SOC643 ADV. ISSUES IN SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE

Course Code:2320643
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. HASAN ÜNAL NALBANTOĞLU
Offered Semester:Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives


Course Content

An understanding of the dynamic relations between ideas, ideologies, norms and values; social groups and strata. Reading of classical theorists in the sociology of knowledge. The role of ideas, norms and values in the constitution of historically-determinate social formations and civilization complexes. The relationships between knowledge and everyday life.


Course Learning Outcomes