GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CLASSICAL SOCIAL THEORISTS/2350083
Course Title: CLASSICAL SOCIAL THEORISTS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Himmet Hülür
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/himmethulur
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  himmethulur@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Student achieves kowledge about the roots of social theories.
Student learns the scope of social theories.
Student learns the views of classical social theorists.
Student conceives the connections of classical social theorists with the later social theories.
Student achieves deeper knowledge about one of the claissical social theorists.
Student develops the ability of approaching society from the perspective of claiscical social theorists.
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 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is lecturing, presentation and discussion in the classrooom.
 -- 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  Introducing the course content; Alexis de Tocqueville
2. Week  Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer
3. Week  Karl Marx
4. Week  Emile Durkheim
5. Week  Max Weber
6. Week  Georg Simmel
7. Week  Thorstein Veblen
8. Week  Early women sociologists
9. Week  Midterm examination
10. Week  Karl Mannheim
11. Week  W. E. B. Du Bois
12. Week  Charles Horton Cooley, George Herbert Mead, Robert Ezra Park
13. Week  Alfred Schutz
14. Week  Pitirim A. Sorokin
15. Week  Talcott Parsons
16. Week  Final examination
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Aron, Raymond (2010), Sosyolojik Düşüncenin Evreleri, Çev.: K. Alemdar, İstanbul: Kırmızı Yayınları. Berberoglu, Berch (2009), Klasik ve Çağdaş Sosyal Teoriye Giriş: Eleştirel bir Perspektif, İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. Bilton, T. ve diğerleri (2008), Sosyoloji, Çev. K. İnal ve diğerleri, Ankara: Siyasal Kitapevi. Bottomore, T. ve Nisbet, R. (Der) (2010), Sosyolojik Çözümlemenin Tarihi, İstanbul: Kırmızı Yayınları. Callinicos, Alex (2004), Toplum Kuramı, Çev. Y. Tezgiden, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. Comte, Auguste (2001), Pozitif Felsefe Kursları, Çev. Erkan Ataçay, İstanbul: Sosyal Yayınları. Coser, Lewis A. (2011), Sosyolojik Düşüncenin Ustaları: Tarihsel ve Toplumsal Bağlamlarında Fikirler, Çev. H. Hülür, S. Toker, İ. Mazman, Ankara: Deki Yayınları. Durkheim, Emile (2006), İntihar, Çev. Özer Ozankaya, İstanbul: Cem Yayınevi. Durkheim, Emile (2006), Toplumsal İşbölümü, Çev. Özer Ozankaya, İstanbul: Cem Yayınları. Durkheim, Emile (2010), Dinsel Yaşamın İlk B
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, presentation, discussion.
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
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 -- 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
14
4
56
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
3
42
 Designing and Applying Materials
14
3
42
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
3
3
 Final and Studying for Final
1
3
3
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
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 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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5
1Realises the interdisciplinary nature of communication science.X
2Defines fundamental issues related to the field of journalism and their cause-effect relationships.X
3Evaluates the expertise level theoretical, methodological and practical knowledge in the field of journalism.X
4Uses theory in the field of journalism, combining with quantitative and qualitative research methods, in advanced level.X
5Forms information about the field of journalism analytically and systematically.X
6Conducts a scientific study in the field of journalism, by taking responsibility individually and in-group.X
7Determines a problem in the field of journalism.X
8Collects data about the research problem.X
9Draw conclusions from the data obtained.X
10Distinguishs basic approaches and methods in the field of journalism.X
11Evaluates all available resources, by doing literature research in order to access information.X
12Evaluates current theoretical and methodological developments in the field of journalism, and transfers them to academic studies.X
13Collects data related to the field of journalism and integrates them with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values.X
14Uses knowledge and skills which is acquired in the field of journalism to contribute academic and social knowledge.X