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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | SOS4082016138 | URBAN SOCIOLOGY | Compulsory | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | First Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | This course, focuses on sociological studies which takes into account cities as socio-spatial scales, and experience of Turkish urbanization and urban spaces. At the first section of the course, theoretical and conceptual topics, that have derived from Chicago School, as cities have been established as sociological scales, will be analyzed as sociology of the space. At the middle of the semester, Turkish urbanization experience and sub-urbanization processes will be examined through a historical perspective. At the second part of the course, contemporary topics of sociology of urbanization such as theories of poverty, urban gentrification, welfare and urban poverty and organization of poverty in urban spaces. Through urban development process, structure of social classes, cultural diversities and preferences of ethnic groups in urban spaces will also be examined. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Yrd. Doç. Dr. Erol BULUT | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | To know theories of urbanization | | 2 | Analyzes and dıscusses city at sociologically |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Formal Education | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | None | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | None | | Course Contents | | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | General Introduction of the course, aims and methods | | | | 2 | “City” as a concept and emergence of first cities in history | | | | 3 | Sociological meaning of cities and impacts of division of labour at urban structures | | | | 4 | Concept of “urbanization” and narrow and broad meanings of “urbanization” | | | | 5 | City and urbanization theories: Perceptions of Max Weber and Emile Durkheim | | | | 6 | City and urbanization theories: Perceptions of Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels | | | | 7 | City and urbanization theories: Perceptions of Luis Wirth and Georg Simmel | | | | 8 | Mid Term | | | | 9 | City and urbanization theories: Perceptions of Chicago School thinkers. | | | | 10 | City and urbanization theories: Common-centered cycles theory and Theory of Segments | | | | 11 | City and urbanization theories: Main city, metropol city, suburbs, satellite cities | | | | 12 | Urban Transformation and current city politics | | | | 13 | Slum houses, suburbs, bario and favela as urban spaces | | | | 14 | Slum houses, suburbs, bario and favela as urban spaces | | | | 15 | General revision of the course and Evaluation | | | | 16 | Final | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | Kent Sosyolojisi, Hüseyin Bal, Turhan Kitabevi, 1999.
Kent Sosyolojis, Kollektif, Lisans Yayıncılık, 2017. | | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
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| SUM | 0 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri | 40 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Final Examination | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Attending Lectures | 14 | 2 | 28 | | Discussion | 14 | 2 | 28 | | Question-Answer | 14 | 2 | 28 | | Self Study | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Reading | 14 | 1 | 14 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | LO1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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