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SOC1001

Specıalızed Fıeld Course

C

6

0

0

6

The aim of the course is to enable the student to gain advanced knowledge in a field of his own choosing, to gain research experience and to start contributing to the academic literature on the subject . The student is expected

to learn the latest information of the day in a theoretical or experimental field, and on any subject of interest, and then make an up-to-date, original and useful contribution to the relevant literature . Within the scope of the student interests, a research project is created on the subject of interest with the lecturer. The student reports on what he has read to the lecturer at the specified hours every week. In addition, the student continues his original work on the subject they have determined under the supervision of the instructor . The course continues with the student presenting an interpretation of the latest literature on the subject to the lecturer, with a mention of the possible contributions to this literature. In this process, the student is also asked to prepare one or two mini projects in this area. The course ends when the work done at the end of the semester is presented to the lecturer for evaluation.

SOC5010

Postgraduate Semınar

C

0

0

0

24

It aims studying a subject in depth under the guidance of supervisor. Students have to present derived results to the postgraduate students, lecturers and interested people.

SOC5020

Master Thesıs

E

3

0

3

6

Within the scope of this course, all the necessary stages for a scientific study are examined in order to ensure that the student gains knowledge by doing scientific research, evaluates and interprets information.

SOC5030

Analysıs Of Socıal Relatıons

E

3

0

3

6

Description of the social relations, factors affecting establishement, improvement and contunity of social relations. Types of social relations, application of social relations.

SOC5040

Mıgratıon And Socıal Change In Turkey

E

3

0

3

6

The types of the internal migration in Turkey and factors affecting internal migration.The characteristics and results of the internal migration.

SOC5050

Urbanısatıon And  Problems Of Developıng Countrıes

E

3

0

3

6

An examination of urban population increase in developing countries through consideration of natural population increase, proportion of migration and administrative division. Main differences between urbanisation of developing and developed countries and their impacts on some social results.Theoretical approaches and typologies about adaptation of rural urban migrants into the social life style of the urban environments. Urbanisation problems and their solutions in developing countries.

SOC5060

Theorıes Of Mass Communıcatıon

E

3

0

3

6

Communication, mass communication, tools of mass communication. Mass communication as social necessity. Historical improvement of mass comunication. Society and communication. Impacts of mass communication tools. Mass communication and social change. Mass communication and the Third World. Modernization and mass communication. Modern society and mass communication. Information society and communication.  Theories of mass communication. Mass Communication Models. Shannon,LassWell, Newcomb, Mac Lean, Lazarsfeld, Mc Quail, Mc Luhan..

SOC5070

Advanced Socıologıcal Theorıes

E

3

0

3

6

The main schools in the contemporary sociology and examination of the theoretical opinions of the leading representatives of these schools.

SOC5080

Contemporary Mıddle East

E

3

0

3

6

The Middle East in historical and world contexts; its geopolitical position; Fertile Crescent and first civilizations; rich groundwater resources, external interventions, religions and sects structure in the Middle East countries, Islam and development of secularization, modernization process, social transformations, modernity, post-modernity, globalization, orientalism, fundamentalism, authenticity, identity and religion, sociological depictions of cultural transitions in the Middle East and Islamic world.

SOC5090

Research Methods in Sociology

E

3

0

3

6

Scientific methods and their application into research and analysis related to society. Definition of problem.  Design of hypothesis, derivation of data and examinations.

SOC5100

Economic-Society Relations From Sociology Perspective

E

3

0

3

6

In this course, starting from the dynamic nature of the interactions between the individual and society, the basic elements of social structure in the socialization process are discussed in the context of human-human, human- nature relations. In addition, the development adventure of economic thought within the scope of social structure and social change is evaluated from a socio-historical perspective. The perspectives of thinkers such as A.Smith, D.Ricardo, K.Marx, M.Weber, İbni Haldun on the relationship between economy and society are discussed from a sociological perspective.

SOC5110

Women And Theır Problems In Developıng Countrıes

E

3

0

3

6

Meaning and history, right for living; patriarcha, education; cultural, economical and social organisation and political participation; equal and unequal opportunities in social relations ;usage and reflection differences of the opportunities; type of migration and work conditions; representation in statistics, participation to developments, comparative examples.

SOC5120

Workforce And Employment Of Women

E

3

0

3

6

Real and potential reflections of women’s economical participation. Gender in differing apperances in labour market. Women’s positions (visible-unvisible) and changes. Impacts of technological, economical and  other factors in labour divisions. Discussions related to dual market (formal-informal). Examples will be discussed at national and international levels.

SOC5130

Contemporary Tendencıes In Crımınology

E

3

0

3

6

New theories recently developed are dealt with. New issues and approaches in criminology constitutes the content of this course. In this contexts such issues as critical criminology, radical theories of crime, structuralist and Post- structuralist approaches, feminist theory of crime, social control and discipline are handled in comparison with the classical approaches to criminology.

