ADM1323 SOCIETY AND CULTURE
| Course Code: | 3101323 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. MUSTAFA KEMAL BAYIRBAĞ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
After completing this course, the students will be able to:
- view people’s behavior from a sociological perspective, discover their own sociological imagination, and apply it to a variety of social problems and situations
- reflect on the basic theoretical discussions on sociology as a science
- explain the relationships between social structure, social stratification, and society
- synthesize the local and global nature and impacts of social phenomenon
- appreciate the notions of 'cultural diversity' and 'cultural integration'
Course Content
This is an introductory course exploring issues of culture, social institutions and social relations from a sociological viewpoint. It aims to familiarize non-sociology majors (particularly students specialising in political science, economics and international relations) with the fundamental concepts and terminology of sociological analysis. In this context, topics such as culture, socialisation, family, marriage and divorce, gender, ethnicity, stratification and mobility, mass-media, education, religion and urbanisation are covered with the aim of comprehending the world in change through a comparative and historical perspective. The course also tries to relate the personal to the social and is particularly sensitive to such pressing concerns of contemporary life as gender issues.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course students should be able to:
- use their sociological imagination
- be cognizant of the inequality structures existent in the society
- have basic theoretical knowledge about the Founding Fathers of sociology
- place a sociological issue in a larger context
- describe, dicuss and reflect on various aspects of social problems
- reflect on the other
- understand the dialectical relationship between the local and the global
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to reach the information they need in their daily lives, and to interpret it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being in command of the basic concepts of law | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understanding the political, economical, and social transformations that occur in a wide range of areas including local and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Defining and solving problems encountered in political, social, and economic life | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being conscious, effective and rational citizens who can comprehend the transformations taking place in Turkey and in the world today | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Being professionals who can operate as productive participants in any public organization | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having the knowledge about how public organizations function and how their decision making processes and mechanisms work | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Developing original solutions to the problems faced in relation to their own area of interest | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Critical thinking ability | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being in command of the interdisciplinary approaches | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution