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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) | ||||
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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;
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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;
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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 |