SELECTED TOPIC IN SOCIOLOGY

Present realities of contemporary global migration in the context of social sciences. Critical analysis of the social problems such as social mobility, poverty, gender and education, inequality and citizenship as they relate to migration. Understanding the basic methods used for analysing migration related issues. Exploring fundamental consequences of migration for shaping social relations at local and global levels. Examination of social forces within the contexts of migration and migrant integration.

Present realities of contemporary global migration in the context of social sciences. Critical analysis of the social problems such as social mobility, poverty, gender and education, inequality and citizenship as they relate to migration. Understanding the basic methods used for analysing migration related issues. Exploring fundamental consequences of migration for shaping social relations at local and global levels. Examination of social forces within the contexts of migration and migrant integration.

An introductory exploration of state-society relations from an interdisciplinary perspective. Focusing on the questions of what the state is, what the society is, and what the relationship between the two is? The concept of citizenship and how the state relates to citizens through security forces, juridical system, social welfare, education, religion and culture. Working with examples from history, Türkiye and other countries.

An introduction to a scholarly study of popular culture, with the overall objective of illustrating how pop culture influences our attitudes and worldviews. Dissecting a variety of pop culture ?texts? such as cartoons, children?s literature, youtube videos, commercials, advertisements, websites, music videos, television, film and news broadcasts. Focusing on icons and imagery which address a global dimension of pop culture. Through the study of these pop culture ?texts,? as well as relevant readings and writing/homework assignments, students will learn to analyze different aspects of pop culture through a variety of more specific critical lenses (such as gender, class, race and ethnicity, sexuality, beauty, etc).

Political, economic and sociological approaches. Food in relation to several topics including identity, politics, global institutions, and social inequalities. Questioning how global/local politics and what we eat is related by placing food at the center of the debate. Theoretical and case-based issues related to contemporary realm of politics of food. Sociological and political science perspectives as well as vantage points of policy-makers, economists, environmentalists, civil society platforms.

Designed to introduce beginner learners to the four language skills?listening, speaking, reading and writing?and to the Spanish culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, first half of level A1.

Designed to introduce beginner learners to the four language skills?listening, speaking, reading and writing?and to the Spanish culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, first half of level A1.

Designed to introduce beginner learners to the four language skills?listening, speaking, reading and writing?and to the Spanish culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, first half of level A1.

Designed to introduce beginner learners to the four language skills?listening, speaking, reading and writing?and to the Spanish culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, first half of level A1.

Designed to develop basic Spanish listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, and to deepen cultural awareness in order to interact successfully in routine situations. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: second half of level A1.

Designed to develop basic Spanish listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, and to deepen cultural awareness in order to interact successfully in routine situations. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: second half of level A1.

Continuation of SPAN 202 for advanced beginners, emphasizing the development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Enables students to carry out communicative tasks related to matters regularly encountered. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: A2 First half.

Continuation of SPAN 301 designed to strengthen language skills in the target language in order to enable students to interact and carry out real-life tasks with a degree of accuracy and fluency without heavily compromising communication. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: second half of level A2 and first half of level B1.

Cloud computing fundamentals taught using Amazon Web Services (AWS), case studies and tools. Software, platforms, and infrastructure as services. Scalability and elasticity provided by virtualized computing, storage, and network resources. Key cloud security concepts and technologies. Network, application, and information security. Moving existing IT infrastructure to the cloud. Cloud storage. Data analytics on the cloud case studies.

Technology and Innovation Management taught using academic papers, sharing real life experiences, case studies and field trips to R&D Centers of Corporations, SME, and Academia. Multidisciplinary structure and full life cycle of technology based innovation management will cover R&D structures, patent and academic paper search, high tech investment trends, standardization committee realities, intellectual property rights, national strategic requirements and priority areas; government grants structures, technology transfer offices, incubation centers, corporate venture capital environments, regulatory bodies, and different corporate innovation models. Toolkits for strategy development and daily operation will be developed.

A broad introduction to machine learning covering regression, classification, clustering, and dimensionality reduction methods; supervised and unsupervised models; linear and nonlinear models; parametric and nonparametric models; combinations of multiple models; comparisons of multiple models and model selection.

Acquisition of technologies for transforming to digital business to stay competitive. Even more critical due to the pandemic. Provides tools to address digital era challenges. Technology road mapping for a comprehensive plan towards digital transformation.

An introduction to the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing in Turkish, and to the Turkish culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language for beginner learners. Enables students to understand basic greetings and routine phrases; to pick out familiar words and phrases in very short simple texts; to join in basic conversations; to be able to talk about daily activities and write simple phrases/sentences. Complies with the first half of level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

An introduction to the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing in Turkish, and to the Turkish culture in order to develop basic communication in the target language for beginner learners. Enables students to understand basic greetings and routine phrases; to pick out familiar words and phrases in very short simple texts; to join in basic conversations; to be able to talk about daily activities and write simple phrases/sentences. Complies with the first half of level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Targets students with basic knowledge of Turkish to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Enables them to understand basic words/phrases about their families and their surroundings, reading and writing about the same subjects, giving information about where they live. Complies with the second half of level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Continuation of TRK 203 for advanced beginners; aimed for students to understand the main idea of a discussion in Turkish; reading simple texts dealing with their interests; talking about hobbies/spare times and writing texts with simple sentences and structures. Complies with the second half of level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Targets students to be able to understand idioms, slangs and metaphors in a conversation; to read and comment on contemporary literary texts; to express themselves fluently, accurately and effectively on academic and professional topics and to express themselves in writings of wide range of general or professional topics in a clear and comprehensive way. Complies with the second half of level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.