Week - 1 |
Social Groups, What is Social Group, Characteristics of Social Groups, History of Social Group Studies, Types of Social Groups, General Characteristics of Social Group Structure, Theories of Social Groups |
Week - 2 |
Media, Mass Communication and Society; What is Media? How Can We Understand The Media, Media Theory: A Brief History, Media: Different Theoretical Approaches, Media Ownership Structure and Production Process, Media and Globalization, Internet |
Week - 3 |
Urbanisation; The Foundation of Cities, Industrial City, Theoretical Approaches for Modern Cities, Urbanization Experience of Turkey, Global City |
Week - 4 |
Environment and Society, Global Environmental Problems, Theoretical Approaches that Explain Human Environment Interaction and the Reasons for Environmental Problems. |
Week - 5 |
Review |
Week - 6 |
Review |
Week - 7 |
Midterm Exam |
Week - 8 |
The Phenomenon of Migration and International Migration Theories; Definition of Migration and Types of Migration; Macro Migration Theory of Neo-Classical Economics; Micro Migration Theory of Neo-Classical Economics; Criticisms of the Neo-Classical Model; New Economic Theory; Split Labor Market Theory; Migration Systems Theory; World System (Center-Periphery) Migration Theory; Immigrant Relations Network Theory |
Week - 9 |
Demography and Population; Characteristics of Population Structure; Demographic Processes |
Week - 10 |
Health, Disease and Society; What is Health; Health in Terms of Sociological Approaches; Economic Policies, Neo-liberalism and Health; Distribution of Health and Disease in Society; Health in Turkey |
Week - 11 |
Citizenship, Nation-State and Globalization; Citizenship in Ancient Greece, Modern Nation State and Citizenship, French and German Style Citizenship, Two Political Traditions in the Nation State: Liberal and Republican Citizenship, Immigration, Citizenship and Social Stratification, Policies of the Nation State towards Immigrants, Globalization and New Citizenship Theories |
Week - 12 |
Review |
Week - 13 |
Review |
Week - 14 |
Final Exam |