SOC5140

Specıal Study And Research

E

3

0

3

6

Study and search of a subject in depth under the supervision of a lecturers. Submisson of the results to the supervisor.

SOC5150

Socıal Structure Of Turkısh Socıety

E

3

0

3

6

Vegateted plain culture and social structure of the vegateted plain Turkish society. Organisation type of the vegateted plain province. Vegateted plain society and nomadism. A comparison of Vegateted plain society, feodalism and Asian Type of Production Approach (ATÜT) Social structure of vegateted plain and Anatolian Turkish society. Social structure and land use of Seljuks society. Characteristics of Ikta system in. Main social instututions and organisations in Anatolia during Seljuks: Medresseh, Vakf ve Ahi.

SOC5160

Socıology Of Culture

E

3

0

3

6

Culture: concept and classification. Cultural structure and social structure. Culture and social structure. Culture and instutitionalisation. Culture and social identity. The relationship of  cultural change and social change.

SOC5170

Popular Culture

E

3

0

3

6

Sociological analysis of the“Popular culture” concept, different approaches to popular culture, popular culture from mass production and consumption point of view popüler, mass communication, individual freedom and popular culture, political power and political culture.

SOC5180

Socıology Of Socıal Work And Socıal Servıces

E

3

0

3

6

Establishement of the contemporary social work and social service approaches. Formal and informal organisation of the social service approaches, social service models.

SOC5190

Medical Sociology

E

3

0

3

6

This course covers the elements of health-disease, health - in-depth relationship with socio-cultural structure, the emergence and development of the medical sociology, Research topics of medical sociology, Specific thinkers(Hipokrates, İbni Sina, Emile Durkheim, Talcott Parsons, Michel Foucault, Bryan Turner, George Ritzer, İvan İllich, Orhan Türkdoğan etc.) and their thoughts in the context of their contributions to the sociology of health, The development of health sociology in Türkiye, Societal dimensions of health and illness, Health in today's societies, social aspects of disease (medicalization, health disease, medical geology, health risks, health industry).

SOC5200

Consumption Sociology

E

3

0

3

6

In this course, the consumption culture or mass culture created by the consumed phenomenon, which characterizes the material culture of today's capitalist societies, is discussed. In the newly formed culture, why role, status and prestige; Consuming, which has gained an impressive creative position and plays an important role in the formation of individual identities, should be evaluated as a social phenomenon as well as an economic or political concept. The consequences of emotional consequences between individuals and their features of becoming more important than their consequences are components of a concept that consumes people as a process that alienates society and nature, greatly affecting the contemporary human lifestyle, and therefore its effects need to be examined.

SOC5210

Consumer Socıety And Culture

E

6

0

0

6

Consumption in the contex of modern and postmodern; consumer culture constituted by the fact of consumption characterising material culture of contemporary societies; evaluation of consumption as an economic, politic and social fact that play an important part in the construction of individual identities; consumption as a process alienating people to society and nature; commodity fetishism; reification; individualization of tastes and pleasures in the new mentality of contemporary capitalism; consumption-status, consumption-gender relationships; analysis of such notions with its implications as life-styles, image, fashion, consumer society and consumer ideology.

SOC5220

Urbanısatıon In Turkey

E

3

0

3

6

History of urbanisation in Turkey, examination of Turkish urbanisation from demographical, socio-cultural, socio- economic and socio-pschological perspectives.

SOC5230

Social Theory and Religion

E

3

0

3

6

Sociological interperatation of the religion. Concepts of sacred and unnatural. Ancent Greek religions. Ancent China religions. Hinduism. Budhism. Christianity, Islam, religion and religious behaviors, religious beliefs and religious symbols, social structure and religious beliefs, beliefs and values, religion and moral, functions of the religion, strengthening norms and reduction of tension, religion and societial defferentiation, religion and occupation, religion and income, religion and education, religion and family, religion and politics, structure of the religious connections, religion and social change, theories of religion sociology: E.DURKHEİM, WEBER, G.ALLPORT, C.Y.GLOCK, G.LENSKİ.

SOC5240

Structure  Of The Post Industrıal Socıety

E

3

0

3

6

Industrial society concept. Common characteristics of industrial societies. Transition process to the post-industrial society. Theoretical approaches to the post-industrial society. The main features of the post-industrial society. Transition from the production of goods to the production of services. Information and information technologies. Organization of work in the post-industrial society: Flexible production. Occupational structure in the post- industrial society: Occupational transformation and new occupations. Cultural structure in the post- industrial society. Class structure in the post-industrial society. Main problems in the post-

industrial society.

