SOC312 POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
| Course Code: | 2320312 |
| 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. HEDİYE SİBEL KALAYCIOĞLU |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Students will understand the relation between the state and the society and major theories and concepts of politics in sociology
Course Content
The course draws together the perspectives of two disciplines, politics and sociology in an attempt to understand political structures and processes. Theoretical approaches as well as historical and empirical studies are considered. Subjects of particular interest are: political culture, political socialization, participation; the origins and growth of the modern state; legitimacy, individualism, liberalism; concept of citizenship, globalization and discussions on nation-state and citizenship; welfare state.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. The student will be able explain the main perspectives of political sociology on the relations between state and society.
2. The student will be able to identify the differences between concepts of liberalism, freedom, sovereignty, power, democracy
3. The student will be able to identify the differences between state and civil society
4. The student will be able to define different definitions of power
5. The student will be able to distinguish different forms of democracy and their contextual development
6. The student will identify different theories about what is a ‘state’ and theoretical arguments about why we need a ‘state’
7. The student will locate and will be able to compare different examples of political change from all over the world.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | To correlate sociology and other social sciences | ✔ | |||
| 2 | To interpret knowledge produced by society from a sociological perspective | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To renew and improve their accumulation by following up-to-date publications and research programs in their fields | ✔ | |||
| 4 | To be open to occupational novelties in order to understand social change | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To produce original solutions within and outside the discipline and in interdisciplinary levels | ✔ | |||
| 6 | To know and implement the ethics of sociological research | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To be aware of social, environmental, and economic effects in the areas where sociological approaches are appropriated | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To use and transfer the accumulation of sociological knowledge in an interdisciplinary way | ✔ | |||
| 9 | To understand social structures and dynamics by correlating the past, the present and the future | ✔ | |||
| 10 | To connect social theories of knowledge and social practices | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution