MA in Sociology (in English)
Why Sociology at Ibn Haldun University?
The discipline of sociology aims to analyze social, cultural, political, economic, and legal problems that have arisen since people started living together, as well as to make comparative analyzes and offer solutions. Today, globalization, ethnic, religious, and regional wars, and economic, environmental, legal, and social crises have increased the importance of sociological research data. Ibn Haldun University Graduate Program of Sociology aims to create a new understanding, conceptualization, and research space at the point of experience, analyzing, and proposing solutions for various problems regarding human beings and society in our country and the world. Our graduate program, which is both theoretical and methodologically nourished from the world's different sociological and social science traditions, is also claiming to create a new tradition of sociology from the perspective of civilization.
Esteemed Academics
One-on-One Education
Boutique University
Student-Centered Approach
On-Campus Dormitories for Female and Male Students
Sports Center
Supportive Research and Project Ecosystem
Head of The Department:
Prof. Dr. Ramazan Aras
Purposes of the Program:
The master's program in Sociology aims to train highly competent sociologists, intellectuals, and researchers at the international level in today's local and global processes and crises. In line with our university's vision, educating experts, administrators, and diplomats equipped with knowledge and skills that can meet the needs of our country and the institutions and organizations operating in the world are among the critical missions of our program.
The very objective of the program is to improve research in the field of Sociology in our country and to train sociologists who can identify and solve problems to meet the needs of the country so that essential contributions can be obtained from this research activities both at national and international level and their effects can be disseminated.
The fact that the language of education in the program is English makes it possible for our graduates to work and conduct research worldwide.
Scope of the Program:
The master's program in Sociology combines different theoretical and methodological approaches to researching, understanding, and proposing solutions for social, cultural, political, environmental, and economic crises and problems in today's societies by examining the traditions of thought in different civilizations and cultures basins comparatively.
The knowledge and skills that the graduates of the program will acquire can be listed as follows:
- Providing specialization in specific areas
- To be preferred in national and international business environments and management levels
- Working on joint projects with experts from different disciplines
- To be able to interpret social processes as a whole with an interdisciplinary perspective
- Having a broad perspective and high analytical power
- To be able to bring effective and practical solutions to social/cultural, and political problems
- Efficient use of time and all resources at hand
- To be able to observe and analyze social and political dynamics
Target Audience:
Individuals who want to increase or improve their knowledge and skills in sociological thinking, theory, and research methods targeted by the program are as follows:
- Individuals wishing to pursue an academic career
- University graduates from any discipline who are looking for a job in the public or private sector
- Employees of companies who have experience in different organizations and want to acquire the equipment that will carry it to the next level
- Individuals struggle to understand and analyze the society and environment toey belong in connection with the developments in historical, local, and international spheres.
The following lesson plan is for informational purposes only. Click here to access the Bologna information.
Click here to access the course information package.
| IBN HALDUN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES SOCIOLOGY (ENGLISH) WITH THESIS PROGRAM COURSE PLAN | |||||
| I. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 501 | Research Methods and Publication Ethics | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 503 | Social Theory I | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC… | Departmental Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC…/.. | Departmental/General Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Language Courses | |||||
| Total Credit | 12 | 32 | |||
| II. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 500 | Seminar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| SOC 504 | Social Theory II | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 506 | Ibn Khaldun and Contemporary Issues | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC… | Departmental Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC…/... | Departmental/General Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Language Courses | |||||
| Total Credit | 12 | 35 | |||
| III. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 599 | Master's Thesis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Total Credit | 0 | 30 | |||
| IV. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 599 | Master's Thesis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Total Credit | 0 | 30 | |||
| Overall Total Credit | 24 | 127 | |||
| COMPULSORY COURSES | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| SOC 500 | Seminar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| SOC 501 | Research Methods and Publication Ethics | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 503 | Social Theory I | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 504 | Social Theory II | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 506 | Ibn Khaldun and Contemporary Issues | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE COURSES | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| ANTH 509/609 | Ethnography of Muslim Societies | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 511/611 | Ethnography of Space and Place | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 512/612 | Ethnography of Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 513/613 | Anthropology of Islam | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 518/618 | Anthropolgy of the Political | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 520/620 | Political Border and Border Regions | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| ANTH 522/622 | Anthropology of Emotions | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| CULT 510/610 | Readings in Orientalism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| CULT 517/617 | Genealogies of Multiculturalism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| HIST 508 | Oral History and Social Memory | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 505/605 | Political Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 507/607 | Sociology of Religion | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 508/608 | Religion in Modern Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 510/610 | Gender and Society | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 514/614 | Urban Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 515/615 | Historical Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 516/616 | Social Movements | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 517/617 | Sociology of Media | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 521/621 | Discourse Analysis | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 525/625 | Modernity, Post-Modernity and Beyond | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 530/630 | Sociology of Disaster | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 535/635 | Sociology and Anthropology of Secularism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 536/636 | Advanced Comparative Theories and Methods | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 537/637 | Sociology of Southeast Asia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 538/638 | Nation State and Nationalism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 539/639 | Selected Topics in Sociology | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 540/640 | Colonialism and Postcolonialism | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 541/641 | Sociology of Literature | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 542/642 | Civilizations | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 543/ 643 | Social Inequality | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 544/644 | Sociology of Labor and Work | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| SOC 546/646 | Sociology of Childhood and Family | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |