Information Package / Course Catalogue
Village and Sociology of Rural Transformation
Course Code: SOS337
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

•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

Course Content

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

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To give basic information and understanding in order for students to evaluate rural social structure dynamics from a sociological perspective
2.To make students know and be able to use main concepts related to rural sociology
3.To make them be able to analyse rural transformations particularly in terms of its relation to social developments
4.Awareness levels of rural processes, transformation and socio-economic problems increase.
5.Gains sensitivity to ecological problems
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Bilanço’98: 75 Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, İstanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yayınları
2.Akşit, B., Köy, Kasaba ve Kentlerde Toplumsal Değişme, Ankara: Turhan Kitabevi.
3.Ulukan, U., Türkiye Tarımında Yapısal Dönüşüm ve Sözleşmeli Çiftçilik: Bursa Örneği, SAV Yayınları
4.Ecevit, M., Kırsal Türkiye’nin Değişim Dinamikleri: Gökçeağaç Köyü Monografisi, Ankara: T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı Yay.
5.Köymen, O., Kapitalizm ve Köylülük, İstanbul: Yordam Kitap Yay.
6.Çiftçi Yeşiltuna, D., Küreselleşme ve Kırsal Dönüşüm, Ankara:Nobel Yay.
7.Karaosmanoğlu, Yakup K. (1968). Yaban, 8. Baskı, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi Yayınları.
8.Özbudun, S.,Türkiye Kırsalı Yoksullaşırken, Niçin Dikkulak Oldum? Datça Örneği, Ütopya Yay.
9.Yıldız, M. ve Z. Güler., İnternet`teki Köyler: Hazırlayanlar, Kullananlar ve İşlevlerinin Analizi, Ankara: Turhan Kitapevi Yayınları
10.Aysu, A., Gıda Krizi, Tarım, Ekoloji ve Egemenlik, İstanbul: Metis Yayınları
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to the Lecture (Course objectives, Learning Outcomes, Teaching and Learning Techniques, Reading Materials, A General Introduction to Subjects)
Week 2 - Theoretical
Rural: Definition, Subject, Development and Transformation
Week 3 - Theoretical
Social Structure, Organization and Transformation in Rural
Week 4 - Theoretical
Social Organization and Transformation in Rural
Week 5 - Theoretical
Economic Structure, Organization and Transformation in Rural
Week 6 - Theoretical
Settlement and Village in Rural
Week 7 - Theoretical
Modernization and the Rural
Week 8 - Theoretical
Ownership and Property Relations in Rural
Week 9 - Theoretical
Capitalism, Rural and Rural Transformation
Week 10 - Theoretical
Neo-Liberal Globalization and the Rural
Week 11 - Theoretical
Neo-Liberal Globalization and Rural in Turkey
Week 12 - Theoretical
Rural Poverty
Week 13 - Theoretical
Anthropocene Era and Rural
Week 14 - Theoretical
Ecology, Food and Resources
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment3%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Assignment31518
Reading141356
Individual Work1246
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)152
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
5
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5
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4
5
5
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5
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4
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5
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026