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Course Credit	3.0
Course ECTS Credit	6.0
Teaching Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Level of Course	Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course	Compulsory
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?	Z
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Instructor (s)	Assist. Prof. Dr. HAKAN İŞÖZEN
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course	this course teaches students how sociology emerged, what the sociological concepts mean, by which methods sociology as a science investigates the society , with which methods it gains knowledge, how the society is organized as a structure, what the different kinds of social processes are and to get them to comprehend to the students and under which factors the individuals behave and why.
Course Content	The course includes the basic concepts of sociology, its field and frame, the masters of the sociological thought, its history, its research methods and techniques, its theories and basic problems.

Learning Outcomes

Know historical development and also basics of theoretical approaches of psychology; have knowledge about such theoretical information and different approaches.
Learn and evaluate theories and perspectives of psychology (e.g. behavioral, biological, cognitive, evolutionary, humanistic, psychodynamic, socio-cultural).
Have information about subfields of psychology and contribute in development.
Describes the information obtained from the science of psychology to the social and social field; explains the analytical methods suitable for the situation and problems.
Have skills about forming a scientific research design, collecting data, interpreting and analyzing results by using related statistical techniques.
Evaluate the relations between psychology and other social sciences (e.g., history, sociology, politics, literature etc.) with an interdisciplinary approach.
Have skills related scientific and critical thinking.
Meet the fields of application according to their own interests and develop skills in related areas.
Recognizes the modern measurement and evaluation tools necessary for psychological assessment; acquire basic interview skills.
Take the resposibility in cases of social and individual problems.
Produce scientific solutions in complicated problems by taking individual responsibility.
Contribute to the development of new ideas professionally and individually.
Follow current scientific developments in psychology.
Comprehend the social and universal effects of solutions produced in the field of psychology.
Have communication skills and social competence that will be beneficial in different fields of working.
Gain compentence of executing their profession in accordance with professional responsibility and ethical principals.
Contribute social responsibility projects related to their own fields.
Organize and manage the activities within the field of psychology.

Weekly Course Subjects

1	The description, purpose and method of science
2	The Methodology of the Social Science
3	Why do we study sociology
4	What is sociology?
5	The Emerge of Sociology and the Masters of the Classical Sociological Thought
6	Turkish Sociology
7	Patterns of Behaviours, Social Personality, Social Status, Social Role
8	Categories, Groups, Communities
9	Midterm
10	Institutions and Society
11	Structure, Social Structure, Cultural Structure, Socio-Cultural Structure
12	Social Change
13	Culture
14	Social Mobility, Social Statification, Social Diversification

Resources

1-Giddens, Anthony. Sociology, A Critical Approach (Çev. M. Ruhi Esengün-İsmail Öğretir), İstanbul: Birey Publications, 3. baskı, 1994. - Fichter, Joseph. What’s Sociology? (Trans. Nilgün Çelebi), Ankara, Atilla Kitabevi, 2.Baskı, 1994. - Rıtzer, George. “The Current Status Of Sociological Theory: The New Syntheses.”, Frontiers Of Social Theory, G.Ritzer (Ed.), New York, Columbia University Press, 1990. - Waters, Malcolm. Modern Sociological Theory, London, Sage Publications, 1994

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