BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS | |||||
| 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 |
| SOC2001 | Urbanization | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 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: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Hybrid |
| Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. ULAŞ SUNATA ÖZDEMİR |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Assoc. Prof. ULAŞ SUNATA ÖZDEMİR |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | "." |
| Course Objectives: | This course aims to teach students how to analyze the city where they live through theoretical readings and field work in urban sociology. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; 1) Identify the main theories and theorists in urban sociology 2) Appraise several case-studies applying these theories to the particular context of Istanbul 3) Develop their academic reading skills 4) Apply two small non-participant observation research projects 5) Apply two small participant observation research projects 6) Apply actively their sociological imagination to analyzing urban spaces. |
Course Content
| This class explores major themes in urban sociology and urban theory from their inception at the beginning of the 20th century until today. While our theoretical readings will deal with more general questions facing metropolises around the world, our empirical examples will stem from research by sociologists and geographers often focused on the city of Istanbul. Students will be asked to do four individual practical observation exercises in the city in application of the weekly readings. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction to the course | Mumford, "What is a City?" (1938) |
| 2) | The Industrial City | Engels, "The condition of the working class in England - selection" (1845) |
| 3) | Observing the City | De Certeau, “Walking in the city”(1984) & Scarboro on "Everyday life encounters in Istanbul" (2011) |
| 4) | The first urban sociologists | Simmel “The Metropolis and Mental Life” (1903) |
| 5) | Recent urban theorists | Henri Lefebvre “The right to the city” (1968) |
| 6) | Center and Periphery / Public and Private spaces | Aysegul Baykana and Tali Hatukab: "Politics and culture in the making of public space: Taksim Square, 1 May 1977, Istanbul" (2010) |
| 7) | Project discussions | |
| 8) | Course review | |
| 9) | Embodied Spaces / Gender in the city | Tonkiss: "Embodied Spaces: Gender, Sexuality and the City" (2005) & Dağtaş: "Bodily transgression" (2009) |
| 10) | Disabilities in the city | Gleeson "Geographies of Disability" (1999) |
| 11) | The city and culture / The Economy of culture | Zukin: "Whose culture? Whose city?" (1995) |
| 12) | Urban Culture in Istanbul | Ozgur "Arabesk Music in Turkey in the 1990s and Changes in National Demography, Politics, and Identity" (2006) |
| 13) | Minorities & Inequalities in the city: Representation and Difference | Mills: "Boundaries of the nation in the space of the urban: landscape and social memory in Istanbul" (2006) & Ayata: "Migrants and Changing Urban Periphery" (2008) |
| 14) | The city and its natural environment | Bezmez: "The politics of urban Waterfront Regeneration: The case of Haliç Istanbul" (2009) |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | A special course reader containing all the readings plus additional optional texts will be given weekly |
| References: | Mumford: "What is a City?" (1938) Engels: "The condition of the working class in England - selection" (1845) De Certeau: “Walking in the city”(1984) & Scarboro on "Everyday life encounters in Istanbul" (2011) Simmel: “The Metropolis and Mental Life” (1903) Henri Lefebvre: “The right to the city” (1968) Aysegul Baykana and Tali Hatukab: "Politics and culture in the making of public space: Taksim Square, 1 May 1977, Istanbul" (2010) Tonkiss: "Embodied Spaces: Gender, Sexuality and the City" (2005) & Dağtaş: "Bodily transgression" (2009) Gleeson: "Geographies of Disability" (1999) Zukin: "Whose culture? Whose city?" (1995) Ozgur: "Arabesk Music in Turkey in the 1990s and Changes in National Demography, Politics, and Identity" (2006) Mills: "Boundaries of the nation in the space of the urban: landscape and social memory in Istanbul" (2006) & Ayata: "Migrants and Changing Urban Periphry" (2008) Bezmez: "The politics of urban Waterfront Regeneration: The case of Haliç Istanbul" (2009) Richard Sennett Marshall Berman |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 15 |
| Field Work | 1 | % 15 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | % 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Field Work | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Paper Submission | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 140 | ||
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) | Utilize the wealth of information stored in computer databases to answer basic biological questions and solve problems such as diagnosis and treatment of diseases. | 3 |
| 2) | Acquire an ability to compile and analyze biological information, clearly present and discuss the conclusions, the inferred knowledge and the arguments behind them both in oral and written format. | 4 |
| 3) | Develop critical, creative and analytical thinking skills. | 5 |
| 4) | Develop effective communication skills and have competence in scientific speaking, reading and writing abilities in English and Turkish. | 3 |
| 5) | Gain knowledge of different techniques and methods used in genetics and acquire the relevant laboratory skills. | 4 |
| 6) | Detect biological problems, learn to make hypothesis and solve the hypothesis by using variety of experimental and observational methods. | 4 |
| 7) | Gain knowledge of methods for collecting quantitative and qualitative data and obtain the related skills. | 3 |
| 8) | Conduct research through paying attention to ethics, human values and rights. Pay special attention to confidentiality of information while working with human subjects. | 5 |
| 9) | Obtain basic concepts used in theory and practices of molecular biology and genetics and establish associations between them. | 4 |
| 10) | Search and use literature to improve himself/herself and follow recent developments in science and technology. | 5 |
| 11) | Be aware of the national and international problems in the field and search for solutions. | 4 |