Information Package / Course Catalogue
Contemporary Social Theories
Course Code: SOSY554
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
Objectives of the Course

Sosyolojik olgulara farklı sosyolojik perspektiflerden bakabilme, karşılaştırabilme, değerlendirebilme ve uyarlayabilme becerisini kazandırmak.

Course Content

action theory of structural-functionalist, systems theory of structural-functionalist, conflict theory, linguistic structuralism, the unconscious, anthropological structuralism, semiology, post-structuralism

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.recognize of main sociological approaches
2.to positioning of sociological perspectives
3.to adapt of approaches to concrete problems
4.to gain of a sociological perspective
5.to compare of sociological approaches
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Talcott Parsons-The Theory of Action
Week 2 - Theoretical
Talcott Parsons-The Theory of Systems
Week 3 - Theoretical
Conflict Theory-General Properties
Week 4 - Theoretical
Conflict Theory-Ralph Dahrendorf
Week 5 - Theoretical
Structuralism-Ferdinand de Saussure
Week 6 - Theoretical
Structuralism-Lévi-Strauss
Week 7 - Theoretical
Yapısalcılık-Roland Barthes
Week 8 - Theoretical
The Theory of Communicative Action-Jurgen Habermas
Week 9 - Theoretical
Post-structuralism-Jacques Derrida
Week 10 - Theoretical
Post-structuralism-Roland Barthes
Week 11 - Theoretical
Postmodernism-Lyotard
Week 12 - Theoretical
Postmodernism-Baudrillard
Week 13 - Theoretical
Practice Theory-Pierre Bourdieu
Week 14 - Theoretical
Structuration Theory-Anthony Giddens
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Reading52325
Midterm Examination120222
Final Examination120323
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)126
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
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PÇ-12
OÇ-1
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026