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SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
SOS227 SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY 3 3 3 6

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

Knows the importance of the individual-family-society-ecosystem nesting
Describes the basic sociological concepts related to family by giving examples
Explains the changes in household compositions in the context of modernization-globalization by giving examples
Applies the fundamental concepts of structural/functionalist, confrontational, symbolic, interpersonal and exchange and systems theory to a concrete situation in which it chooses from everyday life
Compares the gender theoretical approaches and practices in actual life by taking into account the family types, the family's life cycle and historical-cultural context
Compares the qualitative and quantitative data revealed by researches on Turkish family structure
Analyses the complex interactions between social, psychological, cultural, political, economic and demographic phenomena affecting the family as an institution and an interaction network