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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
FOOD SOCIOLOGY PST251 - 3 + 0 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITAssociate Degree
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Gains a sociological perspective on food production and consumption.
2) Learns the developments in the field of food.
3) Gains a critical approach to current social problems.
4) Understands the importance of food in terms of sociological dimension.
5) Can grasp the connections of food and sociology in the future and in the past.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONWithin the scope of the definition of sociology and its relation to gastronomy, agricultural production, industrial food production, international food chains, sustainable food, social movements and food relations are explained.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction and introduction
2nd Week Definition of sociology and its relationship with gastronomy: production and consumption perspectives
3rd Week Class and Food Production
4th Week Gender, food production and consumption
5th Week Agricultural production Week 5: World? From Turkey and examples from
6th Week Industrial Food Production: Analysis of fields and stockbreeding
7th Week International food chains
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Scarcity and Hunger: Out of system in the age of abundance
10th Week Sustainable food production and food safety
11th Week Globalization and food
12th Week Critical view of diets
13th Week Social movements and food
14th Week Student presentations
15th Week Final Exam
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Practice,Presentation,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term130
Quiz120
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 exam111
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam14545
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam14040
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam111
Homework12121
Total Workload150
Total Workload / 305
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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