
| Course Code | : SOSY541 |
| Course Type | : Area Elective |
| Couse Group | : Second Cycle (Master's Degree) |
| Education Language | : Turkish |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 3 |
| Prt. | : 0 |
| Credit | : 3 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 5 |
How works the academic world? How to take up sociological thinking, imagination, writing and publishing in this world? What are the most fundamental issues or deficiencies in the area of the social sciences? With which problems are the students come up against when they step on for the first time in the academic world? Are the problems in relation to sociological thinking and writing arising just from the insufficiency of the students themselves? Principally, the issue of how to link the theory and social practice is a classical problem of social sciences. Hence, the one of the fundamental issue or deficienciy in social science is the absent of the linking the theory and practice strongly and efficiently. Firstly, social scientists have to be aware of the links between theory and practice in order for gaining the ability of linking the two in their works correctly. In this direction, social scientists must have a strong ability of sociological thinking, imagination and writing. However, sociological thinking, imagination and writing is a learning and application process spending long times. Thus, the aim of this lesson is to acquiring students how to think, imagine and write sociologically by means of linking theoritical knowledge and practical applications in sociology.
This course aimed at contribute to the solution of the students problems in relation to the sociological thinking, imagination and writing that they faces. With this aspect, this course includes giving message to the students that the problems they faces while they imagining and writing are not the result of their personal weakness, poor work, talentless or personal defects that they think arises similar problems.
| 1. | He can interiorise and assimilate the sociological thinking, imagination and writing. |
| 2. | He can be aware of the links between theory and practice and can use it in the process of their Works. |
| 3. | He can be aware and explain the different ways of thinking. |
| 4. | He can be aware of a sociological perspective and sociological phenomena and can describe daily events and phenomena from this perspective. |
| 5. | He can use the academic writing rules and standarts. |
| 1. | Derek, Layder (2013) Sosyolojik Araştırma Pratiği –Teori ve Sosyal Araştırmanın İlişkilendirilmesi-, Çev.:Serdar Ünal, Heretik Yayınları, Ankara. |
| 2. | Howard S. Becker (2013) Sosyal Bilimcilerin Yazma Çilesi –Yazımın Sosyal Organizasyonu Kuramı-, Çev.; Şerife Geniş, Heretik Yayınları, Ankara. |
| 3. | Cüneyt Birkök (1988) Sosyolojik Düşünme ve Metodolojisi, İstanbul 1988, Elektronik Sürüm 1.6. |
| 4. | Berkeley (2008) Writing for Sociology, Department of Sociaology, University of California. |
| 5. | Viccent Ryan Ruggiero (2013) Sosyolojik Düşünme: Pratik Uygulama Kitabı, Çev.: Ali Arslan, Argeda Yayınları. |
| 6. | Frank Furedi (2014) Nereye Gitti Bu Entelektüeller, Çev.A.Erkan Koca, Atıf Yayınları, Ankara. |
| 7. | Edward Said (2013) Entelektüel, Ayrıntı Yayınları, 5. Baskı, İstanbul. |
| 8. | Ranjit Kumar (2011) Araştırma Yöntemleri, Edge Akademi. |
| 9. | Howard S. Becker (2017) Peki ya Mozart? Peki ya Cinayet? Vakalar Üzerinden Akıl Yürütmek, Heretik Yayınları, 1.Baskı, Ankara. |
| 10. | Howard S. Becker (2015) Mesleğin İncelikleri –Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Nasıl Yürütülür?, Heretik Yayınları, 2.Baskı, Ankara. |
| 11. | Howard S. Becker (2016) Toplumu Anlatmak, Heretik Yayınları. |
| 12. | Zygmunt Bauman (2014) Sosyolojik Düşünmek, Ayrıntı Yayınları |
| 13. | Ali Şeriati (2013) Aydın, Çev. İbrahim Ağacan, Dünya Yayınları |
| 14. | Foucault, Michel (2005), Entelektüelin Siyasal İşlevi (Çeviri: Işık Ergüden, Osman Akınhay ve Ferda Keskin), İstanbul: Ayrıntı. |
| 15. | Gramsci, Antonio (1983), Aydınlar ve Toplum (Çeviri: V. Günyol, F. Edgü ve B. Onaran), İstanbul: Örnek. |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 1 | %60 |
| Assignment | 1 | %40 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 3 | 3 | 84 |
| Individual Work | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 124 | |||
PÇ-1 | PÇ-2 | PÇ-3 | PÇ-4 | PÇ-5 | PÇ-6 | PÇ-7 | PÇ-8 | PÇ-9 | PÇ-10 | PÇ-11 | |
OÇ-1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
OÇ-2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
OÇ-3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
OÇ-4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
OÇ-5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |