Akademik Dersler - İçerik

Weeks	Topics
Week - 1	Basic Concepts I: Science, scientific method, paradigm.
Week - 2	Basic Concepts II: Theory, hypothesis, conjecture, deduction, induction, phases of scientific research.
Week - 3	History of Scientific Method: Scientific revolution, Enlightenment Thought, Social sciences and natural sciences distinction
Week - 4	Paradigms in Social Science Methodology I: Positivist approach
Week - 5	Representatives of the Positivist Approach: Auguste Comte's method
Week - 6	Representatives of the Positivist Approach: Emile Durkheim's method
Week - 7	Criticisms of Empiricism and Positivism
Week - 8	Paradigms in Social Science Methodology II: Interpretive approach
Week - 9	Representatives of the Interpretive Approach: Max Weber's understanding of the method
Week - 10	Paradigms in Social Science Methodology III: Critical approach
Week - 11	Representatives of the Critical Approach: Karl Marx's understanding of method
Week - 12	Paradigms in Social Science Methodology IV: Feminist Approach
Week - 13	Repetition and Comparison of Paradigms
Week - 14	Examining research examples from different paradigms