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Course Name	Turkish	Sosyoloji
	English	Sociology
Course Code	ITB 203	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Nurullah Ardıç
Course Objectives		• Learning the emergence and development of sociology as a discipline • To gain knowledge of basic approaches in social sciences and developing a sociological imagination that helps understand social phenomena in their own contexts • To be familiar with the works and theories of classical sociologists • To acquire knowledge about the main concepts and debates in social sciences • To internalize the principles of universal and scientific ethics
Course Description		This course is based on a close and critical reading and discussion of the writings of the principal founders of modern sociology, particularly Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber. Their models of how societies work, based on their views on methodology, economy, religion, history and social change, will be examined by locating them in their historical context (19th and early 20th-century Western Europe). An important part of our discussion will be on the relevance of these dead sociologists for the contemporary society and sociology, and on problematizing Eurocentrism in social theory.
Course Outcomes		• To learn the basic concepts and theories of classical sociologists • To gain familiarity with the epistemological and methodological aspects of classical sociology • To explore the historical context of the emergence of modern sociology • To gain analytical skills to apply to social problems in light of classical sociological concepts • To examine the relevance of classical sociological concepts for contemporary societies • To investigate how the ideas of classical sociologists have helped shape contemporary sociological thinking.
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Textbook		Anthony Giddens, Capitalism and Modern Social Theory. Cambridge UP, 1971. 1. Robert Tucker (ed.) The Marx-Engels Reader. New York: Norton, 1978. 2. Kenneth Thompson (ed.) Readings from Emile Durkheim. Tavistock Publications. 3. W.G. Runciman (ed.) Weber: Selections in Translation. Cambridge University Press. 4. S. Farid Alatas & Vineeta Sinha, (eds.) Sociological Theory Beyond the Canon, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. 5. Articles and postings on class website.
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