Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES 14006064 4 + 0 4.0 12.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Mustafa Kemal COŞKUN
Assistants
Goals To learn and run discussions about classical sociological theorists
Course Content This course investigates the emergence of sociological thinking through understanding classical thinkers. It examines conceptual tools, problems and their historical conditions that played crucial role in the formation of the discipline of sociology.
Learning Outcomes 1) Students gain skills in understanding historical social conditions of emergence of sociological theory
2) Compares and analyzes classical theorists' accounts on the nature of society and the way it operates.
3) Distinguish different theories and evaluates their relations within the historical context

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week THE GENERATION OF SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
2. Week WHAT IS SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY? HOW CAN WE UTILIZE IT? Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
3. Week AUGUSTE COMTE Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
4. Week HERBERT SPENCER Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
5. Week KARL MARX Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
6. Week EMILE DURKHEIM Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
7. Week MAX WEBER Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
8. Week GEORG SIMMEL, CHARLES HORTON COOLEY Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
9. Week GEORG HERBERT MEAD, ROBERT EZRA PARK, HOWARD BECKER Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
10. Week ERVING GOFFMAN, ERVIN GARFINKEL, PETER BERGER Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
11. Week TALCOTT PARSONS, ROBERT MERTON, LEWIS COSER, FREDERIC LE PLAY Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
12. Week VILFREDO PARETO, THORSTEIN VEBLEN, KARL MANNHEIM, PITIRIM SOROKIN Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
13. Week ALVIN GOULDNER, ROSA LUXEMBURG, C. WRIGHT MILLS Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
14. Week HARVEY BREVERMEN, THEODOR ADORNO, HERBERT MARCUSE Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
15. Week MAX HORKHEIMER, WALTER BENJAMIN Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Coser, Levis A. (der.) (2008/1971) Sosyolojik Düşüncenin Ustaları: Tarihsel ve Toplumsal Bağlamlarında Fikirler, Ankara:De Ki Yayınları, Çev. Himmet Hülür, Serhat Toker ve İbrahim Mazman
Durkheim, Emile (1992) İntihar: Toplumbilimsel İnceleme, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi, Çev. Özer Ozankaya.
Giddens, Anthony (1992) Max Weber Düşüncesinde Siyaset ve Sosyoloji, Ankara: Vadi Yayınları, Çev. Ahmet Çiğdem.
Lefebvre, Henri (1979) Marx’ın Sosyolojisi, İstanbul: Öncü Kitabevi, Çev. Selahattin Hilav.
Pareto, Vilfredo. (2005). Seçkinlerin Yükselişi ve Düşüşü, Ankara: Doğu Batı.
Swingewood, Alan (1998) Sosyolojik Düşüncenin Kısa Tarihi, Ankara: Bilim ve SanatYayınları, Çev. Osman Akınhay
T. Bottomore-R. Nisbet (der.). (1990). Sosyolojik Çözümlemenin Tarihi, İstanbul: V Yayınları.
Veblen Torstein (2005) Aylak Sınıfın Teorisi, İstanbul: Babil Yayınları. Çev. Zeynep Gültekin ve Cumhur Atay.
Weber, Max. (1987). “İktidar ve Güç”, Sosyoloji Yazıları içinde, s. 155-191.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 15 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 2
Homework 1 50
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 40
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 14 5
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 14 4
14 3
1 30
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