Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / SOS 221 - SOCIOLOGY

Code: SOS 221

Course Title: SOCIOLOGY OF YOUTH

Theoretical+Practice: 3+0

ECTS: 3

Year/Semester of Study

2 / Fall Semester

Level of Course

1st Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Optional

Department

SOCIOLOGY

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

HULUSİ YILMAZ (h.yilmaz@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

Giving general knowledge about the sociology of youth and to think analytically about the subject.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	To be able to analyze youth definition and youth subculture sociologically.	PO-1 1. Can understand the basic concepts regarding the sociology programs. PO-6 6. Can assess and evaluate the data making use of the advanced knowledge and skills that they have acquired in the field, to define and analyze the issues connected with current technological developments finding ways to offer solutions to those issues based on the researched and evidence.	Examination
LO-2	Can explain the basic consept of related to youth sociology	PO-1 1. Can understand the basic concepts regarding the sociology programs. PO-2 2.Can transfer and adapt what they have acquired in the field of Sociology to other disciplines.	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Youth sociology course includes youth as a social category, sociological theories on generation and youth subculture. In this course, the relationship between youth and modernity is discussed. It is also discussed working sociology of youth in Turkey
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	The Concept of Youth in Various Disciplines	Lecture Method and question-answer
2	Historical Reasons That Revealed the Youth Category	Lecture Method and question-answer
3	Youth Report in Tüik Statistics	Lecture Method and question-answer
4	Child and Youth Labor in Turkey	Lecture Method and question-answer
5	Youth in Temporary Employment; Moto Courier Example	Lecture Method and question-answer
6	Social Media and Youth	Lecture Method and question-answer
7	Free Time and Youth	Lecture Method and question-answer
8	mid-term exam
9	Youth and Politics	Lecture Method and question-answer
10	Young People in Daily Life through the Eyes of Arabesque Music, Humor and Cinema	Lecture Method and question-answer
11	Politics, Society and Youth After 1980	Lecture Method and question-answer
12	Post-1980 Generation: The Dream of a New and Apolitical Youth	Lecture Method and question-answer
13	Generation X and Its Characteristics	Lecture Method and question-answer
14	Generation Y and its Characteristics	Lecture Method and question-answer
15	Generation Z and its Characteristics	Lecture Method and question-answer
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Yaman, Ö. M. (2013). Apaçi Gençlik, İstanbul: Açılım Kitap
2	Lüküslü, D. (2014). Türkiye'de Gençlik Miti, İstanbul: İletişim.
3	Gençlik Fragmanları, Ed. Fatih Kahraman-ilker Aysel
4	Vehbi Bayhan-Kuşaklar Sosyolojisi ve Türkiye İçin Yeni Bir Kuşak Analizi
Required Course instruments and materials
1. Lecture, 2. Discussion

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	1	14	14
b) Search in internet/Library			0
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	3	3	9
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	3	4	12
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			79