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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

UNI072

Course Name:

Sociology of Inequality

Semester:

Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

University Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

E-Learning

Course Coordinator:

Doç. Dr. ZEYNEP BANU DALAMAN

Course Lecturer(s):

Zeynep Banu Dalaman

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

The primary objectives of this course are multifaceted and designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of social inequality. First and foremost, the course aims to introduce students to fundamental concepts and theories in the field of sociology, particularly those related to inequality and social stratification. This theoretical foundation will enable students to critically analyze various forms of social inequality, including but not limited to economic disparities, racial and ethnic discrimination, gender inequities, and global imbalances. Furthermore, the course will emphasize the importance of recognizing and examining the intersections between these different forms of inequality, as they often compound and reinforce one another in complex ways. Students will be encouraged to analyze the root causes and far-reaching consequences of social inequality across various contexts, from local communities to global societies. Additionally, the course will explore a range of strategies and approaches for addressing and mitigating social inequality, encouraging students to think critically about potential solutions and their effectiveness in different settings. By the end of the course, students should be equipped with the knowledge and analytical skills necessary to understand, critique, and potentially contribute to efforts aimed at reducing social inequality in their communities and beyond.

Course Content:

This course on the Sociology of Inequality covers a wide range of topics, including theoretical perspectives, social stratification, economic inequality, race and ethnicity, gender issues, and intersectionality. It also explores how inequality manifests in various sectors such as education, health, and the environment, as well as on a global scale. The course examines the role of media and technology in inequality and discusses the Sustainable Development Goals' impact on addressing social disparities.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students will gain the ability to understand and apply key theoretical perspectives on social inequality
2) Students will develop skills to critically analyze different forms of inequality, including economic, racial, gender, and global inequalities.
3) Students will learn to recognize the intersectionality of various forms of inequality.
4) Students will be able to evaluate the role of institutions (e.g., education, health care, media) in perpetuating or mitigating inequality.
5) Students will be prepared to discuss the impact of inequality on individuals, communities, and societies.
6) Students will learn to assess strategies and policies aimed at reducing social inequality, including the Sustainable Development Goals.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to Sociology of Inequality	Giddens & Sutton, “What is sociology”, pp. 01-30
2)	Theoretical Perspectives on Inequality	Giddens & Sutton, “Theories and Perspective”, pp. 67-108 • YouTube: “Three Major Perspectives in Sociology Symbolic Interactionist Functionalist and Conflict Perspective” (09:36) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz1s55xGxRs
3)	Social Stratification	Giddens & Sutton, “Stratification and Social Class”, pp. 477-523 • YouTube: “Social Stratification” (10:41): by Crash Course Sociology #21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlkIKCMt-Fs
4)	Economic Inequality	Giddens & Sutton, “Work and the Economy”, pp.247-299 • YouTube: "How economic inequality harms societies" (16:37) by Richard Wilkinson (TED Talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson_how_economic_inequality_harms_societies?subtitle=en
5)	Race, Ethnicity and Migration	Giddens & Sutton, “Race, Ethnicity and Migration”, pp.671-716 • YouTube: "Let's get to the root of racial injustice" (19:37 )by Megan Ming Francis (TEDx Talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aCn72iXO9s
6)	Gender Inequality	Giddens & Sutton, “Gender and Sexuality”, pp.621-671 • YouTube: "The urgency of intersectionality" (18:39) by Kimberlé Crenshaw (TED Talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality?subtitle=en
7)	Intersectionality	Crenshaw, K. (2013). Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics. In Feminist legal theories (pp. 23-51). Routledge.and the forbidden, 103-124. • YouTube: "What Intersectionality Really Means for Movements” (26:21) Prof Kimberlé W. Crenshaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dcj5tegl7I
8)	Midterm
9)	Education and Inequality	Giddens & Sutton, “Education”, pp. 866-918 • YouTube: “How Can We Eliminate Educational Disparity?” (08:30) by Xiaolin Rong (TED Talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/xiaolin_rong_how_can_we_eliminate_educational_disparity?subtitle=en
10)	Health Inequality	Giddens & Sutton, “Health, Illness and Disability”, pp. 433-477 • YouTube: “How Inequality Kills” (15:49) by David Ansell (TED Talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/david_ansell_how_inequality_kills?subtitle=en
11)	Environmental Inequality	Giddens & Sutton, “The Environment”, pp..152-202 • YouTube: “School strike for climate - save the world by changing the rules” (11:10) by Greta Thunberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAmmUIEsN9A • “How climate change is making inequality worse” (04:55) by BBC News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHF4HHeOtkc
12)	Global Inequality	Giddens & Sutton, “Global inequality”, pp..568-621 • YouTube: "Global Wealth Inequality - What you never knew you never knew" (03:50) by TheRulesOrg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWSxzjyMNpU
13)	Media, Technology and Inequality	Giddens & Sutton, “Media”, pp..768-819 • YouTube: "How we need to remake the internet" (14:54) by Jaron Lanier (TED Talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ-PUXPVlos
14)	Sustainable Development Goals and their impact on addressing social inequality	Chancel, L., Hough, A., & Voituriez, T. (2018). Reducing inequalities within countries: assessing the potential of the sustainable development goals. Global Policy, 9(1), 5-16. YouTube: “SDGs Explained: #10 Reduced Inequalities” (15:59) by Griffith University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgILjJlJFrc

