SOC319 LEGITIMACY AND SOCIAL ORDER

Course Code:2320319
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
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Offered Semester:Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives


Course Content

Power, social control and the problem of legitimation. The notion of Social Contract. Legitimation and the role of religion: theocracy, hierarchy and caesaropapism. Relations between social class and ideology in historical societies. The advent of modern society: secularization; legitimation by performance and efficiency. Lack of legitimacy and the emergence of social movements.


Course Learning Outcomes


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