Course Language:
Turkish
Course Objectives:
To provide a comprehensive understanding of family relations and their translation into social institutions. Encouraging thinking critically about the structure of family in a society and the patterns of relationships within a family.
Course Content:
The interpretation of concepts like marriage, divorce, child rearing, domestic violence, kinship, consanguinity and their associations with values and norms and regulations in a society.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes |
Program
Learning Outputs |
Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1) Recognizes the structure and function of the family and its relation to other social institution and social norms | 2,3,7,8,9 | 1,2,3 | A,C |
| 2) Acquires a sociological point of view on social issues like marriage, divorce, kinship etc. | 4,7 | 1,2,3 | A,C |
| 3) Develops a critical view on domestic violence and gender issues. | 2,3,4,6,7 | 1,2,3 | A,C |
| 4) Acquires knowledge on the changing scope of family structure in Turkey and around the world. | 2,3,4,7 | 1,2,3 | A,C |
| 5) Recognizes the usage and the representation of family in public sphere and in the media. | 2,3 | 1,2,3 | A,C |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Family definitions / family as a social institution | |
| 2 | Theoretical perspectives on family | |
| 3 | Paths to family formation | |
| 4 | Relationships in families | |
| 5 | Gender and family | |
| 6 | An anthropological view of family: marriage, kinship and family | |
| 7 | Mid-term examination | |
| 8 | Families in changing society - I (Migration, urbanization, new identities and family) | |
| 9 | Families in changing society - II (Dissociation of family, family planning) | |
| 10 | Turkish family structure | |
| 11 | Family and culture | |
| 12 | Watching and discussion session | |
| 13 | Family and media | |
| 14 | Revaluation of the course | |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook | Newman, David- Grauerholz, Liz, Sociology of Families (second edition) Sage Publication, London, 2002. |
| Additional Resources | Related articles on each week’s topic |
Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | Articles on each week’s topic are assigned |
| Assignments | Students are expected to write a paper and evaluate sociologically their own families depending on the topics covered in class |
| Exams | Mid-term, Final |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| MID TERM | 1 | 60 |
| ATTENDANCE and PARTICIPATION | 14 | 10 |
| ASSUGNMENTS | 1 | 30 |
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 50 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 50 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | ||||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 1 | To raise individuals who are proficient in research methods in social sciences, and competent in carrying out sociological research. | X | ||||||
| 2 | To raise individuals who develop an interdisciplinary perspective by way of taking courses not only in the field of sociology but also those offered by different faculty and departments. | X | ||||||
| 3 | To raise individuals who have a firm grasp of the main topics and issues of the society in Turkey. | X | ||||||
| 4 | To raise social scientists who are competent in “sociology of organizations and institutions”, one of the major areas of sociology. | X | ||||||
| 5 | To raise social scientists who are competent in “political sociology and social change”, one of the major areas of sociology. | X | ||||||
| 6 | To raise social scientists who are competent in “social inequalities/stratification”, one of the major areas of sociology. | X | ||||||
| 7 | To raise social scientists who are competent in “culture and society”, one of the major areas of sociology. | X | ||||||
| 8 | To raise social scientists who have a command of the history of and the theories in social sciences. | X | ||||||
| 9 | To raise individuals who have the skill of expressing themselves well, verbally and in writing, and who are knowledgeable in the main requirements of academic writing. | X | ||||||
| 10 | To raise individuals who are capable of developing projects in different parts of the world, working for international organizations. | X | ||||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 5 | 72 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Final examination | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Work Load | 118 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 4,72 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 | ||