SOC5250

Socıal Devıatıon And Socıal Problems

E

3

0

3

6

What is social deviation? Which norms can be violated ? Who can violate them ? The variations of the deviance, deviance and social roles, deviance of roles, instutionalized devaition, deviant groups, marginal groups, social problems and improvement, social controle process, factors causing social deviation, theories of social deviation; DURKHEİM, PARSONS, MERTON, CHAZEL.

SOC5260

Turkısh Famıly Structure

E

3

0

3

6

Turkish family structure and ongoing debate on this topic. Turkish family law, turkish family after islam. Changes in our family structure during historical process. Contemporary Turkish family: structure and problems .

SOC5270

İnternational Migration Policies

E

3

0

3

6

History of emigration, sociological foundations of emigration problem; problem of foreign groups from different social science perspectives; emigration in theory and political economy; reasons of emigration; international migartion and national structure; explanations on “foreigner” concept; general point of view towards adaptation problems of the emigrants; adaptation problems of the Turkish emigrant workers; negative impact of emigration  on to health; legal status of migrant workers; criminal conditions of the emigrants; social, cultural and economical results of the emigration.

SOC5280

Juvenıle Delınquency

E

3

0

3

6

Concept of child, the theories of child criminality, the factors causing child criminality, social structure of the  child reformatory houses, readaptation of child criminals into the society

SOC5290

Contemporary Socıal Problems

E

3

0

3

6

Population change, ecological problems, global inequality, racism, ethnic conflict as a global social problem, gender inequality, urban problems, media and social problems, family and society, health, technology and social problems, internet as a global social problem, risk, crime, youth problems and youth delinquency, drug use, mental illness, corruption

SOC5300

Socıety And Innovatıon

E

3

0

3

6

Innovation culture; social and cultural dynamics and potentials of society; predisposition to innovation and resistance to change; technological innovation; interaction of social innovation-technological innovation; Medici effect and innovation; socio-politics of innovation and university-industry cooperation; development models and innovation strategies; political economy of innovation.

SOC5310

Contemporary Mass Movements

E

3

0

3

6

Collective action, structural analysis of the social movements, mass culture and mass movements, factors affecting mass movements, mass comunication and ideological constructions, common characteristics of mass movements, mass movements and violence, contemporary racial movements, religious movements, feminist movements, environmentalist movements.

SOC5320

Social Change, New Capitalism and Occupatıons

E

3

0

3

6

Sociological analysisis of the “occuppation” concept, occupational statu and roles, contemporary occupational education approach, new occupations and new hierarcigal structures, occupations from    stratification perspective,

occupational diversity from gender perspective; occupational diversity in the context of contemporary social changes, occupational mobility and occupational prestige, new capitalism, flexibilization and occupational metamorphosis.

SOC5330

Socıology Of Socıal Movements

E

3

0

3

6

General and differentiative characteristics of the social movements. The thoughts and beliefs of the participants of the social movements. The managers and leaders of the social movements. Classification of social movements.  The pulling side of social movements. Uniting factors of the social movements.

SOC5340

Disaster Sociology

E

3

0

3

6

Description of disasters, reduction of emergency situations, mitigation, response and rehabilitation stages. Occurring differences on impacts of disasters according to urban-rural, gender and age groups; social deviation and social solidarity; changes in the structure of social institutions and organisations, flow of knowledge and role of mass media in the stages of disasters; violence and change, housing and resettlement problems, emergency public health service organisations, loss and orphans. Methodological problems of studying disasters.

SOC5350

Medıa and Lesıure

E

3

0

3

6

Sociological explanation of media and leisure relationship; capitalism and the invent of leisure; mediatic power on leisure; mediatic hegemony and colonisation of leisure (mediatic leisure); capitalism and commodification of leisure; consumerist construction of leisure; leisure and culture industries; leisure and construction of identitiy (leisure identities); leisure society discourse; modern and postmodern leisure; globalisation and leisure (global leisure); leisure industry; leisure economies; leisure and tourism; leisure and tourist representations; tourists and consumption of spaces; the question of authenticity in tourist acts; etc.; examination of media and leisure relationship in the context of modern and postmodern theories (M.Foucault, A.Gramsci, J.Derrida, S.Hall, J.Dumazedier, C.Rojek, D.McCannell, J.Urry, G. Pronovost etc.).

SOC5360

Poverty And Underdevelopment From Socıologıcal Perspectıve

E

3

0

3

6

Analysis of the concepts of poverty and underdevelopment on the basis of their relationship with such facts as education, health, housing, work force, population, crime, migration, urbanization and family; causes of poverty and underdevelopment; poverty researches; globalization and ‘geographies of poverty’; evaluation of the problems revealed by increasing poverty and solutions and recommendations in the fight against poverty, global and local policies developed in this direction.

