Sociology is a field of study which prepares one to inquire into the nature of the social environment and to make connections between society at large and personal experience. Sociology questions the inevitability of social rules, cultural norms, poverty, discrimination, and the like, demonstrating that these and other social phenomena are molded by particular historical processes in various and differing ways. It is this important feature of the discipline that reveals the possibilities of other ways of life, of other social worlds, setting a foundation for questioning the taken-for-granted worlds we live in, and hence positioning us as potential actors to construct a more open and democratic existence.
Within this framework, the Department of Sociology seeks to prepare students as individuals with a critical sensibility, as persons cognizant of both local and global developments and able to pursue careers in a variety of professions. In today’s world knowledge quickly changes and becomes outdated. We live in a world where individuals can be expected to make significant changes in the work they do throughout their careers, and the future surely will bring more of the same. It is for that reason that, in addition to providing them with the requisite technical knowledge in the field, university places great importance on students’ developing the ability to access information and to adapt what they have learned to varying and inevitably changing circumstances. Classes are constructed and the projects we ask our students to develop with these goals in mind. Departmental instructors and assistants work very closely with students and ensure that they are able to express themselves in both the written word and orally in the best possible manner. We provide students with the possibility of an international educational experience via the Erasmus exchange agreements we have made as a department with equivalent departments in some of Europe’s best universities. In the process we make every effort to ensure that students master the English language, and structure our classes at BİLGİ with that goal in mind.
Upon completion of the course of education in Sociology at BİLGİ in terms of the goals which we have described above, our students come to possess both strong foundational knowledge and skills and the tools to pursue successful careers in numerous fields. Indeed, many of them continue their education in Sociology at the post-graduate level in Turkey or in a number of world-class universities in other countries. In addition, our graduates also have secured successful careers in such diverse fields as human resources, advertising, publishing, or market research. Others hold positions as project coordinators or administrators in the many NGOs that have come to play an increasingly important role in Turkey.
[Program] 23 - Sociology |
Prerequisites / Conditions Graph |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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SOC 115 | Encounters with Everyday Life | Core | 6 | |
SOC 179 | Living in Society, Reflecting on Society I | Core | 8 | |
IR 112 | Culture and Politics in Modern Turkey | Core | 6 | |
SOC/E 179 | English for Academic Purposes I | Core | 3 | |
TK 103 | Turkish Language I | Core | 2 | |
GE-Social Science List I | Elective | 5 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 30 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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SOC 180 | Living in Society, Reflecting on Society II | Core | 8 | |
HIST 162 | Global History II: Cultural Encounters from Antiquity to the 20th Century | Core | 6 | |
PHIL 106 | Philosophy and Modernity | Core | 6 | |
SOC/E 180 | English for Academic Purposes II | Core | 3 | |
TK 104 | Turkish Language II | Core | 2 | |
GE-Arts And Humanities List I | Elective | 5 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 30 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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SOC 211 | Research Methods | Core | 6 | |
SOC 221 | Change in Contemporary Turkish Society | Core | 5 | |
SOC 251 | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Core | 5 | |
SOC 271 | History of Sociological Thought I | Core | 5 | |
HTR 111 | History of Turkish Revolution I | Core | 2 | |
Full List | Elective | 5 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 28 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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SOC 232 | Sociological Perspectives | Core | 5 | |
SOC 262 | Urbanization | Core | 7 | |
SOC 272 | History of Sociological Thought II | Core | 7 | |
HTR 112 | History of Turkish Revolution II | Core | 2 | |
SOC List | Elective | 5 | ||
GE-Social Science List I | Elective | 6 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 32 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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SOC 213 | Statistics for Social Sciences I | Core | 5 | |
SOC 312 | Economic Sociology | Core | 5 | |
SOC 332 | Social Inequality | Core | 6 | |
SOC 446 | Philosophy and the Social Sciences | Core | 5 | |
Full List | Elective | 5 | ||
Full List | Elective | 4 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 30 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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SOC 214 | Mixed Methods Research | Core | 5 | |
SOC 311 | Political Sociology | Core | 5 | |
SOC 322 | Sociology of Gender and the Family | Core | 6 | |
SOC 341 | Sociology of Culture | Core | 5 | |
SOC List | Elective | 5 | ||
Full List | Elective | 4 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 30 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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SOC 351 | Social Change and Globalization | Core | 6 | |
SOC 421 | History of Turkish Social Thought I | Core | 6 | |
SOC 432 | Historical Sociology | Core | 6 | |
SOC List | Elective | 6 | ||
Full List | Elective | 6 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 30 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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SOC 422 | History of Turkish Social Thought II | Core | 6 | |
SOC 441 | Religion in Society | Core | 6 | |
SOC 456 | Technology and Society | Core | 6 | |
Full List | Elective | 6 | ||
Full List | Elective | 6 | ||
Total ECTS credits | 30 |
[Pathway] 2303 - Minor Program in Sociology |
Prerequisites / Conditions Graph |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
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SOC 110 | Basics of Sociology | Core | 6 | |
Total ECTS credits | 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
SOC 221 | Change in Contemporary Turkish Society | Core | 5 | |
SOC 271 | History of Sociological Thought I | Core | 5 | |
Total ECTS credits | 10 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
SOC 232 | Sociological Perspectives | Core | 5 | |
SOC 262 | Urbanization | Core | 7 | |
SOC 272 | History of Sociological Thought II | Core | 7 | |
Total ECTS credits | 19 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
SOC 332 | Social Inequality | Core | 6 | |
Total ECTS credits | 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Core/Elective | Theory+Practice (Hour) | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
SOC 422 | History of Turkish Social Thought II | Core | 6 | |
Total ECTS credits | 6 |