SOS 409 - Social Change

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences · Sociology (English 30%) · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Doç. Dr. Hasan AKSAKAL
Instructors: Doç. Dr. Hasan AKSAKAL

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Öğrenciler sosyal değişmeyi tanımlayabilecek, kuramlar yaklaşımları anlatabilecek
  2. Students will be able to compare and contrast views of classical and modern sociologists
  3. Students will be able explain major turning process and moments leading to social change
  4. Students will be able to explains relations between globalization, social movements and social change
  5. Srudents will be able explain how cultural legacy, modernization, demographic change and technological developments are related to social change

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionPresentation

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period15575
Midterm000
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice000
Final000

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Understanding definitions of social changeReading
2Approaches to and interpretations of social changeReading
3Analysing factors that trigger social changeReading
4Patterns of social changeReading
5Materialistic and ideological causes of change. Marx and Weber.Reading
6Linear, cyclical and dialectial models of social changeReading
7Mid-term examself study
8Social theory and social change: Funcionalist and Conflict TheoryReading
9Population Growth and Demographic TransitioReading
10Cultural heritage and social changeReading
11Globalization and social changeReading
12Social Structures, Systems, and ProcessesReading
13Social Movements: Concepts and PrinciplesReading
14Technological developments, innovation and social changeReading
15Social change in Turkey and the Muslim WorldReading