MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
SOC2002 | Rural Sociology | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Hybrid |
Course Coordinator : | Instructor İLHAN ZEYNEP KARAKILIÇ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | "." |
Course Objectives: | This course is an introduction to Rural Sociology, and is particularly aimed at giving students the tools necessary for understanding different mechanisms at work in rural areas especially in Turkey. Rural Sociology focuses on the specific characteristics of rural areas, capitalist expansion into rural areas, petty commodity production, rural development. It tries to understand how sociological processes and factors operate in rural areas and transform social relations. The course first introduces students the concept of sociological imagination and rural sociology. Then, it focuses on the expansion of capitalist relations into Anatolian rural areas and its transformation through history of the Turkish Republic until now. Lastly, in order to understand contemporary developments about rural life in general, it highlights the importance of food systems and urban agriculture. At the end of the course students will able to relate basic sociological concepts with rural lives and their transformations in Turkey and conceptualize rural issues with the help of sociological perspectives. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; During the class, the students will learn about: -scope and definition of rural sociology - emergence of capitalist agriculture and its expansion into Turkey - agricultural policies and their implications in Turkey through the Turkish Republic - transformation of agricultural policies and the implications of this - food systems - urban agriculture |
Week 1,: Meeting with the class, introduction of the course syllabus and course material. Mills, C.W. (1959). “Appendix: On Intellectual Craftsmanship” in the Sociological Imagination. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 195-227. Bourdieu, P. (1999). “Understanding” in Bourdieu P. et al ed. the Weight of the World: Suffering in Contemporary Society. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Pp.607-629. Week 2: A general introduction to the field of rural sociology *Hillyard, S. (2007). “A Problem in Search of Discipline” in S. Hillyard (eds), the Sociology of Rural Life, Oxford and New York, Berg, 2007. Pp 6-26. Lobao,L. (2007). “Rural Sociology” in C.D. Bryant and D.L. Peck (eds) 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook, Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publication, 2007. Pp 265-275. Borras Jr., S.M. (2009). “Agrarian Change and Peasant Studies: Changes, Continuities, and Challenges- an Introduction”, the Journal of Peasant Studies, 36(1): 5-31. Week 3: Birth of the capitalist agriculture and its expansion into Anatolia *Bernstein, H. (2010). “Introduction: the Political Economy of Agrarian Change”, “Production and Productivity” “Origins and Early Development of Capitalism” in Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change. Halifax, Winnipeg, Sterling: Fernwood Publishing, Kumarian Press. Pp. 1-37. Keyder, Ç. (1987). “Before Capitalist Incorporation” in State and Class in Turkey, A Study in Capitalist Development, London and New York: Verso. Pp 7-25. Week 4: Transformation of agriculture in Turkey 1 *Keyder, Ç. (1993). “Petty Commodity Production in Agriculture” in P. Stirling (eds) Culture and Economy: Changes in Turkish Village. Cambridgeshire: the Eothen Press. Pp 171-187. Köymen, O. (1999) “Cumhuriyet Döneminde Tarımsal Yapı ve Tarım Politikaları” in Oya Baydar (eds) 75. Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları: İstanbul. Pp 1-30. Week 5: Transformation of agriculture in Turkey 2 *Keyder, Ç. (1983). “Paths of Rural Transformation in Turkey,”, Journal of Peasant Studies, 11(1): 34-49 Boran, B. (1999) “Toplumsal Yapı Araştırmaları: İki Köy Çeşidinin Mukayeseli Tetkiki” in Oya Baydar (eds) 75. Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları: İstanbul. Pp 141-150. Kıray, M. (1999) “Sosyo-Ekonomik Hayatın Değişen Düzeni: Dört Köyün Monografik Karşılaştırılması” Oya Baydar (eds) 75. Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları: İstanbul. Pp 151-162. Week 6: Transformation in agriculture in Turkey 3 *Aydın, Z. (2010) “Neo-Liberal Transformation of Turkish Agriculture,” Journal of Agrarian Change, 10:2, 149-187. Keyder, Ç. and Z. Yenal, (2011) “Agrarian Change under Globalization: Markets and Insecurity in Turkish Agriculture,” Journal of Agrarian Change, 11(1): 60–86. Karakılıç, İ.Z. (2021). “Social Memory of the Greek-Turkish Population Exchange in Daily Life: A Case Study of a Tobacco-Producing Village in Turkey”, Sociologia Ruralis, 61(4):96-115. Week 7: Rural Poverty *Gülçubuk, B. and N. Aluftekin (2006), “Impact of International Agricultural Policies on Rural Poverty in Turkey”, International Business and Economics Research Journal, 5(1): 9-18. Öztürk, M. (2012). “Turkey’s Experience”, “Conclusion on Agriculture, Rural Life and Poverty in Turkey During the Age of Neo-Liberalism” in M. Öztürk, Agriculture, Peasantry and Poverty in Turkey in the Neo-Liberal Age, Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers. Pp 179-205. Week 8: Movie watching and wrapping up before the midterm Week 9: Midterm Week 10: Agriculture and Food Systems 1 *Yenal D. and Z. Yenal. (1993). “The Changing World Food Order: The Case of Turkey,” New Perspectives on Turkey, 9: 20-46. Koç, M., MacRea R., Mougeot, L.J.A. and J. Welsh (1999). “Introduction: Food Security is a Global Concern” in Koç, M., MacRea R., Mougeot, L.J.A. and J. Welsh ed. For Hunger-Proof Cities, Ottowa: International Development Research Center. 1-11. Blay-Palmer, A. and B. Donald (2008). “Food Fear: Making Connections” in A. Blay-Palmer ed. Food Fears: From Industrial to Sustainable Food Systems. Hampshire: Ashgate. Pp:1-11. Week 11: Agriculture and Food Systems 2 *FAO (2018). Sustainable Food Systems, Concept and Frameworks. FAO. Pp 1-8. Blay-Palmer, A. and B. Donald (2008). “Growing Distance: the Separation of Farmers, Ecologies and Eaters” and “Creating Mutual Food Systems” in A. Blay-Palmer ed. Food Fears: From Industrial to Sustainable Food Systems. Hampshire: Ashgate. Pp:61-87 and 133-155. Week 12: Urban Agriculture *Mougeot, L.J.A. (2005). “Introduction” in Mougeot, L.J.A. ed. Agropolis. Ottowa: International Development Research Center. Pp.1-31. Davidson, D.J. (2017). “Is Urban Agriculture a Game Changer or Window Dressing? A Critical Analysis of Its Potential to Disrupt Conventional Agri-Food Systems”, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 23(3):67-76. Week 13: Report presentations Important newly released reports will be chosen by the lecturer and students together Week 14: Wrap up and term paper submission |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Meeting with the class, introduction of the course syllabus and course material. | Discussing our ideas / stereotypes about "the rural" |
2) | A general introduction to the field of rural sociology | |
3) | Birth of the capitalist agriculture and its expansion into Anatolia | |
4) | Transformation of agriculture in Turkey 1 | |
5) | Transformation of agriculture in Turkey 2 | |
6) | Transformation in agriculture in Turkey 3 | |
7) | Rural Poverty | |
8) | Movie Watching | |
9) | Midterm | |
10) | Agriculture and Food Systems 1 | |
11) | Agriculture and Food Systems 2 | |
12) | Urban Agriculture | |
13) | Report presentations Important newly released reports will be chosen by the lecturer and students together | |
14) | Wrap up and term paper submission |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Mills, C.W. (1959). “Appendix: On Intellectual Craftsmanship” in the Sociological Imagination. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 195-227. Bourdieu, P. (1999). “Understanding” in Bourdieu P. et al ed. the Weight of the World: Suffering in Contemporary Society. