Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 2 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | ALİ FUAT BİROL (afuatbirol@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| To analyse state and corporations formed by mutual interaction and to evaluate participation of citizens to political life. Apart from that, it is aimed to explain the state with sociological point of view, nationalism and citizenship besides participation to political area | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Can analyse historical development of political structures and social facts and events |
PO-4 Has a command of the basic concepts in the fields of history, sociology, economics and law at a level to do interdisciplinary work. PO-7 Has the ability to both interpret events with critical and analytical thinking and to produce solutions to problems with scientific approaches. |
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| LO-2 | Can discuss about social and political organizations and institutions in detail. |
PO-4 Has a command of the basic concepts in the fields of history, sociology, economics and law at a level to do interdisciplinary work. PO-6 Has the skills to analyse theoretical knowledge about International Relations and its sub-branches (international economy, international politics, international law, international organizations, international security, history of diplomacy, foreign policy, etc.) and to evaluate their global and regional reflections, to define problems and to offer solutions. PO-7 Has the ability to both interpret events with critical and analytical thinking and to produce solutions to problems with scientific approaches. |
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| LO-3 | Can compare and contrast Türkish political sociology with the ones in other countries |
PO-4 Has a command of the basic concepts in the fields of history, sociology, economics and law at a level to do interdisciplinary work. PO-9 Has acquired the skills to examine Turkey's position in world politics in a historical perspective and to define current problems. |
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| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Power, state, representation, participation, democratization, old and new global movements, global networks, the power struggles embedded in the economic, social and political spheres, the interaction of society, polity and political institutions, state, class and global structures. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Definition of political sociology : Interdisciplinary discussions | Lecture |
| 2 | The emergence of modern state, development of nation-state model | Lecture |
| 3 | Nationalism | Lecture |
| 4 | Nationalism in Turkey | Lecture |
| 5 | Citizenship | Lecture |
| 6 | Political Socialization | Lecture |
| 7 | Types of participation of citizen to politics | Lecture |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Political parties, organizational structure and social relation network | Lecture |
| 10 | Elections as classical participation | Lecture |
| 11 | Non- traditional participation types and social movements | Lecture |
| 12 | Social movements in recent times | Lecture |
| 13 | Critics on democracy and rulership | Lecture |
| 14 | General Evaluation | Questions & Answer |
| 15 | General Evaluation | Questions & Answer |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Tom Bottomore, Political Sociology | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Textbook | ||
| 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 | 10 | 20 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Total work load; | 90 | ||