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SPS 101 Humanity and Society I 3 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the study of the human experience in the pre-modern world (from early humans to mid 18th century). It brings together various disciplinary approaches and major topics of the pre-modern world in a roughly chronological order. There are three central aims of this course. The first aim is to present our students the challenges and potential in the scientific study of human experience through the introduction of various analytical tools from disciplines such as history, sociology, anthropology and economics. The idea is to show to our students that the human experience is as much the realm of scientific inquiry and critical thinking as it is the case with the natural world. The second aim is to introduce the basic dynamics of the pre-modern world before the 18th century so that students would be adequately equipped to follow our consecutive course SPS 102 about the modern era and the concept of modernity. Finally, this course also aims to emphasize the structured use of language, in this case English, for the purposes of knowledge production and critical analysis. It accepts the role of language in humanities and social sciences as important as calculus is for physics. To that end, it pays special attention to critical reading and writing as evident from the course structure.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2023-2024 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2023-2024 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2022-2023 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2022-2023 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2022-2023 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2021-2022 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2021-2022 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2021-2022 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2020-2021 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2020-2021 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2020-2021 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2019-2020 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2019-2020 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2019-2020 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2018-2019 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2018-2019 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2018-2019 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2017-2018 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2017-2018 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2017-2018 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2016-2017 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2016-2017 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2016-2017 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2015-2016 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2015-2016 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2014-2015 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2014-2015 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2013-2014 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2013-2014 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2013-2014 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2012-2013 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2012-2013 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2011-2012 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2011-2012 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2010-2011 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2010-2011 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2010-2011 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2009-2010 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2009-2010 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2009-2010 Humanity and Society I 3
Spring 2008-2009 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2008-2009 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2007-2008 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2007-2008 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2006-2007 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2006-2007 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2005-2006 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2005-2006 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2004-2005 Humanity and Society I 3
Summer 2003-2004 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2003-2004 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2002-2003 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2001-2002 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 2000-2001 Humanity and Society I 3
Fall 1999-2000 Humanity and Society I 3
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: SPS 101D
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (5 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 101D Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0 Credit
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2023-2024 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2023-2024 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2022-2023 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2022-2023 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2022-2023 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2021-2022 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2021-2022 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2021-2022 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2020-2021 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2020-2021 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2020-2021 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2019-2020 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2019-2020 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2019-2020 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2018-2019 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2018-2019 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2018-2019 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2017-2018 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2017-2018 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2017-2018 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2016-2017 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2016-2017 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2016-2017 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2015-2016 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2015-2016 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2014-2015 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2014-2015 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2013-2014 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2013-2014 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2013-2014 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2012-2013 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2012-2013 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2011-2012 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2011-2012 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2010-2011 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2010-2011 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2010-2011 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2009-2010 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2009-2010 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2009-2010 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Spring 2008-2009 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2008-2009 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2007-2008 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2007-2008 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2006-2007 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2006-2007 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2005-2006 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2005-2006 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2004-2005 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Summer 2003-2004 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2003-2004 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2002-2003 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2001-2002 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 2000-2001 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Fall 1999-2000 Humanity and Society I - Discussion 0
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: SPS 101
ECTS Credit: NONE ECTS (NONE ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 102 Humanity and Society II 3 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the study of the human experience in the modern world. It brings together the history of major milestones in the modern era, from the mid-18th century to the 21st century, and prominent theoretical frameworks that are employed to analyze this transformative period in the history of our species. SPS 102 is designed to be a follow-up of SPS 101 and thus compliments the content and the academic skills that were previously introduced. There are three central aims of this course. The first aim is to present our students the challenges and potential in the scientific study of human experience through the introduction of various analytical tools from disciplines such as history, sociology, anthropology and economics. The second aim is to provide the intellectual foundations that would help our students to understand the dynamics of the contemporary world around them by historicizing its relatively recent formation in the history of humanity. Finally, this course also aims to emphasize the structured use of language, in this case English, for the purposes of knowledge production and critical analysis. It accepts the role of language in humanities and social sciences as important as calculus is for physics. To that end, it pays special attention to critical reading and writing as evident from the course structure.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2023-2024 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2023-2024 Humanity and Society II 3
Summer 2022-2023 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2022-2023 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2022-2023 Humanity and Society II 3
Summer 2021-2022 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2021-2022 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2021-2022 Humanity and Society II 3
Summer 2020-2021 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2020-2021 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2020-2021 Humanity and Society II 3
Summer 2019-2020 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2019-2020 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2019-2020 Humanity and Society II 3
Summer 2018-2019 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2018-2019 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2018-2019 Humanity and Society II 3
Summer 2017-2018 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2017-2018 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2017-2018 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2016-2017 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2016-2017 Humanity and Society II 3
Summer 2015-2016 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2015-2016 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2015-2016 Humanity and Society II 3
Summer 2014-2015 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2014-2015 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2014-2015 Humanity and Society II 3
Summer 2013-2014 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2013-2014 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2013-2014 Humanity and Society II 3