SOC5370

Sociology of Everyday Life

E

3

0

3

6

In this course, the concepts of everyday and everyday life are discussed in the context of a social construction process. The importance of daily life practices in social life is examined from a sociological point of view. In this context, it also focuses on the effects of the phenomenon of daily life on the formation of social reality. The subject of everyday life is evaluated from a theoretical point of view, from a socio-historical perspective (pre- modern, modern and post-modern) to the analysis of its social, cultural and economic aspects. In addition, studies conducted in this field in Turkey are evaluated.

SOC5380

Sociology of Violence

E

3

0

3

6

This course consists of explaining the causes and prevention of violent behaviors that are common in our society. In this framework, the theoretical approaches explaining the phenomenon of violence and the risk factors that are effective in violence will be explained. In addition, within the scope of this course, the sociological dynamics of violence and predictive elements of violence will be discussed and the characteristics that a comprehensive violence model should have will be revealed. Finally, information about violence prevention approaches and violence prevention programs will be given and how violence can be prevented in our country will be explained.

SOC5390

Digital Sociology

E

3

0

3

6

Sociological examination of the effects of digital technologies, which are increasingly involved in the functioning of institutional and everyday life and have become a regular component of social and individual life; what is "digital", digitalization, digital society, new information and communication technologies, the  Internet, the network society, digital space and time, digital culture, social media, social networks and new socialities; digital data, data-driven capitalism, the economic, ethical and political implications of digital data; digital platforms, platform capitalism, "digital feudalism"; cognitive capitalism and cognitive labor, new conditions of work and the gig economy, new forms of digital division and stratification; control and surveillance; digital platforms, platform capitalism, "digital feudalism"; cognitive capitalism and cognitive labor, new conditions of work and gig economy, new forms of digital segregation and stratification; new forms of control and surveillance, dataveillance and surveillance capitalism; digital practices of body and self, digital activism and new conditions of political participation; phenomena, concepts and themes such as the   Internet of Things, digital gaming; new methodological approaches and epistemological implications of big data analytics and digital ethnography in social sciences.

SOC5400

Algrithms and Society

E

3

0

3

6

Sociological examination of the effects of algorithmic systems, which have become increasingly effective in social decision-making processes (working life and recruitment, finance, insurance, education, crime prevention/security, justice, advertising, social services, health sector, immigration policies, etc.); the social effects produced by the use of algorithms in various decision- making processes based on risk assessments and prediction. The

sociological examination of the effects of algorithmic systems that are becoming increasingly effective at the  social and individual level; the social effects produced by the use of algorithms in various decision-making processes based on risk assessments and prediction; the potential of algorithms to reflect various social trends and deepen and/or reproduceexisting social inequalities, prejudices and injustices (based on parameterssuch as race, class and gender); the ways in which algorithms influence and mediate everyday life and interpersonal relations through social media,search engines, smartphones, wearable devices, smart home appliances and smart assistants; the ways in which algorithms can be treated as cultural objects and reproduce culture as cultural agents; the ways in which the widespread use of machine learning-based algorithms has economic, ethical, legal and legal implications for work, employment and professions and the ways in which they are performed, education and educational institutions, health practices and sectors, justice and judicial practices, etc. The broad and comprehensive systemic implications of the widespread use of algorithms on jobs and professions and the ways in which they are performed, education and educational institutions, health practices and sectors, justice and judicialpractices, etc., with economic, ethical, legal and political implications; society-algorithm relationship, algorithms as socio-technical assemblages, algorithmic amplification, algorithmic decision-making processes and automation, "Black Box Society", algorithmic mediation, algorithmic culture, algorithmic bias, algorithmic discrimination, algorithmic control, algorithmic governmentality, algorithmic opacity, transparency and accountability debates, algorithmic manipulation and micro-targeting practices, algorithmic vulnerability, algorithmic justice in a sociological context based on relevant literature andtheoretical approaches.

SOC5410

Dısadvantaged Groups and Social Policy

E

3

0

3

6

Groups or communities that are described as disadvantaged/fragile/risky groups experience discrimination, exclusion, marginalization, etc. addressed in the context of problems. In this context, disadvantaged/fragile/risky groups are examined based on economic, social, cultural, religious, gender, age and ethnicity and these groups are discussed as the main issue of social policy. Historical Development of Social Policy. Social Exclusion. Discrimination. Disadvantage. Disability Studies. Disadvantaged/Fragile/Risky Groups. Social Policy Today .

SOC5420

Socıology Of Dısadvantaged Groups

E

3

0

3

6

In this course, the social structure and place in the lives of disadvantaged groups in various societies will be discussed on the basis of concepts such as social exclusion, poverty, social inequality and stratification, terrorism, migration, human rights, age, gender, ethnicity, disability and social policies

SOC5430

Digital Labour Sociology

E

3

0

3

6

In order to reveal the effects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on daily life with the digitalization process; The analysis of surveillance capitalism, cognitive capitalism, digital labor forms and the alienation and anomic human that occur due to this process will be carried out.

