Academic Catalog

SOC552 SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE

Course Code: 2320552
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Sociology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

Overview of theories of culture from a sociological perspective in order to gain an understanding of the impact of culture on social processes and the impact of social prosses on cultural forms.The course will also highlight the relationship of culture to concepts such as class , power, inequality, identity.The relationship of culture and economy will be explored, as well as how cultural practices are produced and reproduced within social systems.