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Program Type: 
Thesis
Course Code: 
SOC 509
Course Type: 
Elective
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
7
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 

The aim of the course is to cover basic topics of Economic Sociology and to help master students gaining a social perspective in considering economic issues. In a limited time of  a single semester, main (unfortunately not the whole) concepts, perspectives and debates of the discipline will be covered and discussed in class. With extensive readings, student is supposed to gain a deeper perspective and vision on lecture topics.

Course Content: 

The content of the lecture is basic issues of Economic Sociology such as key concepts, principles and methodology of economic sociology, theoretical schools of the discipline, consumption and material culture, social function of money, markets and alternative systems (gift systems), organizations and networks, technology and its consequences, culture, historical contexts of socio-economic systems.

Teaching Methods: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Reading,
Assessment Methods: 
A: Evaluation of book report B: Class Attendance and Participation

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes (At the end of the semester, student is supposed to…)

Program Learning Outputs

Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

1 Gain a sociological view on economic affairs

 

1,2,3

A,B

2 Learn basic theories of sociology in world of Economy

 

1,2,3

A,B

3 Have a background on the intersecting area of ‘economic’ and ‘social’ areas

 

1,2,3

A,B

4 Have a background on qualitative and humanistic methodologies

 

1,2,3

A,B

5 Learn historical backgrounds of contemporary socioeconomic structures and dynamics

 

1,2,3

A,B

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT

Week

Topics

Study Materials

1

First meeting and introduction of the course

  

2

‘Homo Economicus’ vs. ‘Homo Socius’: Social and Cultural Aspects of Economic Behavior

  

3

Historical and comperative review of studies in Economic Sociology I

  

4

Historical and comperative review of studies in Economic Sociology II

 

5

Money, Value, Market I

  

6

Money, Value, Market II

  

7

Sociology of Job and Occupation

  

8

Material Culture

  

9

Consumerism

  

10

Income and wealth distribution and their social outcomes

  

11

Networks and Economic Life

  

12

Entrepreneurship

  

13

State and Economy

  

14

Technology and Society

  

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES

Textbook

Smelser,  Neil J. & Swedberg, Richard (ed.) 1994.  The Handbook of Economic Sociology. Princeton: University of Princeton Press.

Additional Resources

(Listed due to the

weekly order)

(1. week) Daoud AL, Bengt. Economic Sociology- Old and New. International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education. 2011;2(3):14.

(2. week) Swedberg, Richard. 1991. Major Traditions of Economic Sociology. Annual Review of Sociology. 17. 251-276 (selected part)

 

(3. week) Mark Granovetter, Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness, American Journal of Sociology, 1985, 91(Nov.): 481-510.

(4. week) Smelser NJS, Richard (ed.). The handbook of economic sociology. Princeton Princeton University Press; 1994. (selected part)

(5. week) Simmel G. The Philosophy of Money. London: Routledge; 1990. (selected part)

 

(6. week) Neil Fligstein, Markets as politics: a political-cultural approach to market institutions, American Sociological Review, 1996, 61(4):656-673.

(7. week) Sennett R. The craftsman. New Haven: Yale University Press; 2008.

 

(8. week) Hodder I. Entangled: An Archaeology of The Relationships between humans and things. Malden, MA  Wiley-Blackwell; 2012.

 

(9. week) Douglas Marry& Isherwood Baron. 1996. The World of Goods: Towards and Anthropology of Consumption. London & New York, Routledge. (selected part)

 

(10. week) Landes DS. The wealth and poverty of nations: why some are so rich and some so poor. New York: W.W. Norton; 1998. (selected part

 

(11. week) Granovetter, Mark. 1973. "The Strength of Weak Ties." American Journal of Sociology no. 78 (6):1360-1380.

(12. week) Hjorth DK, Monika Entrepreneurship and the experience economy. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press; 2007.

 

(13. week) Tilly C. Coercion, capital, and European states, AD 990-1990. Cambridge: B. Blackwell; 1990.

(14. week) Pfaffenberger B. Social Anthropology of Technology. Annual Review of Anthropology. 1992;21:25.

Material Sharing

MATERIAL SHARING

Documents

  

Assignments

  

Exams

  

Assessment

ASSESSMENT

IN-TERM STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Evaluation of participation in discussion of the week based on weekly readings

14

60

Evaluation of the report written by the student on a selected book (or three articles) from the reading list

1

40

Total

 

100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

No

Program Learning Outcomes

Contribution

1

2

3

4

5

  

1

To raise individuals who are proficient in research methods in social sciences, and competent in carrying out sociological research. 

X

 

 

 

    

2

To raise individuals who develop an interdisciplinary perspective by way of taking courses not only in the field of sociology but also those offered by different faculty and departments.

 

 

 

 

X

  

3

To raise individuals who have a firm grasp of the main topics and issues of the society in Turkey. 

 

 

 

X

    

4

To raise social scientists who are competent in “sociology of organizations and institutions”, one of the major areas of sociology. 

 

 

X

 

    

5

To raise social scientists who are competent in “political sociology and social change”, one of the major areas of sociology. 

 

 

X

 

    

6

To raise social scientists who are competent in “social inequalities/stratification”, one of the major areas of sociology. 

 

 

 

 

X

  

7

To raise social scientists who are competent in  “culture and society”, one of the major areas of sociology. 

 

 

 

X

    

8

To raise social scientists who have a command of the history of and the theories in social sciences. 

 

X

 

 

    

9

To raise individuals who have the skill of expressing themselves well, verbally and in writing, and who are knowledgeable in the main requirements of academic writing. 

 

 

 

X

    

10

To raise individuals who are capable of developing projects in different parts of the world,  working for international organizations.

X

 

 

 

    

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

Quantity

Duration
(Hour)

Total
Workload
(Hour)

Course Duration (Including the exam week)

14

3

42

Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)

13

5

65

Additional reading (book or article)

13

5

65

Reading book and writing a report

1

12

12

Total Work Load

 

 

184

Total Work Load / 25 (h)

 

 

7,36

ECTS Credit of the Course

 

 

7
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