1	Course Title:	SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE
2	Course Code:	SSY3004
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Dr. MİHRİBAN ŞENSES
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümü Tel: 0224-294-18-51 mihri@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To look for some answer questions on scientific knowledge and sciene such as: Is it possible to make sociological analysis of science and scientific knowledge? What are the social bases of scientific knowledge? To discuss with students on science as an institution; science as fact and theory; science as practice.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Understand the basic concepts of the field; 2 Have information about examples and applications of field in Turkey; 3 Understand relationships between the field and other disciplines of sociology and recognise revelance to social proccesses; 4 To acquire analyzation ability to experienced social processes; 5 To acquire the ability to follow main debates in field and to compare with other examples in the world ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Is it possible sociology of science and scientific knowledge?
2	Contemporary meta-disciplines: Philosophy of science, sociology of science and anthropology of science
3	History of modern science and the rise of the sociology of science
4	Positivism as an ideology of science
5	Positivism and its critics: Popper, Feyerabend and Kuhn
6	Science as an institutions
7	Science as a community +Midterm
8	Science in its social context: Sociology of science
9	Reason, experiment and observation as a social phenomena
10	Science in action: Laboratory Life
11	Scientific controversies in the history of science
12	Science in the contemporary world
13	Important approaches in the sociology of science
14	Science in Turkey: The controversy of nerium oleander

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Toulmin, Stephen, Kozmopolis, Paradigma, 2002. Arslan, Hüsamettin, Epistemik Cemaat, Paradigma, 2007. Kuhn, Thomas S., Bilimsel Devrimlerin Yapısı, Kırmızı, 2006. Feyerabend, Paul, Özgür Bir Toplumda Bilim, Ayrıntı, 1999.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	1	25	25
Homeworks, Performances	0	20	20
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	30	30
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	30	30
Total WorkLoad			147
Total workload/ 30 hr			4,9
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 5 4 4 2 LO2 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 5 4 4 2 LO3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 5 4 3 2 LO4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 5 4 4 2 LO5 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 5 4 4 2

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High