GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY AND POLITIC MOVEMENTS/1780001
Course Title: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY AND POLITIC MOVEMENTS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Pol.Soc.Pol.Mov
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Vedat BİLGİN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/vbilgin, http://www.vedatbilgin.net/
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  vbilgin@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learning political sociology,
Understanding political movements from past to future,
Preparation of a presentation about the department,
 -- 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  The birth of political sociology,
2. Week  The concept of political sociology,
3. Week  The relation between political sociology and industrialization,
4. Week  The relation between political sociology and sociology,
5. Week  The relation between political sociology and history,
6. Week  The birth of political movements,
7. Week  The concept of political movements,
8. Week  The relation between political sociology and political movements,
9. Week  Liberalism in the context political sociology,
10. Week  Socialism in the context of political sociology,
11. Week  Conservatism in the context of political sociology,
12. Week  Nationalism in the context of political sociology,
13. Week  Political movements on the globalization era,
14. Week  Actual political movements,
15. Week  Presentation of the projects which prepared during the semester-1,
16. Week  Presentation of the projects which prepared during the semester-2,
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Democracy (Charles Tilly), Making Waves: Worldwide Social Movements, 1750-2005(William G.Martin), The Handbook of Political Sociology (Mildred A.Schwa
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
50
 Assignment
1
50
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
100
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
0
 -- 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
14
3
42
 Reading
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
3
42
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
1
3
3
 Preparing Presentation
2
3
6
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
0
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
177
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.08
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having knowledge about sociology, social policy, political economy, social structure analysis, social change on the advanced level.X
2To learn and gain ability to embody concepts such as social status, social role, social identity and social values, gaining in the social structure.X
3To understand importance of social work in struggle social exclusion.X
4To develop effective policy proposal about social rehabilitation.X
5To understand social norms as an component that determine individual behaviours.X
6To understand social norms as an component that determines individual behaviours.X
7To learn how to reduce the social inequality in the legal relations.X
8To define concept of social stratification and evaluate systems of social stratification.X
9To produce policies that can be applied for disadvantaged groups.X
10To make comparative analysis of Turkish and Western entrepreneurial mentalities.X
11To gain using effectively the concept of social work with a sociological aspect in solving social policy problems.X
12To gain ability to make an analysis on the concepts such crime and violence in the frame of foundation terms as religion, culture, economics which describes social life.X
13To learn and use written and non-written grammer rules of Turkish and foreign language on the advanced level.X