SOC326 MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
Course Code: | 2320326 |
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: | Lecturer ALİ ADNAN AKÇAY |
Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
Deconstruction of medicine as the basic reference of ethics in the modern/postmodern era -as manifested, popularized and also guarded mainly by the advertisements on a societal un(der) conscious level. Body perception and the role of medicine in shaping it. Metaphoric uses of illnesses. Medicalization and social control. The transition from sin to sickness. Medicine and Foucauldian gaze. Critique of postmodern conjuncture: Health without body, intelligence without mind.
Course Learning Outcomes
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