Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
CEK3072013224SOCIOLOGY OF WORK-ICompulsory355
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Aims to provide students with a sociological understanding of work and considers the range of social factors that shape the availability, organisation and experience of work
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd. Doç. Dr. NİHAN CİĞERCİ ULUKAN
Learning Outcomes
1Define the concept of social change and mode of organization of production in different social structures.
2Interpret the main features of rural and urban structure and rural and urban social classes
3Analyse the position of women, working children and migrants in the labour market.
4Analyse the effects of enformal relations (localism) on the labour market in Turkey
5Discuss the consequences of informal sector and informal employment in Turkey
Mode of Delivery
Evening Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
To analyse different social groups in the labour market in Turkey (peasants,informal employers/employees, women, children, migrants) from the perspective of social change; to help students to obtain and develop the skill of comprehending and analysing the relations between social structure and labour market.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Social Change
2Social classes and stratification
3Classes of urban and rural
4Women, children and migrants in Turkey’s labour market.
5Labour relations in rural area.
6Informal networks in urban area.
7Informal relations in the labour market.
8Study Week
9Mid-term Exam
10Modes of informal working
11Transitions of technology, labour relations and new modes of working: flexible working hours, part-time working, tele-working,sharing the work, team work.
12Exhibition of a film.
13Turkey’s current labour life and some problems
14Turkey’s current labour life and some problems
15Discussion
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Keith GRINT (Çev. Ed. Veysel BOZKURT), Çalışma Sosyolojisi, Alfa yayınları, 1998 Zygmunt Bauman (çev. Ümit Öktem), Çalışma, tüketicilik ve yeni yoksullar, Sarmal Yayınevi, 1999 Theo NICHOLS & Nadir SUGUR, Global İşletme, Yerel Emek Türkiye’de İşçiler ve Modern Fabrika, İletişim, 2005 Ronaldo MUNCK ( Çev. Mahmut TEKÇE), Emeğin Yeni Dünyası, Kitap Yayınevi
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures16348
Report Preparation3515
Report Presentation3515
Individual Study for Mid term Examination31030
Individual Study for Final Examination31030
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)142
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