Sociology of daily life, identity, culture, movie as a social fiction
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Course Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes |
Program Learning Outcomes |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
1 Learns to assess movies as social cases |
1,3,5,7,8,9 |
1,2,3,4 |
D |
2 Learns to imply social theories to daily social practices. |
3,6 |
1,2,3,4 |
D |
3 Gains a critical approach to social and cultural life |
1,2,3,4,6,7 |
1,2,3,4 |
D |
4 Gains formation in micro-sociology |
1,7,8 |
1,2,3,4 |
D |
Course Flow
Week |
Topics |
Study Materials |
1 |
Introduction |
Film and material on the subjects |
2 |
Identity |
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3 |
Education |
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4 |
Gender |
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5 |
Racism and Ethnic Discrimination |
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6 |
Globalisation |
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7 |
Crime and Deviance |
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8 |
Poverty and Social Exclusion |
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9 |
Politics |
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10 |
Work Life and Professional Relationships |
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11 |
Cities and Urban Places |
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12 |
Religion |
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13 |
Family |
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14 |
General Discussion and Assessment |
Recommended Sources
Textbook |
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Additional Resources |
A film and reading material per week |
Material Sharing
Documents |
A film and reading material per week |
Assignments |
Watching, the film, reading the related theorethical paper and writing a report on the film |
Exams |
Midterm grade will be due to weekl film reports, for final a seperate film will be assigned on each student and a report including theorethical frame of the social theme is required |
Assessment
IN-TERM STUDIES |
NUMBER |
PERCENTAGE |
Homework |
13 |
100 |
Total |
|
100 |
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE |
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60 |
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE |
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40 |
Total |
|
100 |
COURSE CATEGORY |
Departmental Elective |
Course’s Contribution to Program
No |
Program Learning Outcomes |
Contribution |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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1 |
To raise individuals who are proficient in research methods in social sciences, and competent in carrying out sociological research. |
X |
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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 |
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3 |
To raise individuals who have a firm grasp of the main topics and issues of the society in Turkey. |
X |
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4 |
To raise social scientists who are competent in “sociology of organizations and institutions”, one of the major areas of sociology. |
X |
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5 |
To raise social scientists who are competent in “political sociology and social change”, one of the major areas of sociology. |
X |
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6 |
To raise social scientists who are competent in “social inequalities/stratification”, one of the major areas of sociology. |
X |
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7 |
To raise social scientists who are competent in “culture and society”, one of the major areas of sociology. |
X |
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8 |
To raise social scientists who have a command of the history of and the theories in social sciences. |
X |
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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 |
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10 |
To raise individuals who are capable of developing projects in different parts of the world, working for international organizations. |
X |
ECTS
Activities |
Quantity |
Duration |
Total |
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 14x Total course hours) |
14 |
3 |
42 |
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) |
14 |
3 |
42 |
Homework |
14 |
3 |
42 |
Total Work Load |
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126 |
Total Work Load / 25 (h) |
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5,04 |
ECTS Credit of the Course |
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5 |