•To give basic information and understanding in order for students to evaluate rural social structure dynamics from a sociological perspective • To make students know and be able to use main concepts related to rural sociology • To make them be able to analyse rural transformations particularly in terms of its relation to social developments • To analyse the dynamics of rural transformations • To increase an awareness on the processes and socio-economic problems in rural areas

Rural Sociology: Definition, Subject Areas and Its Development as a Discipline; Rural Social Structure and Its Organisation; Rural Social Organisation; Rural Economic Structure and Its Organisation; Settling Order in Rural Areas and Village; Village and Under-village Settling Types; Social Stratification (Ownership and Ownership Relations) and Mobility; Change and the Dynamics of Change; Modernisation and Rural; Capitalism, Rural and Rural Transformation; Neo-Liberal Globalisation and Rural; Neo-Liberal Globalisation and Rural Areas in Turkey; Rural Poverty