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INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
SOC115 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 1 3 3 4

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT (On successful completion of this course unit, students/learners will or will be able to)

Know the founders of sociology as a science and their major works.
Define sociological concepts, give examples about the concepts by finding factual responses in the global social world.
Relate the basic concepts of sociology with everyday life.
Relate the basic components of culture with the social order.
Evaluate the cultural centralism, admiration of foreign cultures and cultural relativistic approaches according to the principle of objectivity.
Remember basic knowledge of family, politics and economics both as institutions and social interaction networks and explain the processes related to these events with examples from the global world.
Recognize which methods should be used in specific researches.