TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor İsmail Aydıngün
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Comprehend the significance of the role of the social theories in our daily lives. 2) Internalizes ideas and theories of the various theorists. 3) Gains the ability to theorize social phenomena.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No recommended optional programme components.
COURSE DEFINITION	The course aims at the comprehension of the foundations of modern social and political theory through readings of the original texts of Durkheim, Marx, and Weber.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week What is Social Theory? 2nd Week Critical Understanding of Society and the Critical Theory: Marcuse, Horkheimer, Adorno 3rd Week Critical Understanding of Society and the Critical Theory: Marcuse, Horkheimer, Adorno 4th Week Gender and Patriarchy: (Post)-Feminisms 5th Week Legitimation, Politics and the Lifeworld: Habermas, Giddens and Bauman 6th Week Legitimation, Politics and the Lifeworld: Habermas, Giddens and Bauman 7th Week Legitimation, Politics and the Lifeworld: Habermas, Giddens and Bauman 8th Week Defining the 'Other': Orientalism 9th Week Defining the 'Other': Orientalism 10th Week Subjecting the 'Other': Postcolonialism 11th Week Subjecting the 'Other': Postcolonialism 12th Week Power, Subject and Action: Postmodernism 13th Week Power, Subject and Action: Postmodernism 14th Week Power, Subject and Action: Postmodernism
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Bauman, Zygmunt (2000) Modernlik ve Hoşnutsuzlukları, İstanbul: Ayrıntı. Bauman, Zygmunt (2003) Modernlik ve Müphemlik, İstanbul: Ayrıntı. How, Alan (2003) Critical Theory, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Lemert, Charles (ed) (2000) Social Theory, Boulder, Colorado: Westview. Ritzer, George (2001) Handbook of Social Theory, Thousands Oaks, California: Sage. Seidman, S. & Alexander, J. (2001) The New Social Theory Reader: Contemporary Debates, London: Routledge. Turner, Bryan (2000) The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory, Malden, Mass.: Blackwell. Wittig, Monique (1997) "One is Not Born a Woman" pp. 265-271. In The Second Wave: A Reader in Feminist Theory, Linda Nicholson (ed), New York and London: Routledge.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Presentation,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Assignment 1 20 Project 1 30 Presentation of Book 1 10 Presentation of Article 1 10 Total(%) 70 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 70 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 30 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 35 35 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework 1 6 6 Presentation (including preperation) 2 6 12 Project 1 12 12 Total Workload 150 Total Workload / 30 5 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No