Social Stratification and Mobility(SOC213)
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
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SOC213 | Social Stratification and Mobility | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Course Level | Bachelor Degree |
Course Instructor(s) | Ali ERGUR aergur@gsu.edu.tr (Email) |
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Theory Topics
Week | Weekly Contents |
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1 | Presentation of the course |
2 | Naming and Classifying: Fundamental Instruments of the Modern Mind to Understand and Explain Social Reality |
3 | Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism and the Birth of Egalitariansm in Rights. |
4 | The emergence of the concept of class throughout the social question discussions - Karl Marx |
5 | The view on social inequalities and classes in classical sociology (I) - Emile Durkheim |
6 | The view on social inequalities and classes in classical sociology (II) - Maurice Halbwachs |
7 | The view on social inequalities and classes in classical sociology (III) - Max Weber |
8 | Mid-term examination |
9 | British post-war sociology: Mourning for the old society's working-class culture. (Hoggart, Young, Wilmott, etc.) |
10 | The Davis-Moore Theory and emergence of the sociology of mobility and stratification in the United States. |
11 | Social space theory of Pierre Bourdieu |
12 | J. H. Goldthorpe: From Affluent Worker Thesis to Service Class |
13 | Eric Olin Wright: Contradictory Class Positions Approach |
14 | Current Classifications of Social Class and Occupational Groups |
Practice Topics
Week | Weekly Contents |
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Contribution to Overall Grade
Number | Contribution | |
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Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 0 | 0 |
Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 0 | 0 |
Toplam | 0 | 0 |
In-Term Studies
Number | Contribution | |
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Assignments | 0 | 0 |
Presentation | 0 | 0 |
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 |
No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | The student will be able to recognize and assess the essential theoretical perspectives both in sociology and its related domains. | |||||
2 | The student will be able to make use of the major theoretical analyses and sociological concepts in his/her own research topics. | |||||
3 | The student will be able to articulate sociological perspective and reasoning with social and historical facts, and to interpret social and historical issues with a sociological eye. | |||||
4 | The student will be able to assess the current state of research and knowledge on the classical and contemporary domains of sociological inquiry as well as its relevant fields. | |||||
5 | The student will be able to design and conduct a sociological research with appropriate theoretical construction and empirical methods. | |||||
6 | The student will be able to produce a written research report that relates research questions to empirical findings. | |||||
7 | The student will be able to appropriately use both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. | |||||
8 | The student will be able to make appropriate use of statistical software programs for data processing and analysis. | |||||
9 | The student will be able to make appropriate use of statistical software programs for data processing and analysis. | |||||
10 | Graduates will be able to follow the scientific production both in English and French as well as Turkish. | |||||
11 | Graduates will be able to develop a comparative and interdisciplinary approach which will integrate sociology within a broader social science perspective. | |||||
12 | Graduates will be able to interpret the history and modernization of Turkey through its sociological consequences. | |||||
13 | The student will be able to intervene to social and political processes in order to propose possible solutions to the problems caused by social inequalities and discriminations. | |||||
14 | The student will be able to develop a reflexive point of view on his/her position as a a sociologist as well as a researcher. |
Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
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Total Workload | 0 | ||
Total Workload / 25 | 0,00 | ||
Credits ECTS | 0 |