| Language of Instruction |
İngilizce |
| Course Type |
Required Courses |
| Course Instructor(s) |
DOÇ. DR. ZERRİN SUNGUR TAŞDEMİR |
| Mode of Delivery |
The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face |
| Prerequisites |
There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course. |
| Courses Recomended |
There is no recommended optional programme component for this course. |
| Recommended Reading List |
• Richard Schaefer, Sociology, 12th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2012.• Anthony Giddens, Mitchell Duneier, Richard P. Appelbaum, Essentials of sociology / New York : W. W. Norton, c2006.• (editors, Howard Lune, Enrique S. Pumar, Ross Koppel.) Perspectives in social research methods and analysis, Sage, 2010• The ISA handbook in contemporary sociology : conflict, competition, cooperation / edited by Ann Denis and Devorah Kalekin-Fishman. SAGE Publications, c2009.• Ken Roberts. Key concepts in sociology / New York : Plagrave Macmillan, 2009.• Scott Appelrouth and Laura Desfor Edles, Classical and contemporary sociological theory : text and readings. Pine Forge Press, c2008.• Henry L. Tischler. Introduction to sociology / Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth /Thomson Learning, c2007.• James Fulcher and John Scott. Sociology / Oxford University Press, c2007Electronic journals • Annual review of sociology; The American journal of sociology; Electronic journal of sociology |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
1 midterm exam, 1 final exam |
| Work Placement |
N/A |
| Catalog Content |
This is an introductory course in which core concepts of sociological thinking and various classical, as well as some contemporary, perspectives of sociology is broadly discussed. The course is designed to equip students with sociological knowledge of various introductory themes of the discipline of sociology from how to develop a sociological perspective to social theory, social research methods, stratification and social class, gender and inequalities, social structure of society, social determinants of health and public welfare. |
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