Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
YSEC2172022838DIRECTED STUDY-IIElective232
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
• to teach the students with a general knowledge about social and cultural structure of Turkey, to enable them to understand and evaluate social dynamics of Turkey. In this context, it is aimed to teach them social structure and its problems
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Adem KULAÇ
Learning Outcomes
1To have the knowledge and skills of making a critisizm about social problems of Turkey.
2Effectively be able to summarize social and cultural structure of Turkey
3Demonstrate the ability to develop some suggestions in social problems of Turkey from communication perspective
4on the country's social problems will have a background in political and economic terms, can offer advice.
5The lesson learned knowledge exam or oral presentation can easily be expressed.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
• Social dynamics of Turkey from a historical perspective, • multicultural social nature and some communicaton problems
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction
2The notion of social structure, the theories of social structure
3Ottoman social structure: economic, political and cultural life
4Social structure of Turkey in Republic period
5Social structure of contemporary Turkey
6Social structure of contemporary Turkey
7Social structure of contemporary Turkey
8Midterm Exam
9Information society and Turkey
10Turkey's social problems in globalisation, terror and war dynamics
11The culture discussions in Turkey:Popular culture, the sytesis of the east and the west, new consumer culture
12The poverty issues in Turkey and its social dimensions
13Natural disaster in Turkey
14The brain drain and the current discussion
15General evaluation
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Bozkurt, V. 2006; Sosyoloji, Ekin Yayınları, Bursa Arabacı, İ. 2009; Türklerin ve Türkiye'nin Toplumsal Yapısı, Yayın B, İstanbul
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
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 Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14228
Self Study8216
Individual Study for Mid term Examination717
Individual Study for Final Examination717
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)60
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