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  4. Theories of Social Change
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Last Updated: 22/10/2025

Code - Course Title Compulsory/Elective Laboratory + Practice ECTS
SOS205U - Theories of Social Change VII. SEMESTER 0 +0 3.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Required Courses
Course Instructor(s) RESEARCH ASSISTANT DR. ASLI AĞCAOĞLU
Mode of Delivery Distance Education
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended There are no recommended optional programme components
Recommended Resources Theories of Social Change textbook is the compulsory reading material of the course. Students can also benefit from the e-learning components of the course.
Work Placement No work placements required
Aims of the Course

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Social Change: A Theoretical and Conceptual Framework
Week - 2 Positivist, Organismic and Evolutionist Approaches to Social Change
Week - 3 Materialist and Idealist Approaches to Social Change: Karl Marx and Max Weber
Week - 4 Social Change in Contemporary Sociology- I
Week - 5 Review
Week - 6 Mid-term Exam
Week - 7 Social Change in Contemporary Sociology- II
Week - 8 Theories of Modernization
Week - 9 Social Change from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic
Week - 10 Social Change in Social Sciences in Turkey
Week - 11 Review
Week - 12 Final Exam

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 30
Final Exam 1 70
Toplam (%) 100

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