Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (English)
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: UNI242
Course Name: Basic Issues in Sociology
Semester: Spring
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: English
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
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: Dr. Öğr. Üy. SELEN YANMAZ
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Selen Yanmaz
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: This course aims to bring out and nurture the students’ sociological imagination in understanding social issues. The sociological imagination intends to show them the relationship of their personal biography with the social structure, in the socio-historical context that they are living in. It suggests that the personal problems they deal on a daily basis have strong ties to the larger social issues and thus have causes and origins that also lie outside the individual.
One of the central aims of this course is to challenge the students to think more critically about social issues. It aims to teach them about social contruction in relation to socio- historical contexts and thus critically analyze social life.
Course Content: This course is an exploration of basic issues in sociology based on the current research and literature as well as fundemental social theories.It examines the linkages between social structures/institutions, culture and human experience. Students learn to follow major discussions around basic issues in sociology and critique popular discourses from a critical sociological perspective.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students will have the ability to understand theories and theoretical perspectives in sociology and social sciences.
2) Students will gain the knowledge and skills to interpret social, economic and historical facts from a sociological perspective by rational thinking in social, economic and historical context.
3) Students can think critically when they evaluate the problems of sociology or other related fields, and can judge under a critical point of view theoretical and empirical studies conducted in those fields.
4) Students develop an interest in the problems of the modern societies and they can evaluate those problems within a wide perspective.
5) Students can apply their knowledge and research skills in interdisciplinary studies and can transfer those skills to other disciplines.

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction
2) Sosyoloji Nedir? • Giddens et al. Chapter 1 – What is Sociology?
3) Sosyoloji Çalışmak • Giddens et al. Chapter 2 – Asking and Answering Sociological Questions • Thio, Alex and Jim D. Taylor. Social Problems. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning 2012, “Introduction to Social Problems” Pages: 1-13 (available online at http://samples.jbpub.com/9780763793098/93098_CH01_Thio.pdf)
4) Socialization and Social Interaction • Giddens et al. Chapter 4 – Socialization and the Life Course (pg 91 – 107 and pg 110 to end of chapter) • Giddens et al. Chapter 5 – Social Interaction and Everyday life in the Age of the Internet (pg 121-133 and 136 to end of chapter)
5) Midterm
6) Culture, Class, and Consumption • Giddens et al. Chapter 3 – Culture and Society • Wright, Bradley. “Conspicuous consumption and your iPhone” (available online at http://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2008/09/conspicuous-con.html) • Sternheimer, Karen. “Consuming Home” (available online at https://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2015/07/consuming-home.html#more) • Giddens et al. Chapter 8 – Stratification, Class and Inequality (From beginning of chapter to pg 236)
7) Culture, Class, and Consumption Giddens et al. Chapter 3 – Culture and Society • Wright, Bradley. “Conspicuous consumption and your iPhone” (available online at http://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2008/09/conspicuous-con.html) • Sternheimer, Karen. “Consuming Home” (available online at https://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2015/07/consuming-home.html#more) Giddens et al. Chapter 8 – Stratification, Class and Inequality (From beginning of chapter to pg 236)
8) Gender • Giddens et al. Chapter 10 – Gender Inequality • Barber, Kristen. “The Well-Coiffed Man: Class, Race, and Heterosexual Masculinity in the Hair Salon” Gender&Society. 2008 22: 455 • Steinem, Gloria. “If Men Could Menstruate” in Ms. Magazine. 1978. (available online at http://www.haverford.edu/psych/ddavis/p109g/steinem.menstruate.html)
9) Gender • Giddens et al. Chapter 10 – Gender Inequality • Barber, Kristen. “The Well-Coiffed Man: Class, Race, and Heterosexual Masculinity in the Hair Salon” Gender&Society. 2008 22: 455 • Steinem, Gloria. “If Men Could Menstruate” in Ms. Magazine. 1978. (available online at http://www.haverford.edu/psych/ddavis/p109g/steinem.menstruate.html)
10) Race and Ethnicity Giddens et al. Chapter 11 – Race, Ethnicity, and Racism • Cole, Nicki Lisa. “What Is Racial Formation Theory?”. 2019. (available online at https://www.thoughtco.com/racial-formation-3026509)
11) Work, Economy, and Global Inequality • Giddens et al., Ch. 14 “Work and Economic Life” • Giddens et al., Ch. 9 “Global Inequality” • Giddens et al., Ch. 19 “Population, Urbanization and the Environment” (From “Population growth, Urbanization, and environmental Challenges” pg 674 to 681) • Giddens et al., Ch. 20 “Globalization in a Changing World” (From the beginning of the chapter, pg 689 to 705, From “Globalization and Inequality “ pg 711 to end of chapter) • Ghosh, Jayati. “150 years of 'Das Kapital': How relevant is Marx today?”. 2017. (available online at https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/08/150-years-das-kapital-relevant-marx-today-170817115417283.html) • Kaufman, Scott Eric “‘No one is making them stop’: Why corporations outsource catastrophe -and workers pay the price” (available online at http://www.salon.com/2015/07/06/no_one_is_making_them_stop_why_corporations_ outsource_catastrophe_and_workers_pay_the_price/)
12) Work, Economy, and Global Inequality • Giddens et al., Ch. 14 “Work and Economic Life” • Giddens et al., Ch. 9 “Global Inequality” • Giddens et al., Ch. 19 “Population, Urbanization and the Environment” (From “Population growth, Urbanization, and environmental Challenges” pg 674 to 681) • Giddens et al., Ch. 20 “Globalization in a Changing World” (From the beginning of the chapter, pg 689 to 705, From “Globalization and Inequality “ pg 711 to end of chapter) • Ghosh, Jayati. “150 years of 'Das Kapital': How relevant is Marx today?”. 2017. (available online at https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/08/150-years-das-kapital-relevant-marx-today-170817115417283.html) • Kaufman, Scott Eric “‘No one is making them stop’: Why corporations outsource catastrophe -and workers pay the price” (available online at http://www.salon.com/2015/07/06/no_one_is_making_them_stop_why_corporations_ outsource_catastrophe_and_workers_pay_the_price/)
13) Deviance, Social Control and Social Change • Giddens et al., Ch. 7 “Conformity, Deviance and Crime” • Jeffrey Reiman and Paul Leighton, The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice, Ninth Edition. Boston: Pearson, 2010, “Introduction: Criminal Justice through the Looking Glass, or Winning by Losing” pg 20-27 • Essig, Kate. “Activism Or Slacktivism? How Social Media Hurts And Helps Student Activism” (available online at http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/activism-or-slacktivism- how-social-media-hurts-and-helps-student-activism) • Castells, Manuel. “Opening: Networking Minds, Creating Meaning, Contesting Power” pp 1- 20 in Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age. 2012. Malden, MA: Polity Press.
14) Wrap up

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Giddens, Anthony, Mitchell Duneier, Richard P. Appelbaum, Deborah Carr. 2018.
Introduction to Sociology (Seagull Eleventh Edition).
References: Lecturer's notes

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) Physiotherapy defines the basic medical sciences concepts and principles related to physiotherapy and rehabilitation evaluation processes, basic elements and methodological application principles.
2) He/She lists clinical evaluation tools and methods by analyzing the collected information about evaluation in physiotherapy according to reasoning and problem solving processes.
3) Explain the indications, contraindications, side effects and intervention strategies of the physiotherapy approaches and the mechanisms used to cope with functional disability and possible intervention methods. Sorts the near and far term targets according to functional levels.
4) It is based on the physiotherapy information related to the general health of the service area. It defines the health and lifestyle profile, deficiencies, body structure and function, activity-participation level of the person and determines the evaluation and treatment priorities in this direction.
