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  4. Methods in Social Sciences I
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Last Updated: 15/12/2025

Code - Course Title Compulsory/Elective Laboratory + Practice ECTS
SOS143 - Methods in Social Sciences I I. SEMESTER 3 +0 4.5
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Required Courses
Course Instructor(s) DR. ÖĞR. ÜYESİ FERYAL AYŞİN KOÇAK TURHANOĞLU, PROF. DR. TEMMUZ GÖNÇ ŞAVRAN
Mode of Delivery Face to face
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Prerequisites None
Courses Recomended There is no recommended optional programme component for this course
Recommended Resources Benton, Ted (2013) Sosyolojinin Felsefi Kökenleri. İstanbul: Küre Yayınları.Benton, Ted ve Ian Craib (2008) Sosyal Bilim Felsefesi. Bursa: Sentez Yayınları. Gönç Şavran, T. (Ed.) (2014) Sosyolojide Araştırma Yöntem ve Teknikleri, Sf.22-25Neuman, W. L. (2020) Toplumsal Araştırma Yöntemleri: Nitel ve Nicel Yaklaşımlar, Cilt 1-2, Ankara: Siyasal Kitabevi.Ritzer, George (2013) Klasik Sosyoloji Kuramları. Ankara: DeKi Yayınları.
Work Placement Not Applicable
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
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 Science and research ethics
Week - 14 Science and research ethics

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