SOC439 COMPARATIVE HISTORICAL METHODS AND SOCIOLOGICAL DEBATES
| Course Code: | 2320439 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. FATMA UMUT BEŞPINAR AKGÜNER |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Students will understand the methodologies of comparative historical sociology – such as parallel investigation of a theory, interpretation of contrasting events and analysis of causalities at the macro level.
Course Content
This course begins with the examination of the methods of comparative historical sociology, such as parallel investigation of a theory, interpretation of contrasting events and analysis of causalities at the macro level. In the second part, well-known studies of the comparative historical sociology are discussed in light of the theoretical and methodological knowledge gained in the first part.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Students will locate well-known studies of the comparative historical sociology by using the theoretical and methodological knowledge.
2. Students will examine links between the methodological discussions and the analysis of sociological cases.
3. Students will identify the purpose of sociological comparisons across historical trajectories.
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