SOC101 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY I
| Course Code: | 2320101 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 4 (4.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. HEDİYE SİBEL KALAYCIOĞLU |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Students will comprehend Sociology as a discipline to understand the world around us, basic theories and concepts.
- As a first level course students will understand what is Sociology, Economic, Political, Philosophical origins of this disipline in the 18th century modernity, classical theories of Sociology, The Sociological method.
- Students will learn about the significance of the concepts like social structure,social institutions, culture, ethnocentricism, social inequality, gender and family.
Course Content
An introduction to basic principles, concepts and theories of sociology; the logic and method of sociological inquiry; analysis of social structure; culture; the relationship of the individual to society; social stratification; different forms of social inequalities. Taught from a comparative perspective drawing examples from Turkey and other developing and developed countries.
Course Learning Outcomes
The student will make sense of Sociology as a discipline is systematic knowledge of the world we live in
2. The student will compare and contrast common sense with scientific knowledge
3. The student will identify the basic approaches of Sociological Thinking
4. The student will be able to name and define basic theories and concepts of sociology
5. The student will be able to assess the relation between sociological theory and practice.
6. The student will be able to define major sub-areas of sociology discipline
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