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Giddens & Sutton, “What is sociology”, pp. 01-30
Giddens & Sutton, “Theories and Perspective”, pp. 67-108
• YouTube: “Three Major Perspectives in Sociology Symbolic Interactionist Functionalist and Conflict Perspective” (09:36) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz1s55xGxRs

Giddens & Sutton, “Stratification and Social Class”, pp. 477-523
• YouTube: “Social Stratification” (10:41): by Crash Course Sociology #21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlkIKCMt-Fs

Giddens & Sutton, “Work and the Economy”, pp.247-299
• YouTube: "How economic inequality harms societies" (16:37) by Richard Wilkinson (TED Talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson_how_economic_inequality_harms_societies?subtitle=en

Giddens & Sutton, “Race, Ethnicity and Migration”, pp.671-716
• YouTube: "Let's get to the root of racial injustice" (19:37 )by Megan Ming Francis (TEDx Talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aCn72iXO9s
Giddens & Sutton, “Gender and Sexuality”, pp.621-671
• YouTube: "The urgency of intersectionality" (18:39) by Kimberlé Crenshaw (TED Talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality?subtitle=en

Crenshaw, K. (2013). Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics. In Feminist legal theories (pp. 23-51). Routledge.and the forbidden, 103-124.
• YouTube: "What Intersectionality Really Means for Movements” (26:21) Prof Kimberlé W. Crenshaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dcj5tegl7I

Giddens & Sutton, “Education”, pp. 866-918
• YouTube: “How Can We Eliminate Educational Disparity?” (08:30) by Xiaolin Rong (TED Talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/xiaolin_rong_how_can_we_eliminate_educational_disparity?subtitle=en

Giddens & Sutton, “Health, Illness and Disability”, pp. 433-477
• YouTube: “How Inequality Kills” (15:49) by David Ansell (TED Talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/david_ansell_how_inequality_kills?subtitle=en

Giddens & Sutton, “The Environment”, pp..152-202
• YouTube: “School strike for climate - save the world by changing the rules” (11:10) by Greta Thunberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAmmUIEsN9A
• “How climate change is making inequality worse” (04:55) by BBC News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHF4HHeOtkc

Giddens & Sutton, “Global inequality”, pp..568-621
• YouTube: "Global Wealth Inequality - What you never knew you never knew" (03:50) by TheRulesOrg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWSxzjyMNpU
Giddens & Sutton, “Media”, pp..768-819
• YouTube: "How we need to remake the internet" (14:54) by Jaron Lanier (TED Talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ-PUXPVlos
Chancel, L., Hough, A., & Voituriez, T. (2018). Reducing inequalities within countries: assessing the potential of the sustainable development goals. Global Policy, 9(1), 5-16.
YouTube: “SDGs Explained: #10 Reduced Inequalities” (15:59) by Griffith University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgILjJlJFrc

References:

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6
Program Outcomes
1) Has a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on international business and trade by the use of social sciences and mathematics,
2) Possess the knowledge and skills related to different functions and interactions of international business and trade.
3) Possess the knowledge and skills to interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of international business and trade with scientific and technological methods.
4) Use different theoretical approaches to understanding and solving various business and trade problems.
5) Explains the competitiveness of the countries with the requirements of international competition and interprets the functioning of the actors and regulatory structures in the international environment.
6) Understands the value of developing new trade projects and generating strategies within international market needs.
7) Solves complex business and global trade problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and makes analyzes by using statistical programs effectively.
8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education.
9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills.
10) Possess the knowledge of universal ethical values, social responsibility and sufficient legal and regulatory knowledge.
11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them.
12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms.
13) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Using License required by the field.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Has a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on international business and trade by the use of social sciences and mathematics,
2)	Possess the knowledge and skills related to different functions and interactions of international business and trade.
3)	Possess the knowledge and skills to interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of international business and trade with scientific and technological methods.
4)	Use different theoretical approaches to understanding and solving various business and trade problems.
5)	Explains the competitiveness of the countries with the requirements of international competition and interprets the functioning of the actors and regulatory structures in the international environment.
6)	Understands the value of developing new trade projects and generating strategies within international market needs.
7)	Solves complex business and global trade problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and makes analyzes by using statistical programs effectively.
8)	Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education.
9)	Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills.
10)	Possess the knowledge of universal ethical values, social responsibility and sufficient legal and regulatory knowledge.
11)	Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them.
12)	Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms.
13)	Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Using License required by the field.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Project	2	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 50
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	28
Study Hours Out of Class	2	18
Midterms	1	32
Final	1	47
Total Workload		125