SOC305 SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY
| Course Code: | 2320305 |
| 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. MEHMET CİHAN ECEVİT |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to examine the theories, issues, and perspectives on family as a universally important social institution. In this course, we will discuss similarities and differences of the families around the world by also focusing on the specifics families carry across time and space. We will examine different topics such as adulthood, sexuality, marriage and divorce. We will consider both the “public” and “private” dimensions of families. There are two dimensions we will focus on in the study of these topics throughout the semester: (a) convergences and divergences of different aspects of family experiences and practices around the world, (b) continuities and changes of these experiences and practices. We are going to cover the interconnections of economic, social, cultural and legal factors that shape and change the forms, experiences and practices of families within a global context.
Course Content
The family as a social institution; the structure and types of family; the functions (economic, social and reproductive) of the family; changing role of the family and social change; sexual division of labor within family; domestic labor; reproduction; patriarchy; child labor; kinship.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will be able to make connections between practical cases from different countries and theoretical knowledge.
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