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Course Code: 
SOC 350
Semester: 
Fall
Course Type: 
Core
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Laboratuvar Saati: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
6
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 
The aim of this course is to provide students with general knowledge about and theoretical / historical perspective to social stratification
Course Content: 

Theories of social stratification, ideology and inequalities, social class, gender, ethnic discrimination; social stratification in Turkey.

Course Methodology: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion,
Course Evaluation Methods: 
A: Testing, C: Homework

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

1 Gains sociological knowledge on concepts of social equality and inequality

3,5,6

1,2,3

A,C

2 Learns the relations among ideologies and social inequality

3,5,6,8

1,2,3

A,C

3 Learns classical and modern sociological theories on inequality

3,5,6,8

1,2,3

A,C

4 Gains theorethical knowledge on relationships between inequality and other social concepts such as gender, ethnicity, media etc.

3,5,6,8

1,2,3

A,C

 
 

Course Flow

Week

Topics

Study Materials

1

INTRODUCTION

 

2

THE CONCEPT OF EQUALITY AND TYPES OF EQUALITY

 

3

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

 

4

IDEOLOGIES AND INEQUALITIES

 

5

CLASSICAL THEORETICAL APPROACHES

 

6

MODERN THEORETICAL APPROACHES

 

7

Midterm Exam

 

8

SOCIAL CLASS

 

9

GENDER

 

10

WOMEN AND POVERTY

 

11

ETHNICITY

 

12

MEDIA AND INEQUALITIES

 

13

INEQUALITIES AND THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

 

14

REVIEW AND CASE STUDIES

 
 
 

Recommended Sources

Textbook

Kerbo, Harold. Social stratification and inequality: class conflict in historical, comparative, and global perspective. McGraw-Hill, 2009

Additional Resources

Rothman, Robert.  Inequality and stratification: race, class, and gender. Pearson, 2004

Turner, Bryan. Equality. Routledge 1986

 
 

Material Sharing

Documents

 

Assignments

 

Exams

 
 

 

Assessment

IN-TERM STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Mid-terms

1

40

Quizzes

   

Assignment

   

Total

 

40

CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE

 

60

CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE

 

40

Total

 

100

 

 

COURSE CATEGORY

Expertise/Field Courses

 

 

Course’s Contribution to Program

No

Program Learning Outcomes

Katkı Düzeyi

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)

15

5

75

Mid-terms

1

8

8

Homework

1

17

14

Final examination

1

3

3

Total Work Load

 

 

142

Total Work Load / 25 (h)

 

 

5,68

ECTS Credit of the Course

 

 

6