| Course Name | Code | Semester | T+U Hours | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences Is Methodology Discussions | SOS 619 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Precondition Courses | |
| Recommended Optional Courses | |
| Course Language | Turkish |
| Course Level | Doctorate Degree |
| Course Type | Optional |
| Course Coordinator | Prof.Dr. İSMAİL HİRA |
| Course Lecturers | |
| Course Assistants | Res. Asist.Mehmet ANIK, Res. Asist.Bayram KAHRAMAN |
| Course Category | |
| Course Objective | In this course, the aim is to look at modern sociological trends in the light of new theoretical approaches in sociology, which are based on methodology. |
| Course Content | Within this framework, The Enlightment, methodological critiques towards modernity and, related to these, discussions of notions of person will be focused. |
| # | Course Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S/he learns the basic theories of methodological debates in social sciences. | Lecture, Discussion, Group Study, | Testing, Homework, |
| 2 | S/he learns classic texts on social reality theories expressed in methodological practices. | Discussion, Group Study, | Testing, Homework, |
| 3 | S/he learns method approach and on what it is discussed in those studies. | Lecture, Discussion, Group Study, | Testing, Homework, |
| 4 | S/ he realizes alternative paradigms of classical and contemporary sociology in interpreting to social reality. | Lecture, Discussion, Group Study, | Testing, Homework, |
| 5 | S/he recognize the representatives of the methodological discussions of contemporary sociology. | Lecture, Discussion, Group Study, | Testing, Homework, |
| 6 | S/ he could increase an ability to better recognize and interpret of his own social reality. | Lecture, Discussion, Group Study, | Testing, Homework, |
| Week | Course Topics | Preliminary Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | As a Method Pozitivism in Social Science | |
| 2 | Popper: Falsification on Critical Rationalism (Neo-Pozitivism) | |
| 3 | Frankfurt School: Marcuse, Horkheimer, Habermas I | |
| 4 | Frankfurt School Marcuse, Horkheimer, Habermas II | |
| 5 | Wittgenstein: From Meanin’s Picture Theory to Language Game | |
| 6 | Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions | |
| 7 | Lakatos: The Methodology of Scientific Researsh Programmes | |
| 8 | Althusser: Society, Ekonomics, and Ideology | |
| 9 | Midterm exam | |
| 10 | Feyerabend: Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge or Theoretical Pluralism | |
| 11 | Hermeneutic:Gadamer (Tradition, Historical Conscious, and Authority | |
| 12 | Hermeneutic: Derrida (Deconstruction) | |
| 13 | Foucault: As a Telling Marginality versus Meta-narrative | |
| 14 | Poststructualism and Postmodernism I |
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| Course Notes | |
| Course Resources | |
| Order | Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | To be able to perceive and evaluate social matters at national and universal level | X | |||||
| 1 | To be able to perceive and evaluate social matters at national and universal level | X | |||||
| 2 | To be able to evaluate sociological process from beginning to current in terms of leading Turkish thinkers at national level | X | |||||
| 2 | To be able to evaluate sociological process from beginning to current in terms of leading Turkish thinkers at national level | X | |||||
| 3 | To be able to understand and solve the particular social problems and closely acquainted with related branches of Sociology | X | |||||
| 3 | To be able to understand and solve the particular social problems and closely acquainted with related branches of Sociology | X | |||||
| 4 | To be able to interrogate and pose a question on popular contemporary sociological concepts objectively as globalization, multiculturalism, identity and postmodernism | X | |||||
| 4 | To be able to interrogate and pose a question on popular contemporary sociological concepts objectively as globalization, multiculturalism, identity and postmodernism | X | |||||
| 5 | To be able to do researches and to improve a method about the sociological problems and produce solutions | X | |||||
| 5 | To be able to do researches and to improve a method about the sociological problems and produce solutions | X | |||||
| 6 | To be able to analyze the social conditions in nineteenth century that caused rising of Sociology | ||||||
| 6 | To be able to analyze the social conditions in nineteenth century that caused rising of Sociology | ||||||
| 7 | X | ||||||
| 7 | X | ||||||
| Evaluation System | |
|---|---|
| Semester Studies | Contribution Rate |
| 1. Ara Sınav | 60 |
| 1. Kısa Sınav | 5 |
| 1. Ödev | 30 |
| 2. Kısa Sınav | 5 |
| Total | 100 |
| 1. Yıl İçinin Başarıya | 60 |
| 1. Final | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
| ECTS - Workload Activity | Quantity | Time (Hours) | Total Workload (Hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Quiz | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Assignment | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Oral Examination | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Performance Task (Laboratory) | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 160 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (Hours) | 6.4 | ||
| dersAKTSKredisi | 6 | ||