2013

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, researching the subject, preparing a special research paper and presenting it as a controversial presentation with active participation.

Assessment Methods

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

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

Wednesday 11.30-12.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	3	36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	6	72
Preparing assignments	2	8	16
Preparing presentations	2	7	14
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10
LO.1	4									5
LO.2		4							5
LO.3			4
LO.4				4				4
LO.5					5	5	5		5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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