SOC325 HUMAN ECOLOGY

Course Code:2320325
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. HELGA İDA RİTTERSBERGER
Offered Semester:Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives


Course Content

This course deals basically with the relationship of wo/man to/in nature or society to/in nature. Contemporary ecological debates in social sciences are explored by firstly giving an overview of the historical roots of environmentalism and then focusing on different approaches like: sustainability and Neo-Malthusianism, risk society, eco-socialism, ecofeminism, deep ecology and land ethics, eco-anarchism and social ecology.


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✔

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