| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | SOS405B | Urban Sociology | Compulsory | 4 | 7 | 4 |
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| Level of Course Unit |
| First Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| The aim of the course is to conceptualize the concent of urban sociology and its relation to other areas and to utilize this accumulation of knowledge on current problems. |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
| Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ahmed Hamza ALPAY |
| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | Students can relate globalization to urban change process and discriminate the foundations for these relations. | | 2 | Students can evaluate the relaitonship between society and city horizontally in time. | | 3 | Students can interpret spatial phenomena behind social problems. | | 4 | Students can define changing urban dynamics. | | 5 | Students can evaluate social processes integrated with changing urban dynamics. |
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Normal Education |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
| None |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
| None |
| Course Contents |
| The course starts with basic approaches in urban sociology and important theoretical discussions on society and the city. Basically, the reciprocity and relational structure of urban space and social organization in the city is considered and the 20th nd 21st modern city, modern and postmodern metropolitan areas are evaluated. The concepts and discussions are briefly evaluated from the perspective of Turkish cases in the course which involves topics such as social differentiation, social classes, economic restructuring, social and economic change, social polarization. |
| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | Basic concepts in urban sociology, theoretical basis referring to the conceptual area of urban sociology, problematics of contemporary urban sociology | | | | 2 | Cities in historical process, the origins of cities and their developments. | | | | 3 | Social theory and urbanization | | | | 4 | Chicago School and urban sociology | | | | 5 | Contemporary urban theories | | | | 6 | Discussion on readings on contemporary urban teories | | | | 7 | Migration concept and its theories | | | | 8 | Midterm | | | | 9 | Local governments | | | | 10 | Theory of global cities and its research | | | | 11 | Turkey's urbanization experience | | | | 12 | Turkey's urbanization experience (continued) | | | | 13 | Urban regeneration | | | | 14 | Urban regeneration (continued) | | | | 15 | Urban poverty | | |
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
| Bal, H. 2008. Kent Sosyolojisi, Fakülte Kitabevi, Isparta.
Alptekin, M. Y. 2012. Şehir ve Toplum, Beta Yay. İstanbul. |
| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Question-Answer | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 20 | 2 | 40 |
| Individual Study for Final Examination | 30 | 2 | 60 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
| LO1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | LO2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | LO3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | LO4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | LO5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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