Youth Sociology(SP431)
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP431 | Youth Sociology | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prerequisites | |
| Admission Requirements |
| Language of Instruction | French |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Course Level | Bachelor Degree |
| Course Instructor(s) | Hakan YÜCEL hakanyucel1970@gmail.com (Email) |
| Assistant | |
| Objective | This course takes “youth” as the object of study, the youth is the transitional stage between the childhood and adulthood and in fact it’s a product of “modernity”, and a “social” identity which transforms itself according to the conditions of the time. The course aims to familiarize students with youth studies and youth culture through a multidisciplinary approach with a particular emphasis on the history of youth in Turkey. |
| Content |
The course begins with a brief history of youth and with the transformation that the youth had lived within the passage from traditional society to modern society. After this introduction to concept of “youth” as a product of modernity, the course will continue by analyzing the youth acting as a “political player” while underlying the generation of ’68 throughout the world. Then, another line of the course will focus on the juvenile cultures that had initiated from 1950s in order to treat the mode, music and literature, and juvenile subcultures. Secondly, the course will examine the Turkish youth by using an approach in three generations (the first generation of Republic, the generation from 1960s to 1970s, generation post-1980s) within the context that is both cultural and political. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
Students who have followed and successfully completed the course are able to: 1) Explain the basic concepts related to the classes of age. 2) Understand the juvenile culture 3) Analyze the official discourse(s) on youth. |
| Teaching and Learning Methods | The course will be mostly based on magisterial presentations and discussions about the weekly readings. These two elements require a regular attendance of students and also a reading of texts. The information about the texts to be read will be given every week in class. |
| References |
TAN Mine, “Çocukluk, Dün ve Bugün”, pp. 11-30 in Toplumsal Tarihte Çocuk, Bekir Onur, ed. Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 1994. MANNHEIM Karl, “The Problem of Generations” in Essays on the Sociology of Knowledge. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1952. MARDIN Şerif, “The Mobilization of Youth: Western and Eastern”, in Perspectives on Contemporary Youth, Janusz Kuczynski, eds. Tokyo: The United Nations University, 1988. LÜKÜSLÜ G. Demet, “Constructors and Constructed: Youth as a Political Actor in Modernizing Turkey”, in Revisiting Youth Political Participation. Challenges for Research and Democratic Practice in Europe, Joerg Forbrig, ed. Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishers, 2005. NEYZI Leyla, “Object or Subject? The Paradox of ‘Youth’ in Turkey”, International Journal of Middle East Studies vol. 33, no.3, August 2001, pp. 411-432.. Türk Gençliği 98: Suskun Kitle Büyüteç Altında, Istanbul Mülkiyeliler Vakfı Sosyal Araştırmalar Merkezi, Konrad Adenauer Vakfı, Ankara, 1999, pp. 97-142. YENTÜRK, N., Kurtraran, Y. & Nemutlu, G. (2008). Türkiye’de Gençlik Çalışması ve Politikaları, İstanbul, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. HEBDIGE Dick, Subcultures The Meaning of Style, New Accents Series, 1979. GALLAND Olivier, Les jeunes, 6ème édition, Collection Repères, Éditions La Découverte, Paris, 2002 RECENSE, Cécile Van de Velde, Devenir adulte. Sociologie comparée de la jeunesse en Europe, Paris, PUF, « Le Lien social », février 2008. |
Theory Topics
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: position of the problem |
| 2 | Genesis of youth as a social category |
| 3 | The youth and its subcultures |
| 4 | Youth in social movements: the generation ’68 |
| 5 | Youth as “dangerous class”: violence, delinquency and youth |
| 6 | Youth against the State |
| 7 | Gender, sexuality and youth |
| 8 | Mid-Term examination |
| 9 | Invention of youth in Turkey |
| 10 | Myth of youth in Turkey: the ’68 and ’78 generations |
| 11 | The post-1980s and politics |
| 12 | The youth at the ordeal of social segregation |
| 13 | Juvenile identities in contemporary Turkey |
| 14 | Music(s), Culture(s), and youth |
Practice Topics
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|
Contribution to Overall Grade
| Number | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 0 | 40 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 0 | 60 |
| Toplam | 0 | 100 |
In-Term Studies
| Number | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 100 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Toplam | 1 | 100 |
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Understanding the major theories, concepts, foundations, and methodologies used in the study of politics. | |||||
| 2 | Identifying the structure and operation of the political system in Turkey and other political systems in the world. | |||||
| 3 | Identifying and gathering information from credible primary and secondary sources; analyzing and synthesizing the acquired knowledge. | |||||
| 4 | Generating and testing empirically hypotheses about political processes, institutions, mechanisms and relationships. | X | ||||
| 5 | Designing, conducting and interpreting the results of original research in accordance with the scientific and ethical principles by using basic research methods. | X | ||||
| 6 | Showing awareness and sensivity towards issues related to democracy, human rights and social peace. | X | ||||
| 7 | Appraising the sources of societal conflict and how they can be resolved by political means. | X | ||||
| 8 | Examining critically the nature of change in the global political community, and the complex character of processes such as globalization. | X | ||||
| 9 | Taking a role in a teamwork in political science and general fields of other related disciplines. | |||||
| 10 | Following publications in foreign languages and communicating with the colleagues in the international environment by using French which is the language of education in Galatasaray University and English, the compulsory foreign language. | X | ||||
| 11 | Using required level of information and communication technologies. | |||||
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 12 | 3 | 36 |
| Assignments | 1 | 22 | 22 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 138 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 5.52 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 6 | ||