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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / KMY 432 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Code: KMY 432 Course Title: URBAN SOCIOLOGY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SABRİYE AK KURAN (akkuran@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to tech the main concepts of urban sociology

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can describe basic concepts of Urban Sociology. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
PO-6 Gain ability to apply research methods and techniques in the social disciplines;
PO-9 Gain self-consciousness for adoption of ethical values as the fundamental values at every stage of life and especially in professional life;
Examination
LO-2 Can analyze organizations in urban settings. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
Examination
LO-3 Can compare the relationship between Urban sociology and other branches of sociology PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Theories about cities, institutions, and functions of cities are the main topics to be studied.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction of the course and basic concepts (city, urbanization, urban rights, right to the city, urban sociology etc.) Lecture
2 Cities in historical process, reasons of the existence and progress of cities Lecture
3 Urban theories in sociological sense ( Weber , Simmel , R. E. Park ve Louis Wirth , H. Lefebvre , M. Castells ve D. Harvey vb) Lecture
4 The process and the experience of turkish urbanization (causes, specialties, indicators, problems) Lecture
5 Migration, cities and local governments (social, economic, cultural and spatial effects of migration) Lecture
6 Slums in Turkey and social relation networks Lecture
7 Urban poverty and crime in Turkey Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 City, identity and politics: City and politics, political behaviours and political participation, ethnic identity and ethnic groups Lecture
10 Urban change process: urban renewal and dynamics of urban transformation Lecture
11 Social struggle and city (Gezi Park Resistance, Tekel Resistance etc.) Lecture
12 New urbanization trends in Turkey and world (family-friendly cities, smart cities, garden-city, slow cities etc.) Lecture
13 Case readings and discussions about today's urban sociology Lecture
14 Urban issues and discussions: analysis via movies and documentaries Lecture
15 General assessment Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Lewis Mumford, Tarih Boyunca Kent, Çev. Gürol Koca, Tamer Tosun, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007. (Ana Kitap)
2 Hüseyin Bal, Kent Sosyolojisi, Fakülte Kitabevi, Isparta, 2006. (Ana Kitap)
3 Ruşen Keleş, Kentleşme Politikası, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara, 2021. (Yardımcı Kitap)
4 Manuel Castells, Kent, Sınıf, İktidar, Çev. Asuman Erendil, Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları, Ankara, 1997. (Yardımcı Kaynak).
5 Rana A. Aslanoğlu, Kent, Kimlik ve Küreselleşme, Ezgi Kitabevi, Bursa, 2000. (Yardımcı Kitap)
Required Course instruments and materials
Projection

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 9 1 9
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 9 1 9
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 118