Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
130300105105HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGYCompulsory352
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
By starting off the relation between sociology and history, to deal with the sociological aspect of history.
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Learning Outcomes
1The individuals who are major in their field and experienced are being grown as dependent on main principles of Republic of Turkey and convenient for the main aims of Turkish national education system.
2They will achieve some behaviour such as being open-minded while doing scientific investigations, being suspicious and delaying decisions in the situation of having no complete proof, and they can maintain their studies with patience and care.
3They will apply the modern methods writing and investigating history by being loyal to scientific ethical rules.
4By learning other disciplines which can be an assist to science of history, they will benefit from the branches which will help them in their investigations and studies.
5They will have the information of archive, library and documents. In addition, by evaluating these sources in decent way through its originality, they will present service and being of academic society.
6Defines the basic concepts about History and Society.
7Reaches an generalization by combining the elements of history and society.
8Interprets the constituent elements of history and society.
Mode of Delivery
Evening Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Approaches to society and history, relation between history and society, Historical sociology researches, Sociological analysis of Turkish history.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Approaches upon History and Society Reading, explanation and discussion
2Dialectical Materialism and Islam´s Conception of History Reading, explanation and discussion
3The Concept of History in the Turkish Sociology Reading, explanation and discussion
4İbni Haldun´s Conception of Sociology and History Reading, explanation and discussion
5Max Weber, “Basic Sociological Terms And Certain Approaches upon HistoryReading, explanation and discussion
6Social Approaches to History Thesis Reading, explanation and discussion
7The Form of Ownership and Structure of Turkish Society Reading, explanation and discussion
8Midterm Exam
9Arguments upon National History Thesis in Turkey Reading, explanation and discussion
10Central Asian and Mesopotamian Culture Reading, explanation and discussion
11A holistic view of Turkish history Reading, explanation and discussion
12Sociology of Inscriptions and Legends Reading, explanation and discussion
13Family and Marriage in the Legends Reading, explanation and discussion
14World view of the legend of Oghuz Khan Reading, explanation and discussion
Recommended or Required Reading
Ramazan Yelken, Tarih Sosyolojisi, Vadi Yayınları, Ankara 2007 Orhan Türkdoğan, Türk Tarihinin Sosyolojisi, Turan Yayıncılık, İstanbul 1996 Ferdan Ergut-Ayşen Uysal, Tarihsel Sosyoloji, Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, İstanbul 2007 Doğan Ergun, Sosyoloji ve Tarih, İmge Yayınları, Ankara 2005 Korkut Tuna, Yeniden Sosyoloji, Karakutu Yayınları, İstanbul 2002 Peter Burke, Tarih ve Toplumsal Kuram, Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, İstanbul 2000
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures13226
Self Study13113
Individual Study for Mid term Examination199
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
Reading7214
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
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