GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

SOCIOLOGY OF INSTITUTIONS/SOS 203

Course Title:	SOCIOLOGY OF INSTITUTIONS
Credits	3	ECTS	5
Semester	4	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof. Hayati BEŞİRLİ

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/hbesirli

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

hbesirli@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

to have an advanced sociological imagination and awareness of social facts
to detect social problems accuaretely, see the social factors that give rise to these problems and find sociological solutions
to be able to analyze XIX century conditions that provided the emergence of sociology as a science and double revolutions processes that accelerated
to comprehend the founders of sociology that marked the classical period
to evaluate XX. century major theorists and their effects of sociological theory
to understand sociological conceptualization (globalisation, multiculturalism, identity, postmodernism) in a critical way.
to use of sociological knowledge with a sufficient knowledge of the method for solving practical problems to have ability to use both theory and pra
to learn the subbranches of sociology (literature, art, information, culture, religion, economics, politics, family sociology, etc.)for studying effec
to have a capacity to associate with sociology and other social sciences (history, philosophy, psychology, political science, literature, business,

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	what is institution?
2. Week	foundations of the institutions, structure and classification of institution
3. Week	culture and institution
4. Week	Theories of corporate culture
5. Week	What is institutional change?
6. Week	family institute
7. Week	Midterm Exam
8. Week	education institute
9. Week	Economics institute
10. Week	institution of Faith
11. Week	Political institutions
12. Week	Institution of Leisure
13. Week	Law institute
14. Week	text reading
15. Week	overall assesments
16. Week	Final Exam

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Aydın, Mustafa (1997) Kurumlar Sosyolojisi Ankara: Vadi yayınları

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

Not Applicable

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	5	6	30
Searching in Internet and Library	5	6	30
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation			0
Presentation			0
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	9	9
Final and Studying for Final	1	10	10
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			121
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			4.84
ECTS:			5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	To obtain the ability of understanding and using the basic concepts of the discipline of philosophy.
2	To be a person who criticizes, investigates and makes true evaluations, by obtaining a philosophical look upon the values.
3	To obtain the ability of understanding and evaluating the philosophical problems by using the basic concepts.
4	To be a sensible person to the humane, social, cultural, moral and political problems in our age and to produce solutions to these problems in a philosophical manner.					X
5	To improve the methods of text analysing, interpretation, evaluation and critique which bring in skills for text reading and writing concerning the comprehension and solution of philosophical problems.
6	To use the correct forms of thinking and obtain intellectual accoutrements, by developing a philosophical look upon knowledge, science, art and being. by making the symbolic and abstract thinking a habit.				X
7	To obtain a consciousness regarding the preservation of the human rights, history and ethics by seeing the development of the thought of the human rights with a philosophical look upon human.			X
8	To obtain a power of reasoning creativly and coherently and an ability to look from different perspectives at the events				X
9	by making the symbolic and abstract thinking a habit.					X
10	To be able to realize the relations of philosophical problems with contemporary problems.					X
11	To be able to relate the problems of different disciplines.					X
12	To think analytically.		X
13	To compare the relationship between opposing views.					X
14	To learn a foreign language at a basic level.
15	To be able to use communication Technologies at a basic level.

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