SOC5440

Crisis With İts Societal Dimensions

E

3

0

3

6

Conceptual and factual framework of the concept of crisis; Concepts of Crisis and Risk; The birth of sociology  and the crisis; The crisis of modernity and the search for order; Crisis and the possibility of living with crises in  the postmodern period; Crisis phenomenon based on classical period theories; Contemporary crisis discussions: Global epidemic/health crisis, wars, disasters, economic crisis, climate and environmental crisis, migration, technological change and digital transformation, identity, politics, terrorism, humanitarian crisis, international crisis; The phenomenon of crisis as a practice of social criticism (problem- focused crisis, change-focused crisis); Discussing and analyzing the phenomenon of crisis with its sociological dimensions.

SOC5450

Earthquake And Socıal Lıfe

E

3

0

3

6

Within the scope of this course, the destruction caused by the earthquake, the changes that occur in social life, the deviations in the ordinary course of life (the deterioration or disappearance of human-human, human-group and human-institutional relations), new sociability and interactions in the future, In the context of these, earthquake victims /interaction of sufferers and volunteers are discussed.

SOC5460

Urban Poverty

E

3

0

3

6

Urban poverty, especially after the 80s, neoliberal economic policies, the crisis of capitalism, the weakening of the social state, migration movements, the weakening of social network and solidarity relations in the cities, etc. corresponds to a problemarea that manifests itself with Urban Poverty, in particular, establishes a relationship between the structure of the city, its internal and external dynamics and poverty. Urban problems, urban inequality and conflicts, characteristics of urban poverty, distinguishing features from rural poverty, migration, urbanization, slums, socialexclusion, subclass formations, spatial cleavage-polarization, crime/criminality,stigma, deprivation processes, informality and informal sector, women poverty, childpoverty, subcultures of poverty, urban social movements, deep poverty etc. Issuessuch as these will be discussed from a sociological perspective.

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AKTS

SOC1002

Specıalızed Fıeld Course

C

8

0

0

8

The aim of the course is to enable the student to gain advanced knowledge in a field of his own choosing, to gain research experience and to start to contribute to the academic literature on the subject . The student is expected to learn the latest information of the day in a theoretical or experimental field, and on any subject of interest, and then make an up-to-date, original and useful contribution to the relevant literature . Within the framework of the student interests , a research project is created on the subject of interest with the lecturer . The student reports on his / her readings to the lecturer at the specified hours every week. In addition, the student continues

his original work on the subject they have determined under the supervision of the instructor . The course continues with the student presenting an interpretation of the latest literature on the subject to the lecturer, with a mention of the possible contributions to this literature. In this process, the student is also asked to prepare one or two mini projects in this area. The course ends when the work done at the end of the semester is presented to the lecturer for evaluation..

SOC7010

Ph.D Semınar

C

0

2

0

6

It aims studying a subject in depth under the guidance of supervisor. Students have to present derived results to the postgraduate students, lecturers and interested people.

SOC7020

PH.D Qualifying Exam

C

0

0

0

24

This course is an independent study course of students' self preparation for the qualifying exam. This preparation study must have a concentration on the fundamental sociology subjects.

SOC7030

Ph.D Thessıs

C

0

0

0

24

To prepare a Ph.D thessis in the frame of scientific form of sociology and the regulations of the Institute of Social Sciences

SOC7040

Modernısatıon In Turkey

E

3

0

3

6

Westernization, to become contemporaneaus and modernization; definition and scopes, four main transition points of Ottoman Empire for westernization proces:Reform, Legitimation, Tanzimat and Republic. Social problems of modernization process. Westernization proces and identity depression. Socio cultural change and modernization.

SOC7050

Theorıes Of Socıal Change

E

3

0

3

6

providing a basic by the factors are effective in social change, the change caused by social change problems and the analysis of relevant theoretical approaches to social change by

SOC7060

Economıc Mentalıty From Socıologıcal Perspectıve

E

3

0

3

6

Mentality and economic mentality, the concepts of economic morality, the development, transformation and importance of the economic mentality, Analysis of traditional, modern and postmodern societies from the perspective of economic mentality, Economic mentality in the context of Max Weber, Karl Marx, Sabri Ülgener, Turkish economic mentality.

SOC7070

Sociology Of Development

E

3

0

3

6

Historical Formation and Development of Development/Development Literature, Development Literature and Different Schools, Modernization School and Its Representatives (Rostow, McClelland, Sammuel Hungtington), Addiction School and Its Representatives (Samir Amin, A. G. Frank, Immanuel Wallerstein), Current Issues and Discussions in Development Literature, Turkey Development Writing in .

SOC7080

Regional Development İn Sociological Perspective

E

3

0

3

6

Explanation of the concepts of development, development speed, regional development, developing countries, definition, scope and principles of the concept of community development, trial studies of community development in the planned development period in Turkey, reasons for planning and regional planning for regional development, regional development theory.

