Academic Catalog

SOC250 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES

Course Code: 2320250
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 5.0
Department: Sociology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Assoc.Prof.Dr. ÇAÐATAY TOPAL
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

Classical and contemporary sociological theories; sociological perspectives of the main figures of the discipline (Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Simmel); brief introduction to contemporary social theory; sociological insights of the key contemporary social theorists (Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze and Guattari).