GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

CULTURE AND İDENTİTY/4930001

Course Title:	CULTURE AND İDENTİTY
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Compulsory

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc.Prof. HAYATİ BEŞİRLİ

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

www.gazi.edu.tr/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 provides the emergence of sociology as a science and double revolution processes that accelerated it
to comprehend the founders of sociology that marked the classical period
to evaluate XX. century major theorists and their effects on sociological theory
to understand sociological conceptualization (globalisation, multiculturalism, identity, postmodernism) in a critical way.
to use sociological knowledge with a sufficient knowledge of the method for solving practical problems
to have ability to use both theory and practice in a research
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 sociology with 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	A general introduction: the concept of identity
2. Week	Biological identity
3. Week	Social identity: race, language, trust and unity of history
4. Week	Cultural unity, collective unity and the unity of thought
5. Week	Education and unity of interest
6. Week	National identities and the varieties of identity and community
7. Week	Identity and community
8. Week	cultures
9. Week	midterm exam
10. Week	Individual identity,
11. Week	corruption of identities
12. Week	Social exclusion
13. Week	alienation
14. Week	discussions of identity
15. Week	text reading
16. Week	final exam

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Kimlik İnşası, Nuri Bilgin, Aşina Kitaplar Milli Kimlik, Anthony D. Smith, İletişim Yayınevi

-- 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	3	14	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week	0	0	0
Reading	3	10	30
Searching in Internet and Library	4	10	40
Designing and Applying Materials	0	0	0
Preparing Reports	10	6	60
Preparing Presentation	2	3	6
Presentation	2	3	6
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	0	0	0
Final and Studying for Final	2	2	4
Other	0	0	0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			188
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.52
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
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3					X
4						X
5						X
6					X
7						X
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10					X
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