Information Package / Course Catalogue
Sociology of Leisure Time
Course Code: BSÖ639
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 7
Objectives of the Course

To introduce leisure time, to make theoretical explanations, teo grasp concepts, create awareness, event types, to specify the time and place

Course Content

Includes areas like concepts, types, functions, institutions, fields, age, speed, planning, implementation.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Çağatay DERECELİ
Learning Outcomes
1.Can gain awareness of leisure time.
2.Can define development of free time in world and Turkey.
3.Can compare relations of free time and society concepts.
4.Can assess and evaluate the data making use of the advanced knowledge and skills that they have acquired in the field, to define and analyze the issues connected with current technological developments finding ways to offer solutions to those issues based on the researched and evidence.
5.Can have the skills to define, model and solve the sociological problems in the field of Sociology and related fields.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic concepts of leisure time
Week 2 - Theoretical
Free time theories,
Week 3 - Theoretical
leisure time to evaluate properties
Week 4 - Theoretical
Social functions of the leisure time assessment of
Week 5 - Theoretical
Social factors that affect the evaluation of leisure time
Week 6 - Theoretical
Theories of leisure time
Week 7 - Theoretical
Evaluation of leisure time
Week 8 - Theoretical
Free time features and importance (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Adult and leisure time
Week 10 - Theoretical
Child and leisure
Week 11 - Theoretical
Youth and leisure
Week 12 - Theoretical
Aging and leisure
Week 13 - Theoretical
Free time in the future
Week 14 - Theoretical
Family and leisure
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1455140
Lecture - Practice44432
Assignment1011
Final Examination1112
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)175
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
3
5
4
3
4
5
4
3
OÇ-2
4
3
4
5
4
5
3
4
OÇ-3
4
5
3
4
5
4
5
4
OÇ-4
4
5
4
3
4
4
5
4
OÇ-5
4
5
4
3
4
4
5
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026