Information Package / Course Catalogue
Sociology and Gastronomy
Course Code: GAST519
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

To investigate the relation between sociology and gastronomy.

Course Content

The relationship between the phenomenon affecting society, shaping and changing, transforming phenomena and food is investigated through an approach that looks at theoretical and practical aspects.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Zeynep ASLAN
Learning Outcomes
1.Can investigate the relation between sociology and food.
2.To be aware of the sociological influences that shaped the food culture of turkish cuisine
3.Can search the influence of faith on food
4.Knows nutritional habits of different cultures.
5.Knows nutritional habits of different cultures.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.The Consumer Society, Jean Baudrillard
2.What is Sociology, Joseph Henry Fichter
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Informing and acquiring the course content and objectives.
Week 2 - Theoretical
What is Sociology is searching and the relation with food?
Week 3 - Theoretical
Is there a corelation between Turkish Society and Food?
Week 4 - Theoretical
Turkish Cuisine shaped through immigrations
Week 5 - Theoretical
The Cuisine belongs to Middle asian turkish Cultures
Week 6 - Theoretical
Changing society and kitchen during the migrations of frontier Anatolian Turks
Week 7 - Theoretical
Anatolian civilizations and food before the migration of Turkish tribes
Week 8 - Theoretical
The social life and the influence of the kitchen in the Seljuks
Week 9 - Theoretical
Migrations and the effects of Turkish cuisine
Week 10 - Theoretical
Migrations and the effects of Turkish cuisine
Week 11 - Theoretical
İslam and Food
Week 12 - Theoretical
Judaism and Food
Week 13 - Theoretical
Buddhaism, Hinduism and the other faiths
Week 14 - Theoretical
Christianity and Food
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination120222
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)123
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
5
4
4
5
OÇ-2
4
5
5
4
OÇ-3
5
4
5
5
OÇ-4
4
5
4
5
OÇ-5
5
4
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026