Sociology Baskent University

Overview

The main aim of the Sociology programme offered at Baskent University is to raise sociologists, who have sociological point of view, can make analysis of social structure, are leading experts, are experienced in qualitative and quantitative research subjects, are sensitive to social and cultural realities, have background in theory and methodology, make researches on Turkey's socio-economic situation and have full knowledge on international literature, for our country.

Key Facts

• Analyzing the emergence and development of sociology as a science.

• Recognizing distinctive schools of thought and theoreticians in the world and in Turkey in line with the multi-layered and multidimensional nature of social reality.

• Comparing and discussing the basic concepts whose definitions vary according to the presuppositions of different theoretical approaches within the multi-paradigm structure of sociology.

• Critically discussing the classical, contemporary and current theoretical and methodological approaches in sociology.

• Analyzing sociological research methods with different features, especially quantitative and qualitative research methods, applying the basic stages of the research and interpreting the data supported findings.

• Discussing social problems, differences and uncertainties in daily life from an intersectional and relational point of view.