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Pp.607-629. *Hillyard, S. (2007). “A Problem in Search of Discipline” in S. Hillyard (eds), the Sociology of Rural Life, Oxford and New York, Berg, 2007. Pp 6-26. Lobao,L. (2007). “Rural Sociology” in C.D. Bryant and D.L. Peck (eds) 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook, Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publication, 2007. Pp 265-275. Borras Jr., S.M. (2009). “Agrarian Change and Peasant Studies: Changes, Continuities, and Challenges- an Introduction”, the Journal of Peasant Studies, 36(1): 5-31. *Bernstein, H. (2010). “Introduction: the Political Economy of Agrarian Change”, “Production and Productivity” “Origins and Early Development of Capitalism” in Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change. Halifax, Winnipeg, Sterling: Fernwood Publishing, Kumarian Press. Pp. 1-37. Keyder, Ç. (1987). “Before Capitalist Incorporation” in State and Class in Turkey, A Study in Capitalist Development, London and New York: Verso. Pp 7-25. *Keyder, Ç. (1993). “Petty Commodity Production in Agriculture” in P. Stirling (eds) Culture and Economy: Changes in Turkish Village. Cambridgeshire: the Eothen Press. Pp 171-187. Köymen, O. (1999) “Cumhuriyet Döneminde Tarımsal Yapı ve Tarım Politikaları” in Oya Baydar (eds) 75. Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları: İstanbul. Pp 1-30. *Keyder, Ç. (1983). “Paths of Rural Transformation in Turkey,”, Journal of Peasant Studies, 11(1): 34-49 Boran, B. (1999) “Toplumsal Yapı Araştırmaları: İki Köy Çeşidinin Mukayeseli Tetkiki” in Oya Baydar (eds) 75. Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları: İstanbul. Pp 141-150. Kıray, M. (1999) “Sosyo-Ekonomik Hayatın Değişen Düzeni: Dört Köyün Monografik Karşılaştırılması” Oya Baydar (eds) 75. Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları: İstanbul. Pp 151-162. *Aydın, Z. (2010) “Neo-Liberal Transformation of Turkish Agriculture,” Journal of Agrarian Change, 10:2, 149-187. Keyder, Ç. and Z. Yenal, (2011) “Agrarian Change under Globalization: Markets and Insecurity in Turkish Agriculture,” Journal of Agrarian Change, 11(1): 60–86. Karakılıç, İ.Z. (2021). “Social Memory of the Greek-Turkish Population Exchange in Daily Life: A Case Study of a Tobacco-Producing Village in Turkey”, Sociologia Ruralis, 61(4):96-115. *Gülçubuk, B. and N. Aluftekin (2006), “Impact of International Agricultural Policies on Rural Poverty in Turkey”, International Business and Economics Research Journal, 5(1): 9-18. Öztürk, M. (2012). “Turkey’s Experience”, “Conclusion on Agriculture, Rural Life and Poverty in Turkey During the Age of Neo-Liberalism” in M. Öztürk, Agriculture, Peasantry and Poverty in Turkey in the Neo-Liberal Age, Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers. Pp 179-205. *Yenal D. and Z. Yenal. (1993). “The Changing World Food Order: The Case of Turkey,” New Perspectives on Turkey, 9: 20-46. Koç, M., MacRea R., Mougeot, L.J.A. and J. Welsh (1999). “Introduction: Food Security is a Global Concern” in Koç, M., MacRea R., Mougeot, L.J.A. and J. Welsh ed. For Hunger-Proof Cities, Ottowa: International Development Research Center. 1-11. Blay-Palmer, A. and B. Donald (2008). “Food Fear: Making Connections” in A. Blay-Palmer ed. Food Fears: From Industrial to Sustainable Food Systems. Hampshire: Ashgate. Pp:1-11. *FAO (2018). Sustainable Food Systems, Concept and Frameworks. FAO. Pp 1-8. Blay-Palmer, A. and B. Donald (2008). “Growing Distance: the Separation of Farmers, Ecologies and Eaters” and “Creating Mutual Food Systems” in A. Blay-Palmer ed. Food Fears: From Industrial to Sustainable Food Systems. Hampshire: Ashgate. Pp:61-87 and 133-155. *Mougeot, L.J.A. (2005). “Introduction” in Mougeot, L.J.A. ed. Agropolis. Ottowa: International Development Research Center. Pp.1-31. Davidson, D.J. (2017). “Is Urban Agriculture a Game Changer or Window Dressing? A Critical Analysis of Its Potential to Disrupt Conventional Agri-Food Systems”, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 23(3):67-76. |
References: | Additional readings will be announced. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Homework Assignments | 10 | % 40 |
Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 30 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 70 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 30 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Project | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Homework Assignments | 10 | 1 | 10 |
Midterms | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 132 |
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 |