SOC551 SEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

Course Code:2320551
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:8.0
Department:Sociology
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Graduate
Course Coordinator:Prof.Dr. MUSTAFA ŞEN
Offered Semester:Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives

Students will comprehend theoretical and methodological perspectives on religion.


Course Content

Principally being supplementary to SOC 650: Sociology and History, this course aims at deepening perspectives on Historical Sociology by concentrating on problems raised by different kinds of religious movements. Based on perspectives developed within comparative religion, special attention will be given to developments in the Middle East.


Course Learning Outcomes

Students

  • will discuss theories and perspectives within sociology of religion.
  • will analyse issues within sociology of religion.
  • will identify main sociological approaches to religion and religious issues.

 


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
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

0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution