GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

SOCIOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES/4520209

Course Title:	SOCIOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES
Credits	3	ECTS	8
Course Semester	1	Type of The Course	Compulsory

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who takes this lesson analyse the social structure of contemporary society.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	What is the contemporary society?
2. Week	How is the process of social institution in contemporary societies? The position of religion in contemporary societies.
3. Week	The comparison of Turkey and Western country
4. Week	The position of education in contemporary societies
5. Week	The comparison of Turkey and Western country
6. Week	The position of politics in contemporary societies
7. Week	The comparison of Turkey and Western country
8. Week	Midterm
9. Week	Application-presentation
10. Week	Application-presentation
11. Week	Application-presentation
12. Week	Application-presentation
13. Week	Application-presentation
14. Week	Application-presentation
15. Week	Application-presentation
16. Week	Final exam

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	40
Assignment	1	10
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		40
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		60

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	14	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks	10	10	100
Searching in Internet and Library	5	6	30
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing	1	4	4
Preparing a Presentation			0
Presentation			0
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	2	3	6
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	3	4	12
Other (should be emphasized)	2	2	4
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			198
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.92
Course Credit (ECTS):			8

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Assoc. Prof. Sakir BERBER)

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

(Yok.)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(sberber@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University