SOC448 NATIONS AND STATES
| Course Code: | 2320448 |
| 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: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of the course the students will comprehend the major theories and debates on nationalism, state-formation, and nation-building in the Western literature.
Course Content
The course examines the formation and development of the modern state in the contemporary world. It surveys major topics, theoretical debates and approaches in the field of state-formation and nation-building, wich can be pieced together under the concept of nationalism. The current trends in the literature which implies a necessary link between the processes of modernization and state/nation-building are critically reviewed. In this respect, state-building both in Europe and outside of Europe will be discussed in a comparative framework.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. The student will identify the major concepts, topics, debates, and theoretical approaches in the field of nationalism.
2. The student will comprehend the formation and development of the modern state in the contemporary world.
3. The student will develop a critical view of the idea that there is a necessary link between the process of modernization/ industrialization and the processes of state- and nation-building.
4. The student will comprehend that social and ethnic relations are part of larger social systems.
5. The student will grasp how a nation, its people, and their homeland are conceptualized.
6. The student will identify the sources of national identity and nationalist ideologies.
7. The student will make sense of the concepts of universalism, democracy, human rights, authoritarianism, and political stability.
8. The student will develop a fundamental understanding of nationalism both in Europe and outside of Europe.
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