COURSE UNIT TITLE

: READING OF CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

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 be able to read the historical context of sociology established in the 19th century from the primary sources through concepts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn how the emergence conditions of sociology determine sociological theories
2   To understand the historical social concerns in the process of the emergence of concepts
3   To examine how sociology analyzes modern society
4   Bringing together historical analysis and conceptual analysis
5   To be able to make structural analysis of concepts meaningful

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Fustel de Coulanges, The Ancient City
2 Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality
3 A. Tocqueville, The Old Regime and French Revolution
4 Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
5 Weber, Protestan Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism
6 Sombart, Bourgeuois
7 Veblen, The Theorie of the Leisure Class
8 Durkheim, The Division of Labor in Society
9 Durkheim, Suicide
10 Simmel, Philosophy of Money
11 E. Durkheim, The Rules of Sociological Method
12 Weber, Economy and Society I
13 Weber, Economy and Society II

Recomended or Required Reading

Primary sources from Simmel, Sombart, Veblen, Weber, Durkheim, Marx, Tocqueville

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Text analysis
Meta analysis
Content analysis
Discourse analysis

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** 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

In the first lesson, which books will be read at that time, how the courses work, how the exams will be held and the scope, the attendance of the student is determined by negotiating with the student.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yildiz.akpolat@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 10.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 10 120
Reading 3 5 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 173

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155
LO.244
LO.344
LO.4555
LO.545