Academic Catalog

SOC405 INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY

Course Code: 2320405
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: Sociology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Assoc.Prof.Dr. RECEP VARÇIN
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This course examines the Industrial Revolution and the industrialization of the world; the emergence of the factory system and the disciplining of labor; Fordist, Fascist, and Stalinist models of industrial organization; the newly industrializing countries; the Information Technology Revolution and the informalization of the world; the transformation of work and employment; the emergence of the network society; globalization, business networks, and the information ages.