Academic Catalog

SOC318 HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY IV

Course Code: 2320318
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: Sociology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The growing significance of phenomenology in sociology; Husserl s philosophy and the subjectivism of Schutz. Recent conceptualizations of social conflict. Parson s and Merton s functionalism. Perspectives and methodological principles of positivism and empirical sociology (A. Gouldner).