Academic Catalog

SOC641 SOC.OF INDUSTRIALIZATION & MODERNIZATI

Course Code: 2320641
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Sociology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. HATÝCE AYÞE HOÞGÖR
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

A critical review of theories and debates on the transition from agrarian social structure to modern structures in the West and in the Third World. A critical evaluation of strategies of industrialization and its consequences. Industrialization, urbanization, their interrelationships and their social and cultural consequences.