INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME COURSE DESCRIPTION
Name of the Course Unit	Code	Year	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
SOCIOLOGY	SOC105	1	1	3+0	3.0	3.0

Objectives and Contents
Objectives of the Course Unit	The course makes an introduction to the discipline of sociology and gives the outline of major sociologists and social approaches. The course intends to familiarize the participants to the main sociologcal schools or writers relevant to sociology. The course is focusing on the areas of sociology such as culture, socialization, societies and social networks, deviance and social control, social stratifation, sex and gender, race and ethnicity, Marriage and family.
Contents of the Course Unit	1. Introduction 2. The Sociological Perspective 3. Culture 4. Socialization 5. Societies and Social Networks 6. Deviance and Social Control 7. Social Stratification 8. Sex and Gender 9. Race and Ethnicity 10. Marriage and Family
Contribution of the Course Intending to Provide the Professional Education	Sociology has been one of the basic disciplines in social sciences. While the courses of International Relations (IR) focuses on the issues with an international dimension, sociology tries to understand domestic issues of the people. In the international relation department, the studies sometimes bases on local issues where they are utmost important to understand the global world. In short sociology has been one of the sources that International Relations is benefited.