SOC306 ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY

Course Code:2320306
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:6.0
Department:Sociology
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:Prof.Dr. MUSTAFA ŞEN
Offered Semester:Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives

The principal aim of this course is to acquaint students with the main approaches, theories and concepts within economic sociology.


Course Content

The sociology of economic life. Competing perspectives in the field of economic sociology. The comparative and historical study of the world-economy. Capital, capitalists, and capitalism. The changing forms of production and exchange. The international division of labor. Economic cycles and trends. Hegemonic transitions. Cities and the world-economy. Hierarchies and networks in the organization of business enterprise.


Course Learning Outcomes

This course will allow students to comprehend sociological perspectives on the economy, society, and state.


Program Outcomes Matrix

Level of Contribution
#Program Outcomes0123
1To correlate sociology and other social sciences
2To interpret knowledge produced by society from a sociological perspective
3To renew and improve their accumulation by following up-to-date publications and research programs in their fields
4To be open to occupational novelties in order to understand social change
5To produce original solutions within and outside the discipline and in interdisciplinary levels
6To know and implement the ethics of sociological research
7To be aware of social, environmental, and economic effects in the areas where sociological approaches are appropriated
8To use and transfer the accumulation of sociological knowledge in an interdisciplinary way
9To understand social structures and dynamics by correlating the past, the present and the future
10To connect social theories of knowledge and social practices

0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution