SOC100 PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY
| Course Code: | 2320100 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. AYŞE İDİL AYBARS |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
- (1) Acquire hands-on experience in handling and understanding data in the social sciences
- (2) Acquire knowledge of core areas and substantive topics of the social sciences and the ability to think critically about them
- (3) Understand the role of evidence in the social sciences and the application of systematic empirical inquiry
- (4) Develop transdisciplinary knowledge about important issues in the world today
Course Content
An introduction to basic principles, concepts and theories of sociology; analysis of social structure and cultural patterns, methodology of research in social sciences. The course seeks to make sociology come alive as a vital and exciting field, to relate principles to real world circumstances, and to attune students to the dynamic processes of our rapidly changing contemporary society (only open to the students of Faculty of Engineering).
Course Learning Outcomes
This course introduces students to major sociological topics related to global social change and inequalities. In a first part, we explore both early capitalist economic history and the history of economic and sociological thought. In a second part, we turn to inequalities within countries. Then in a third part, this course covers the history of global inequalities, and the problem of measuring and understanding economic development. Finally, we conclude this course with discussions on current issues in global sociology.
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