GEHU 307 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of Industrial Design

Course Name

Everyday Life and Sociology

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
GEHU 307	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	6

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Service Course
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Discussion Q&A Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Seher ŞEN
Course Lecturer(s)	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Seher ŞEN
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	The course aims to introduce to sociological thinking by examining certain topics and debates in the study of everyday life.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Discuss the main concepts of sociology within the context of everyday life Question the relationship between individual and society Explain the different forms of inequalities concerning class, race, ethnicity and gender divisions in everyday life. Discuss the social and cultural aspects of daily life in relation to emotions like love, embarrassment and shyness Examine the power relations in different areas of daily life like home, eating and drinking, consumption, shopping and leisure.
Course Description	The course is designed to make students familiar with sogiological thinking through the discussions of everyday experiences. With an emphasis on the relationship between individual and society it aims to create an awereness about the “sociological imagination”. To do this, main sociological topics such as society, individual, identities, power, Urban/public space, intimacy, house, consumption, work, leisure, humour and inequalities in everyday life, will be discussed to explore the relationship between individual biography and social history.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Presentation and overview of the course	Anthony Giddens, Sociology; 3rd edition, Polity Press, 1998, pp. 3-6
2	Thinking Sociologically and Everyday Life	C. Wright Mills, "The Promise of Sociology" Sociological Imagination (available at blackboard) Anthony Giddens, Sociology; 3rd edition, Polity Press, 1998, chapter 10, pp. 242-261
3	Everydayness of Inequality: Class & Gender	Anthony Giddens, Sociology; 3rd edition, Polity Press, 1998, chapter 5, pp. 89-101.
4	Everydayness of Inequality: Ethnicity	Anthony Giddens, Sociology; 3rd edition, Polity Press, 1998, chapter 9, pp. 205-238.
5	New Sociologies of Everyday Life I	Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 2
6	New Sociologies of Everyday Life II	Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 2 & Film screening
7	In-class Writing
8	Emotions, Love and Friendship	Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 3
9	Houses and Rooms	Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 4
10	Eating and Drinking	Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 6
11	Consumption and Shopping	Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 8
12	Work, Leisure and Boredom	Susie Scott, Making Sense of Everyday Life Chapter 9
13	Humour, Resistance and Everyday Life	Giselinde Kuipers, Good humor, bad taste: a sociology of the joke
14	Social Justice in Everyday Life Review of the semester	Darrin Hodgetts et al., Social Justice in Everyday Life, in Social Psychology and Everyday Life, Houndmillls : Palgrave Macmillan
15	Semester Review
16	Final Exam

Course Notes/Textbooks	Making Sense of Everyday Life, Susie Scott, Polity Press, 2009. Everyday Life Reader, ed.by Ben Highmore, Routledge, 2002
Suggested Readings/Materials	Additional readings may be assigned during the semester.

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury	1	30
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	30
Final Exam	1	40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	2	60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	40
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	15	3	45
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments			0
Presentation / Jury	1	23	23
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	32	32
Final Exam	1	32	32
		Total	180

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Program Competencies/Outcomes

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To be able to equipped with theoretical and practical knowledge of industrial design, and to apply it to a variety of products, services and systems from conventional industries to urban scale with innovative and sustainable approaches

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2

To be able to communicate design concepts and proposals for solutions, which are supported with quantitative and qualitative data, to specialists and non-specialists through visual, written, and oral means

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3

To be able to equipped with the related theoretical and methodological knowledge of engineering, management, and visual communication that is required for interdisciplinary characteristic of industrial design; and to collaborate with other disciplines, organizations, or companies

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4

To be able to equipped with the knowledge of history and theory of design, arts and crafts; and culture of industrial design

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5

To be able to equipped with social, cultural, economic, environmental, legal, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation and/or application of disciplinary information and to employ these values regarding different needs

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6

To be able to develop contemporary approaches individually and as a team member to solve today’s problems in the practice of industrial design

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To be able to define design problems within their contexts and circumstances, and to propose solutions for them within the discipline of industrial design considering materials, production technologies and ergonomics

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8

To be able to use digital information and communication technologies, physical model making techniques and machinery, at an adequate level to the discipline of industrial design

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9

To be able to employ design research and methods within the theory and practice of industrial design

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10

To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen specialization area within the industrial design field

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11

To be able to collect data in the areas of industrial design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)

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12

To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently

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To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise

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