SOC7090

Socıology Of Space

E

3

0

3

6

Space and its social apperances, reproduction of unequality and hierarchy (stratification) at space level and segregation of space, power and space, production relations and space, Fordist and Post Fordist space organisation, space and consumption, space and identity,to be belonging to the space and location, urban space, modernisation, postmodernisation and space, jamming of time-space as a postmodern apperance, Simmel, Lefebure, Focault, Deleuze, Soja, Jameson, Harvey, Sennet, Urry and their discussions, space Notion and its evaluation at social theory.

SOC7100

Modes Of Global Pruductıon And Structures  Of New Socıetıes

E

3

0

3

6

Changes that happened from agricultural revolution and industrial revolution to today; information technology; effects of the flexible production and contract production models on the social structures and development; center-environment relations; the role and the future of the state and other institutions; ‘how a social structure?’

SOC7110

Socıology Of Chıldhood

E

3

0

3

6

Definition of childhood sociology, development process will be elaborated with the linkage to effecting factors. In this frame, factors such as: adoption, take refuge, protection, migrant worker, working children on the street, sex workers, children working informal sectors, importance of childhood at the process of life cycle, usage of power, mechanisms of decision making will be elaborated with examples of national, international leves. Examples will be given from studies of formal, informal institutions. Qvurtrup and other social scientists will be examplifying theoretical approaches.

SOC7120

Surveillance and Society

E

3

0

3

6

Analsis of the issues such as modernity and impulse of order; nature of modernsocial organisations; modern bureaucracies, registration and filing practices;capitalist organisation of production process making necessary direct or indirectsupervision of work and employees; power and surveillance; disciplinaryprocesses and panopticon as a metaphor of modern power; definition, classification and separation practices and reproduction of social inequalities;consumer society and consumer surveillance; body and surveillance; genderand surveillance; spatial configurations of surveillance; video-surveillance;information technology, databases, ‘data- subjects’ and superpanopticon; theconcept of ‘surveillance capacity’; city surveillance; contemporary perception ofsecurity and surveillance; risk management and surveillance;instrumentalization of surveillance; problematic  of social legitimacy concerningprivacy and freedom, etc., in the context of contributions and arguments of suchtheorists as J. Bentham, M. Foucault, D. Lyon, G. T. Marx, J. Rule ve M. Poster.

SOC7130

Society, İdeology And Discourse

E

3

0

3

6

'Construction of meaning'; 'constitution of the subject'; the discursive nature of power relations; the social production of 'me and the other'; analysis of 'ideology' and 'discourse' in radical social theory; In this context, ideology as false consciousness (Lukacs), the problematic of hegemony (Gramsci), archaeological and genealogical reading (Foucault), ideal ethics of speech and communication (Habermas), the discursiveness of the social (Laclau and Mouffe) and intertextuality (poststructuralism and Derrida). evaluation of theoretical expansions.

SOC7140

Culture, Identıty And Postcolonıal Theory

E

3

0

3

6

Analysis of the strategies by which distinctions such as first world-third world, West-East, masculine-feminine are constituted in various cultural and political discourses; subaltern studies and examination of national and cultural identities with various aspects through post-colonial theorists such as Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Homi

Bhabha, Edward Said, Frantz Fanon.

SOC7150

Theorıes Of Urbanızatıon

E

3

0

3

6

In this course, the history of urbanization in Turkey, the analysis of urbanization in Turkey from demographic, socio-cultural, socio-economic and socio-psychological perspectives are discussed. City, Urbanization and Turkey, Urbanization and urbanization in Turkey History of urbanization in Turkey, Social analysis of urbanization in Turkey. Demographic analysis of urbanization in Turkey. Socio-cultural analysis of urbanization in Turkey. Socio-economic analysis of urbanization in Turkey. The socio-psychological evaluation of urbanization in Turkey. The relationship between urbanization and politics in Turkey. Urbanization and its Problems in Turkey, Urban Transformation in Turkey.

SOC7160

Social Conflict

E

3

0

3

6

Within the scope of this course, the concept of social conflict, the subjective and objective factors/sources of social conflict, social conflict in classical and contemporary sociology, economic conflict (K. Marx) and power conflict (M.Weber), social conflict-social structure relationship, the concept/theory of conflict. important representatives (K.Marx, M.Weber, Simmel, Coser, Gramsci, Dahrendorf, Rex, Lockwood, Collins, Lukacs), the position of conflict in sociological theory, realistic and unrealistic conflict, conflict, self-worth and collective power, open/flexible and Topics such as conflict in closed/solid social structures, present-day forms of representation of conflict (structuring and rational choice approaches, etc.) are discussed.

