Program of Sociology (English) - Başkent Üniversitesi

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DEPARTMENT MISSION, VISION AND VALUES

Sociology is rapidly increasing its importance as a science that strives to understand and interpret the changes-transformations that occur in the structures of societies, especially after important social turning points such as the industrialization process and digitalization. In our country, as in the whole world, sociology appears as a science that is greatly needed in many fields, especially in the process of objectively analyzing the dynamics of social structure.

Within this framework, it is clear that in Turkey there is a greater need for sociologists with adequate education in their field and subject matter to understand, analyze, evaluate and interpret the social structure, which depends on the dynamics of society, both locally and globally. Sociologists are employed in many public institutions and organizations, and sociologists are now more needed in the private sector and non-governmental organizations. In this context, the contribution of well-trained sociologists in sociology departments that provide qualified education and training to both our country and our society is obvious.

From this point of view, the main purpose of the Department of Sociology at Başkent University Faculty of Arts and Sciences is to train sociologists who have the sociological perspective that our country needs, who can analyze social structure, who are experts in their fields, who have gained experience in qualitative and quantitative research, who are sensitive to social and cultural reality, who have theoretical and methodological scientific equipment, who can conduct research on the socio-economic situation of Turkey, and who have a command of international literature.

Students of our department can participate in Double Major and Minor programs in fields related to sociology such as Psychology and Political Science, and thanks to the Erasmus + program, they can complete part of their education in schools abroad with which we have an agreement.

Graduates of the Department of Sociology can be employed as sociologists, experts, assistant experts, data analysts, researchers, evaluators, coordinators, consultants and managers in a wide variety of organizations and fields.

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Program Competencies and Outcomes

Analyzes the emergence and development of sociology as a science.
Recognizes the different sociological schools and their representatives developed in the world and in Turkey in accordance with the multi-layered and multi-dimensional social reality.
Compare and discuss the basic concepts whose definitions change according to the presuppositions of different approaches in the multi-paradigm structure of sociology.
Critically discusses classical, contemporary and current sociological theoretical and methodological approaches.
Analyzes sociological research methods with different characteristics, especially quantitative and qualitative research methods, and applies the basic stages of research and interprets data-supported findings.
Discuss social problems, differences and uncertainties in everyday life from an intersectional and relational sociological perspective.
Analyzes the problem-oriented specialty areas of sociology such as women, environment, migration, health, crime as well as basic social institutions such as family, religion, education.
Establishes interdisciplinary relationships with social sciences such as social psychology, psychology, logic, social anthropology, literature, politics, philosophy, education, economics, history, law as well as science and health sciences and arts such as music, painting, cinema.
In addition to academic studies as a requirement of providing the integrity of theory and practice, it carries out social responsibility projects and produces forward-looking social policy proposals.
Discusses the employment areas and problems by recognizing the professional aspect of sociology.
Analyzes the social transformations and trends emerging in parallel with technological innovations and analyzes the theoretical and practical contributions expected from sociology.
Expresses himself/herself in English in the international arena by having foreign language competence.