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
SOC4002	Seminar II	Spring	1	2	2	16

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Must Course
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Hybrid
Course Coordinator :	Prof. Dr. AYŞE NİLÜFER NARLI
Course Lecturer(s):	Assoc. Prof. ULAŞ SUNATA ÖZDEMİR Prof. Dr. AYŞE NİLÜFER NARLI Dr. Öğr. Üyesi KAYA AKYILDIZ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	"."
Course Objectives:	This course is an advanced-level seminar in sociology. It is a multi-disciplinary course designed to integrate theory, research and practice. This semester the course aims to cover various specific issues related to conflict, peacekeeping, politics of discontent, urban space and conflict, civil-military tension and actors in conflict resolution. The course has four major aims: (I) to present theory and research concerning the role of peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace building during all phases of conflict, including pre conflict, conflict, and post conflict and to examine the peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace building strategies that can be used to prevent conflict; (ii) to review civil-military related theories for analyzing civil-military conflict; (iii) to review psychosocial, socio-political and memory-related factors present during a pre conflict situation and; (iv) to analyze political discontent created by limited resources, global migration, extremism and management of political discontent in relation to conflict. Students are required to write a full research project paper integrating the theoretical knowledge and research. Mid-term and final exams are based on the research project.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students who succeed in this course will be able to:
1) Identify the concepts of peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace building during all phases of conflict and apply the principles to a specific conflict (will be studied for research project).
2) Demonstrate the knowledge of theoretical perspectives on civil-military tension and cooperation
3) Demonstrate the knowledge of important psychosocial and socio-political factors present during a pre conflict situation
4) Demonstrate the knowledge collective memory, identity and conflict relations.
5)Identify the peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace building strategies that can be used to prevent conflict
6) Assess global inequalities and extremist ideologies in relation to conflict and peace building
7) Describe and compare management of conflict methods in various countries
8) Describe the sources of political discontent in various societies. Discuss Arap Spring in this context.
9) Employ qualitative and quantitative research technique in studying conflict
10) Write a project paper including theoretical framework, literature review, data collection and analysis. It is based on original data collected by students.
11)Araştırma proje verilerini sınıfta sözlü olarak sunmak
12) Develop awareness of conflict issues at the local and global level and perform oral presentation on them at classroom seminars .

Course Content

The course has three major sections: (i) theory and research concerning the role of peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace building during all phases of conflict, including pre conflict, conflict, and post conflict; (ii) reviewing psychosocial and socio-political factors present during a pre conflict situation; examining peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace building strategies that can be used to prevent conflict; (iii) political discontent created by limited resources, global migration, extremism and management of political discontent in relation to conflict. It also focus on skills and knowledge for writing a research proposal and full research project report based on data collected by the student.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace-building during all phases of conflict and the Role of the Non-governmental participants in peace-building Critical theory and peace-keeping	Michael Pugh ,“Peacekeeping and critical theory”, International Peacekeeping, Vol. 11, I ss. 1, 2004.
2)	Theoretical views civil-military tension and cooperation and related case studies	Samuel P. Huntington. 1957. The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations. New York. Vintage Books. Robin Luckham, 1971. “A Comparative Typology of Civil-Military Relations,” Government and Opposition, 6, 1, 1971, 5-35. Feaver, Peter D. 1996. The civil-military problematique: Huntington, Janowitz, and the question of civilian control. Armed Forces & Society 23(2): 149-178. Rebecca L. Schiff, 1995. “Civil-Military Relations: A Theory of Concordance,” Armed Forces and Society, 22, 1.
3)	Reading theoretical text on psychosocial and memory-identity related processes producing conflict situation	Olick, Jeffrey K., and Joyce Robbins. 1998. Social Memory Studies: From Collective Memory to the Historical Sociology of Mnemonic Practices. Annual Review of Sociology 24: 105–140.Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/223476
4)	Case studies of psychosocial and memory-identity related processes producing conflict situation (case studies)	Latife Tekin. Unutma Bahçesi . Everest Yayınları , 2006 Weekly reading on case studies (provided to students)
5)	Field work data collection	Research time
6)	Political discontent, conflict: theory and case studies	Burton, J. W. (1987). Resolving Deep-rooted Conﬂict: A Handbook. Lanham, Md: University Press of America Development and conflict theory http://www.beyondintractability.org/node/2534 Lecture notes on The structure of political discontent (provided to students) Urban space workshop
7)	Submission of In-term report I	Submission of In-term report (10 pages)
8)	Classroom discussion of interim report I	Feedback on the interim report I in the classroom
9)	Discussion of political discontent, anger and extremism in regions of conflict: Selected Case Studies from the Middle East, Balkans, Africa and the Southeast Asia	Appadurai Arjun.Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger. (Duke University Press, 2006) Thomas West. “The Rhetoric of Therapy and the Politics of Anger: From the Safe House to a Praxis of Shelter”, Rhetoric Review, Vol. 19, No. 1/2 (Autumn, 2000), pp. 42-58 Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/466053 Olivier Roy. The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East. 2008. ISBN: 978-0-231-70033-7. Feedback on the interim report I in the classroom
10)	Discussion of global inequalities, resources and conflict	Branko Milanovic: Worlds Apart ,(Princeton University Press 2005). Feedback on the interim report I in the classroom
11)	Global Youth, Social Media and Political discontent . Applied work on research data analysis	Discuss global youth Pam Nilan and Carles Feixa. Global Youth? Hybrid Identities, Plural Worlds Discuss “Arab Spring” and social media Read “Youth in the 21st Century debating and Producing Media” Visit http://www.idebate.org/youthmedia/. Applied work on research data analysis.
12)	Presentation of interim report II: Oral presentation of the project findings	Oral presentation in the class room by the use of PPT and 10 page paper. Feedback on the interim report II
13)	Presentation of interim report II: Oral presentation of the project findings	Oral presentation in the class room by the use of PPT and 10 page paper. Feedback on the interim report II
14)	Submission of Final Draft of Research Project Report	Feedback on Final Draft of Research Project Report

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	List, Regina A.; Doerner, Civil Society, Conflict and Violence. Wolfgang. Series: CIVICUS Global Study of Civil Society Series. London : Bloomsbury Academic. 2012.
References:	Bütün kaynaklar, haftalık ders programında belirtilmiştir. All references are located in the weekly program

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 0
Field Work	1	% 5
Homework Assignments	2	% 25
Presentation	2	% 25
Final	1	% 45
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 55
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 45
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	1	14
Application	14	5	70
Field Work	1	30	30
Study Hours Out of Class	14	7	98
Presentations / Seminar	1	5	5
Project	1	90	90
Homework Assignments	2	18	36
Paper Submission	1	50	50
Total Workload			393

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.	3
2)	To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels	5
3)	To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.	5
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	3
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	4
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.	4
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.	3
8)	To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective	3
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	3
10)	To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects	4
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.	5
12)	To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.	3