SOC7170

Fundamental Approaches In Polıtıcal Socıology

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It can be said that political sociology, which is in a position that can be defined as the intersection area of political science and sociology disciplines, is the oldest "interdisciplinary" field of the social sciences world. Traditional political sociology such as "political grouping and social bases of party systems", "power structures in communities (communities)", "elites", "pluralism", "historical examination of social change", "models and theories of democracy", "political culture" areas of interest continue to be of vital importance today.

SOC7180

Socıology Of Scıence

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Science,scientific knowledge and ideology. Scientific revolutions and epistemological paradigms. Scientific matehodological discussions. Social position and functions of scientist group.The role of science in social change. The role of social structure in development of science.

SOC7190

Postmodernısm From Socıologıcal Poınt Of Vıew

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Modernism and modernity. Postmodernism as a social theory. Postmodernism and mass culture. Postmodern thought and social change. Transition process from modernism to postmodernism

SOC7200

Socıology Of Lıterature Studıes

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Subject and method, social foundation. Establishement of art group , relationship of writer-reader. Sociological analysis of literary works.  Literature and social science. Theoretical approaches to literature sociology.  Marx and literature as an upper structure instution. Goldman and novel as a way of reflection of industrial society. De Steal and literature as a reflection of social conscious. Importance and place of literary works  to understand social and historical facts.

SOC7210

New Developments In Socıology

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Analysis of new developments in sociology as a discipline in the light of recent theoretical and applied studies.

SOC7220

Terorısm From Socıologıcal Perspectıve

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Defining the concepts of terrorism and violence. Social sources of terrorism and violence. Terrorism. Features and functions of terrorism in our age. Depression and violence. Alienation and Violence. Cultural origins of violence. Terrorism and violence in Turkey.

SOC7230

Recent Developments In Crımınal Socıology

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Sociological examination of crime, studying crime and criminality from methodolical stand point. Social structure and crime, social process and crime, social conflict and crime, elaboration of crime theories up to 1980, new criminologies (Feminism, Marksizm and radical criminology etc.) developments in the area of victimology, characteristics of contemporary theories, the theories of youth sub-culture, revolutionary ecological theory, life- management theories, control balance theories, subjective theory, meta theory, postmodern theory, experimental a general crime theory, newly appearing crime types parallel to changing society (Computer crimes etc.) Crime and criminality in Turkey, relationship of crime-justice, new approaches to prevention of crimes.

SOC7240

Social Change and New World Order

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Demonstrating the impact of the social change process on the world system, Changes and actors that determine the world order

SOC7250

Woman Studıes

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Definition and history of sociology of woman studies. Psychological and psychoanalitical theory; historichal approaches to women’s life; developmant schemes and women; Feminist social theories and critics, cultural comparisons of the women’s life; woman, education and work; marriage and motherhood; woman and law; woman, crime and deviant behaviour. Woman in public/ private areas, politics and state; science, medicine and reproduction; language and gender, images of woman in media; sex and violence. Comparative examples.

SOC7260

Globalization And Inequalıty

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It includes the concepts of globalization and inequality, the origin of inequality, social stratification, globalizing inequality and its deepening causes, globalization in Western society, social exclusion and discrimination.

SOC7270

Class And Ethnıc Relatıons In The Mıddle East

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Examination of the patterns of collective identity, solidarity and conflict in the Middle East on the basis of such ascriptive factors as descent, language, customs and belief systems; evaluation of the relationship of communal fragmentation with the emerging class formations; subaltern in the Middle East; comparative analysis of the political cleavages within as well as among communal groups on the basis of the variables mentioned.

SOC7280

Introductıon to Cultural Studıes

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By bringing a holistic and critical perspective to the problems faced by today's societies, this course tries to understand the individual, society, the other and their relations with each other in a web of complex meanings. Although Cultural Studies emerged as an academic discipline, critical theory and literary criticism, today it is an important discipline that focuses on the political dynamics, historical foundations, conflict and struggle areas of contemporary culture. In this sense, Cultural Studies takes a critical look at how cultural practices, meanings, messages and codes are produced and disseminated, how they are associated with ideology, social class, nationality, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, social meaning and power relations, identity, representation and expression. deals with the angle. It focuses on cultural production and cultural policies, minorities, ethnicity, refugees, immigration, media and society, gender and sexuality.

SOC7290

Crıme Preventıon Approaches

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The main objective of this course is to provide crime prevention approaches in a holistic framework, to be aware of the crime-fighting activities of developed countries, how to make institutions fighting crime more active, which elements are important in crime prevention and how a program can be developed. Theoretical and practical approaches to the prevention of crime, especially before the crime is committed, constitute the essence of this course. In this context, especially situational, social and criminal-oriented approaches will be examined. Policing models in the fight against crime (proactive policing, preventive policing and forensic/reactive policing) and related issues will be covered in detail in this issue.

