Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
FDB-23-102	DİN SOSYOLOJİSİNE GİRİŞ	Elective	1	1	6

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

By describing the place of the topics of Sociology of Religion on the agenda of the founding sociologists and the explanations developed by contemporary sociologists about the relationship between religion and society, it is aimed that the student gain intellectual abilities to analyze the mutual relationship between religion and society and analyze the position of religion in modern society.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Mehmet Ali Sevgi

Learning Outcomes

1	The sociology of religion is one of the theological sciences.
2	It is necessary to make a sociological explanation of religion.
3	Considering religion in a sociological way helps to make the functions of religion understandable.
4	There are sociological aspects of religion.
5	Religion should be handled in a sociological way and its social dynamics should be discussed.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

none

Recommended Optional Programme Components

The sociology of religion is one of the theological sciences. It is necessary to make a sociological explanation of religion. Religion has sociological aspects. Considering religion in a sociological way helps to make the functions of religion understandable. Religion should be handled in a sociological way and its social dynamics should be discussed.

Course Contents

To explain the concept of Sociology of Religion To explain the leading problems of the sociology of religion To learn about the leading thinkers of the sociology of religion To learn the sociology of religion from a historical perspective To understand the current issues of the Sociology of Religion

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The Concept of Sociology of Religion		none
2	The place of the Sociology of Religion in social sciences in general and sociology in particular
3	Founders of the Sociology of Religion
4	Founders of the Sociology of Religion
5	Topics of the Sociology of Religion
6	Topics of the Sociology of Religion
7	Sociology of Religion in Turkey
8	Sociological and anthropological analysis and definitions of religion
9	Sociological and anthropological analysis and definitions of religion
10	Sociological and anthropological analysis and definitions of religion
11	Christian foundations of Sociology of Religion
12	Christian foundations of the Sociology of Religion (Weber and the Protestant Ethic)
13	The sociological genealogy of Islam
14	The sociological genealogy of Islam

Recommended or Required Reading

Din Sosyolojisi: Mustafa Tekin Din ve Toplum: Vejdi Vilgin Din Sosyolojisi El Kitabı: İhsan Çapcıoğlu, Niyazi Akyüz Sosyolojiye Giriş: Anthony Giddens

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
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)

nonw

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	10	10
Final Examination	1	10	10
Attending Lectures	1	42	42
Writing Paper	1	10	10
Criticising Paper	1	10	10
Self Study	1	40	40
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	20	20
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	20	20
Reading	1	18	18
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			180

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9
LO1	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4
LO2	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4
LO3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4
LO4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4
LO5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High