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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