SOC7300

Socıology Of Poverty

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Within the scope of this course, the concept of poverty, poverty with its sociological dimensions, national/international organizations related to poverty, literature on poverty, presentation/display of poverty in visual media, poverty profile in Turkey (development and current situation), poverty-education relationship, Poverty-health/disease relationship, poverty and disadvantaged groups (children/elderly/women/disabled), poverty-migration relationship (village-urban poverty), struggle against poverty: Right or philanthropy? etc. topics are covered.

SOC7310

Dısaster And Social Polıcy

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Discussions will be basing on studies related to disaster issues by state and non govermental organisations,  actors at national and international leves. Approaches of UN,EU and local Disaster Management Centres and affecting factors to them will be evaluated. Advices, applications, revisions, conditions and supporting mechanisms and institutions of them will be scrutunized. Comparative approach will be developed.

SOC7320

Socıology Readıngs

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Comprehending scientific thought. Developing a Social Scientific perspective . Sociological thinking. Developing an interdisciplinary attitude. Understanding, explaining and interpreting social events and phenomena. The ability to access , use and process

SOC7330

Socıo-Legal Studıes

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Law and white papers, expectations and public applications will be elaborated with their similarity and differences. Local, national and international examples will be given. M.Dogan, Bourdieu, Habermas and Beaouvior’s ideas will be discussed as examples of social scientists.

SOC7340

Contemporary Developments In Socıal Theory

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In continuing to examine the new approaches formulated in the social theory, such theorists leading or contributing to these formulations as Jürgen Habermas, Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens, Richard Rorty, Stuart Hall, David Harvey, Jean François Lyotard, Will Kymlicka, Charles Taylor, Zygmunt Bauman, Jacques Derrida, Julia Kristeva, Friedrich Jameson, Michel Foucault and Luce Irigaray are dealt with.

SOC7350

Punishment and Prison Sociology

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Within the scope of this course, the relationship between crime, punishment and prison, the function of punishment, punishment in crime and debates on the level of deterrence of imprisonment will be discussed. In addition, this course will focus on the prison experiences of criminals who are arrested and convicted in prison, their level of criminalization in prison or their efforts to escape from crime. It will also examine the key features of a more deterrent and effective penal system today and new punitive policies alternative to prison. Finally, theories of punishment-crime, rehabilitation efforts in prison and the socio-criminological structure of offenders in penal institutions will be discussed.

SOC7360

Digital Transformation and Work

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Within the scope of this course, the concepts of work, digitalization, digital society, socio-historical transformation of work, digitalization of work, theories of digital labor, different forms of labor in the digital age, digital work relations in the world and in Turkey, Examples of digital work practices in our country, digital labor research etc. topics are discussed.

SOC7370

Geopolitical Sociology

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By revealing the characteristics of the concept of geopolitics specific to the classical and postmodern periods; fundamental differences will be determined. On the basis of the concept of critical geopolitics, in which geopolitics is evaluated as the process of meaning production, the effects of popular geopolitical discourse and representations on the formation of imagination will be revealed.

SOC7380

Earthquake and Social Solidarity

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Volunteering as a manifestation of social solidarity and the formation of problem-solving mechanisms in societies within the framework of Durkheim's concept of communal conscience and the concept of Communal Conscience.

SOC7390

Digital Socialization and İnnovation Ecosystem

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Digitalization and digital transformation of societies, Digital dimension of social relations and interactions in societies, innovation and innovation ecosystem, Digitalization of innovation ecosystem and its innovative socialization effect.

SOC7400

Socıology Of Cıvılızatıon

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Civilization concept. Culture and civilization. Theories of civilization. Civilization in Western sociology (A. Toynbee, N. Elias, F. Braudel, Huntington, F. Fukuyama). Civilization in Turkish sociology (Z.Gökalp,  C.Meriç, N. Topçu, S. Karakoç et al.). Change and civilization. Modernity and civilization. Turkish civilization. Islam and Western Civilization. Globalization and Civilization. Civilization crises and conflicts.

SOC7410

Travel Sociology

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Travel sociology is a field of research that examines the act of traveling from a sociological perspective. Trip; It is an activity that includes interaction between societies and cultures, social relations, cultural exchange, and sociology offers different approaches to understand this activity. The sociology of travel examinestourism, migration, traveling, relocation, mobility, travel experiences, sociali interactions during travel, and the social, cultural and economic effects of travel. Sociology of travel covers tourist behavior and motivations in general, tourism industry, cultural exchange and interaction, social mobility and cultural encounters, tourist experiences, the problem of authenticity in tourism, tourist perspective, tourist identities, tourist cultures, consumption of places/spaces, psychological and moral aspects of travel etc. . covers topics such as Travel sociology also tries to understand the individual and social dimensions of travel, and establishes relationships between social structure, power relations, social inequalities and travel/tourism. It examines the effects of travel on increasing  intercultural understanding, developing empathy and social change.