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    GEHU 307 | Course Introduction and Application Information

    Course Name
    Everyday Life and Sociology
    Code
    Semester
    Theory
    (hour/week)
    Application/Lab
    (hour/week)
    Local Credits
    ECTS
    GEHU 307
    Fall/Spring
    3
    0
    3
    6

    Prerequisites
    None
    Course Language
    English
    Course Type
    Service Course
    Course Level
    First Cycle
    Mode of Delivery -
    Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
    Q&A
    Lecture / Presentation
    National Occupation Classification -
    Course Coordinator
    Course Lecturer(s)
    Assistant(s) -
    Course Objectives The course aims to introduce to sociological thinking by examining certain topics and debates in the study of everyday life.
    Learning Outcomes
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    Content
    		 PC Sub
    * Contribution Level
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    1Discuss the main concepts of sociology within the context of everyday life
    2Question the relationship between individual and society
    3Explain the different forms of inequalities concerning class, race, ethnicity and gender divisions in everyday life.
    4Discuss the social and cultural aspects of daily life in relation to emotions like love, embarrassment and shyness
    5Examine the power relations in different areas of daily life like home, eating and drinking, consumption, shopping and leisure.
    Course Description The course is designed to make students familiar with sogiological thinking through the discussions of everyday experiences. With an emphasis on the relationship between individual and society it aims to create an awereness about the “sociological imagination”. To do this, main sociological topics such as society, individual, identities, power, Urban/public space, intimacy, house, consumption, work, leisure, humour and inequalities in everyday life, will be discussed to explore the relationship between individual biography and social history.

     



    Course Category

    		Core Courses
    Major Area Courses
    Supportive Courses
    Media and Management Skills Courses
    Transferable Skill Courses

     

    WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

    Week Subjects Related Preparation Learning Outcome
    1 Presentation and overview of the course Anthony Giddens, Sociology; 3rd edition, Polity Press, 1998, pp. 3-6
    2 Thinking Sociologically and Everyday Life C. Wright Mills, "The Promise of Sociology" Sociological Imagination (available at blackboard) Anthony Giddens, Sociology; 3rd edition, Polity Press, 1998, chapter 10, pp. 242-261
    3 Everydayness of Inequality: Class & Gender Anthony Giddens, Sociology; 3rd edition, Polity Press, 1998, chapter 5, pp. 89-101.
    4 Everydayness of Inequality: Ethnicity Anthony Giddens, Sociology; 3rd edition, Polity Press, 1998, chapter 9, pp. 205-238.
    5 New Sociologies of Everyday Life I Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 2
    6 New Sociologies of Everyday Life II Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 2 & Film screening
    7 In-class Writing
    8 Emotions, Love and Friendship Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 3
    9 Houses and Rooms Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 4
    10 Eating and Drinking Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 6
    11 Consumption and Shopping Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 8
    12 Work, Leisure and Boredom Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 9
    13 Humour, Resistance and Everyday Life Giselinde Kuipers, Good humor, bad taste: a sociology of the joke
    14 Social Justice in Everyday Life Review of the semester Darrin Hodgetts et al., Social Justice in Everyday Life, in Social Psychology and Everyday Life, Houndmillls : Palgrave Macmillan
    15 Semester Review
    16 Final Exam

     

    Course Notes/Textbooks

    Making Sense of Everyday Life, Susie Scott, Polity Press, 2009. Everyday Life Reader, ed.by Ben Highmore, Routledge, 2002
    Suggested Readings/Materials

    Additional readings may be assigned during the semester.

     

    EVALUATION SYSTEM

    Semester Activities Number Weighting LO 1 LO 2 LO 3 LO 4 LO 5
    Participation
    Laboratory / Application
    Field Work
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    Portfolio
    Homework / Assignments
    Presentation / Jury
    1
    30
    Project
    Seminar / Workshop
    Oral Exams
    Midterm
    1
    30
    Final Exam
    1
    40
    Total

    Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    2
    60
    Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    1
    40
    Total

    ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

    Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
    Theoretical Course Hours
    (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
    16
    3
    48
    Laboratory / Application Hours
    (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
    16
    0
    Study Hours Out of Class
    15
    3
    45
    Field Work
    0
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    0
    Portfolio
    0
    Homework / Assignments
    0
    Presentation / Jury
    1
    23
    23
    Project
    0
    Seminar / Workshop
    0
    Oral Exam
    0
    Midterms
    1
    32
    32
    Final Exam
    1
    32
    32
        Total
    180

     

    COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP


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    1
    2
    3
    4
    5

    *1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

     

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