TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Associate Professor Çiçek Coşkun
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn the history and society structure of the Middle East region. 2) Learn cultural elements of the Middle East region. 3) Makes research about the field
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	-
COURSE DEFINITION	In this course, transformations and social structures in the fields of rural-urban, class, gender, ethnicity, economy, society, politics and culture in an important and contemporary region such as the Middle East are examined from a sociological perspective. This examination is made through the concepts of globalization-localization, transformation-reproduction, actor-structure, modernity-post-modernity, development-underdevelopment, community-identity and world system-regional systems, which are among the main topics and theories of sociology.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to the course, introduction to the course and basic concepts 2nd Week Modern Middle East History 1 3rd Week Modern Middle East History 2 4th Week Political life 5th Week Economic relations 6th Week Social structures 7th Week Ethnic groups 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Everyday life 10th Week Gender 11th Week Orientalism 12th Week Basic cultural concepts 13th Week Art 14th Week Student presentations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Bozarslan, Hamit. Ortadoğu'nun Siyasal Sosyolojisi: Arap İsyanlarından Önce ve Sonra. İstanbul: İletişim 2016 Cleveland, William L. Modern Orta Doğu Tarihi.İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı, 2008 Lewis, Bernard Orta Doğu, İstanbul: Arkadaş Yayıncılık, 2015 Hourani, Albert. A History of the Arab Peoples, Belknap Press, 2010
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 20 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 0 0 0 Individual or group work 14 14 196 Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 15 15 Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0 Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 2 16 32 Total Workload 304 Total Workload / 30 10,13 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No