SOCIOLOGY
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
SOC3091	Readings in Urban Studies	Spring	3	0	3	5

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Instructor İLHAN ZEYNEP KARAKILIÇ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	"."
Course Objectives:	The course is designed to analyze the major changes in the Mediterranean cities and societies in the Modern Ages. The urban profile of the Mediterranean in the cinquecento, with the emergence of new social classes, (eg. picaroons), social and moral decadence in the urban side, paradoxical coexistence of the Spanish Inquisition and the deviations from the norm, economic boom which ended up in bankruptcy will be interpreted. Peasants who flooded into the growing towns, wages that lagged behind prices, immense expansion of the overseas trade, over-population and many other façades of this social metamorphosis will be analyzed hand in hand with the literary genres, archival data and various readings. The drastic change in the social profile which is perfectly portrayed in the shift from the chivalric romances to the newly-flourishing novel genre will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course will be able to:
(1)Learn the urban structures and societies in the late Middle and Modern Ages in the both sides of the Mediterranean.
(2)Analyse the radical urban changes, -hand in hand with the rural metamorphosis, - in the Mediterranean basin, which simply constitutes a small model for the whole Europe.
(3)Analyze the drastic social changes in the Mediterranean cities with the emerging of the Modern State.
(4)Interpret the classical and new literary genres (e.g. Novel and picaresque novel) to analyze the urban societies of the age.
(5)Develop new skills to interpret the archival data (Avisos, dispacci, etc) to reconstruct the urban profile in the Mediterranean.
(6)Make use of visual data (engravings, miniatures, pictures etc.) to re-draw the social portrait in the Modern Ages.
Investigate the norms and deviations from the norm in the Mediterranean.

Course Content

This course aims to describe the social living of people who live in Mediteranean area.Culture, perceptions, religious views, occupations, art perceptions and other additional componenta will be analysed.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	General Mediterranean geography: cities, routes, ethnic groups, etc.
2)	The Mediterranean city in the late Middle and Modern ages: transformation and transfiguration
3)	Major social groups in the Mediterranean basin.
4)	: Religion as the basis of outstanding political and economical clashes and its effects on the urban profiles.
5)	Criminal urban social groups and phenomena.
6)	Crime and punishment
7)	Norms and deviation from the norms in the urban societies.
8)	: The Spanish Inquisition and its reflections on social values.
9)	Midterm	Exam preparation and midterm
10)	Corruption and degeneration: Picaresque society.
11)	Seville-Algiers-Constantinople: Babel towers of the Modern Ages.
12)	: A corrupted sea: Corsairs and pirates. Danger in the seas and on land.
13)	Pauperism in the urban side. Oral presentation in the classroom (20 min)	Research project submission
14)	Urban catastrophes: wars, epidemic diseases and famine. Oral presentation in the classroom (10 min)	Research project submission

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Ders notu yoktur.

References:

Alexandre Cowan (ed.), Mediterranean Urban Culture, 1400-1700, University of Exeter Press, 2004.
Lila Leontidou, The Mediterranean city in transition: social change and urban development, 2006, Athens.
Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, NY, 1974.
Giovanni Boccacio, The Decameron.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote.
And other partial readings will be provided.
Diğer okumalar dersin hocası tarafından verilecektir.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Field Work	2	% 10
Presentation	1	% 10
Project	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 20
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Field Work	2	2	4
Study Hours Out of Class	14	4	56
Presentations / Seminar	1	10	10
Project	1	30	30
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.	5
2)	To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels	4
3)	To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4)	To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes	5
5)	To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills	1
6)	To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7)	To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.	5
8)	To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective	1
9)	To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge	1
10)	To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects	2
11)	To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12)	To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.