5) With the data obtained from physiotherapy assessments, it creates and implements an individual-oriented physiotherapy intervention plan in accordance with the diagnosis of physiotherapy by using information literacy, evidence-based clinical decision-making processes.
6) It applies to the service area the exercise program planned as well as consultancy in the protection and development of health outside the disease states.
7) Develops a scientific research proposal about physiotherapy and rehabilitation.
8) He leads the clinical practice in accordance with the quality standards in the process of establishment and management of the institutions / organizations / centers providing physiotherapy and rehabilitation services.
9) As a physical therapist, he works with his colleagues and professionals from different disciplines.
10) Evaluates information sources with a critical approach by adapting to new conditions, learning new ideas, developing new ideas, and giving importance to quality.
11) By using professional information sources and physiotherapy techniques effectively, it reaches information, adopts positive attitude and behavior model and determines learning objectives.
12) Uses effective communication skills by respecting the confidentiality of service areas from a biopsychosocial point of view during physiotherapy evaluation and interventions.
13) It adopts the ethical, deontological and legal framework for the collection, recording and reporting of necessary data during the physiotherapy evaluation and interventions.
14) Observes the rights and responsibilities of the physicians in physiotherapy and rehabilitation practices and acts in accordance with the legislation and professional ethics rules in cooperation with the related disciplines.
15) Physiotherapist takes responsibility with the understanding of interdisciplinary cooperation while preserving its identity, consciousness and professional autonomy.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Physiotherapy defines the basic medical sciences concepts and principles related to physiotherapy and rehabilitation evaluation processes, basic elements and methodological application principles. 2
2) He/She lists clinical evaluation tools and methods by analyzing the collected information about evaluation in physiotherapy according to reasoning and problem solving processes. 2
3) Explain the indications, contraindications, side effects and intervention strategies of the physiotherapy approaches and the mechanisms used to cope with functional disability and possible intervention methods. Sorts the near and far term targets according to functional levels. 2
4) It is based on the physiotherapy information related to the general health of the service area. It defines the health and lifestyle profile, deficiencies, body structure and function, activity-participation level of the person and determines the evaluation and treatment priorities in this direction. 2
5) With the data obtained from physiotherapy assessments, it creates and implements an individual-oriented physiotherapy intervention plan in accordance with the diagnosis of physiotherapy by using information literacy, evidence-based clinical decision-making processes. 1
6) It applies to the service area the exercise program planned as well as consultancy in the protection and development of health outside the disease states. 3
7) Develops a scientific research proposal about physiotherapy and rehabilitation. 1
8) He leads the clinical practice in accordance with the quality standards in the process of establishment and management of the institutions / organizations / centers providing physiotherapy and rehabilitation services. 1
9) As a physical therapist, he works with his colleagues and professionals from different disciplines. 2
10) Evaluates information sources with a critical approach by adapting to new conditions, learning new ideas, developing new ideas, and giving importance to quality. 1
11) By using professional information sources and physiotherapy techniques effectively, it reaches information, adopts positive attitude and behavior model and determines learning objectives. 2
12) Uses effective communication skills by respecting the confidentiality of service areas from a biopsychosocial point of view during physiotherapy evaluation and interventions. 2
13) It adopts the ethical, deontological and legal framework for the collection, recording and reporting of necessary data during the physiotherapy evaluation and interventions. 3
14) Observes the rights and responsibilities of the physicians in physiotherapy and rehabilitation practices and acts in accordance with the legislation and professional ethics rules in cooperation with the related disciplines. 2
15) Physiotherapist takes responsibility with the understanding of interdisciplinary cooperation while preserving its identity, consciousness and professional autonomy. 2

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Preparation for the Activity Spent for the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements Workload
Course Hours 14 0 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 12 4 48
Midterms 1 12 1 13
Final 1 21 1 22
Total Workload 125