SOC381 STRUCTURE &CHANGE IN OTTOMAN SOCIETY

Course Code:2320381
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:
Offered Semester:Once in several years.

Course Objectives


Course Content

The Ottoman socio-economic system as a historical social formation. The evolution of inherited elements from pre-Ottoman socio-economic structures. Town and country contradiction in Ottoman society. Economic structure, state and bureaucracy, commodity production and trade, the land regime, and stratification. Ideology of statecraft in the Ottoman Empire. Evolution of Ottoman society vis-à-vis the structural changes in Europe. Social conflict in Ottoman society.


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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