Summer 2012-2013 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2012-2013 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2012-2013 Humanity and Society II 3
Summer 2011-2012 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2011-2012 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2011-2012 Humanity and Society II 3
Summer 2010-2011 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2010-2011 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2010-2011 Humanity and Society II 3
Summer 2009-2010 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2009-2010 Humanity and Society II 3
Fall 2009-2010 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2008-2009 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2007-2008 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2006-2007 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2005-2006 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2004-2005 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2003-2004 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2002-2003 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2001-2002 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 2000-2001 Humanity and Society II 3
Spring 1999-2000 Humanity and Society II 3
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
Corequisite: SPS 102D
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (5 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 102D Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0 Credit
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2023-2024 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2023-2024 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Summer 2022-2023 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2022-2023 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2022-2023 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Summer 2021-2022 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2021-2022 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2021-2022 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Summer 2020-2021 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2020-2021 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2020-2021 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Summer 2019-2020 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2019-2020 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2019-2020 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Summer 2018-2019 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2018-2019 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2018-2019 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Summer 2017-2018 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2017-2018 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2017-2018 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2016-2017 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2016-2017 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Summer 2015-2016 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2015-2016 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2015-2016 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Summer 2014-2015 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2014-2015 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2014-2015 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Summer 2013-2014 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2013-2014 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2013-2014 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Summer 2012-2013 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2012-2013 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2012-2013 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Summer 2011-2012 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2011-2012 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2011-2012 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Summer 2010-2011 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2010-2011 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2010-2011 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Summer 2009-2010 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2009-2010 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Fall 2009-2010 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2008-2009 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2007-2008 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2006-2007 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2005-2006 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2004-2005 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2003-2004 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2002-2003 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2001-2002 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 2000-2001 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Spring 1999-2000 Humanity and Society II - Discussion 0
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: SPS 102
ECTS Credit: NONE ECTS (NONE ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 201 Fundamentals of Scientific Inquiry and Statistical Reasoning for Social Sciences 3 Credits
This course provides the undergraduate students with an elementary but rigorous grip on the fundamentals of scientific inquiry and statistical reasoning. The course aims to introduce students to understanding the basis of inductive reasoning and assessments involving uncertainty as well as statistical concepts and techniques. The students will be exposed to probability, chance, causation, correlation, statistical hypothesis and testing. The course also includes practical application of these techniques.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Fall 2005-2006 Fundamentals of Scientific Inquiry and Statistical Reasoning for Social Sciences 3
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
Corequisite: SPS 201D
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 201D Fundamentals of Scientific Inquiry and Statistical Reasoning for Social Sciences Discussion 0 Credit
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Fall 2005-2006 Fundamentals of Scientific Inquiry and Statistical Reasoning for Social Sciences Discussion 0
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: SPS 201
ECTS Credit: NONE ECTS (NONE ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 303 Law and Ethics 3 Credits
This course aims to encourage students to reflect on the meaning of being an individual and a citizen. Certain fundamental questions, posed by the ancients but persisting in their relevance, informs the structure of the course: What is good life? How should we live? What does the life of a virtuous individual and citizen consist of? How can the likely conflicts between the two be resolved? Related to these, the course also explores the diverse relationships between law and ethics and adresses issues such as political authority, representation and consent, freedom, justice, and equality.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2023-2024 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2023-2024 Law and Ethics 3
Summer 2022-2023 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2022-2023 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2022-2023 Law and Ethics 3
Summer 2021-2022 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2021-2022 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2021-2022 Law and Ethics 3
Summer 2020-2021 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2020-2021 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2020-2021 Law and Ethics 3
Summer 2019-2020 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2019-2020 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2019-2020 Law and Ethics 3
Summer 2018-2019 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2018-2019 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2018-2019 Law and Ethics 3
Summer 2017-2018 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2017-2018 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2017-2018 Law and Ethics 3
Summer 2016-2017 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2016-2017 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2016-2017 Law and Ethics 3
Summer 2015-2016 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2015-2016 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2015-2016 Law and Ethics 3
Summer 2014-2015 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2014-2015 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2014-2015 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2013-2014 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2013-2014 Law and Ethics 3
Summer 2012-2013 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2012-2013 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2012-2013 Law and Ethics 3
Summer 2011-2012 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2011-2012 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2011-2012 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2010-2011 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2010-2011 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2009-2010 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2009-2010 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2008-2009 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2008-2009 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2007-2008 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2007-2008 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2006-2007 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2006-2007 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2005-2006 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2005-2006 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2004-2005 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2004-2005 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2003-2004 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2003-2004 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2002-2003 Law and Ethics 3
Fall 2002-2003 Law and Ethics 3
Spring 2001-2002 Law and Ethics 3
Prerequisite: __
SPS 303>Pre-requiste
Corequisite: SPS 303D
ECTS Credit: 5 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements: 58.000 credits
000 to 9999 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently.
 
SPS 303D Law and Ethics - Discussion 0 Credit
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2023-2024 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2023-2024 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Summer 2022-2023 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2022-2023 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2022-2023 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Summer 2021-2022 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2021-2022 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2021-2022 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Summer 2020-2021 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2020-2021 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2020-2021 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Summer 2019-2020 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2019-2020 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2019-2020 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Summer 2018-2019 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2018-2019 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2018-2019 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Summer 2017-2018 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2017-2018 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2017-2018 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Summer 2016-2017 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2016-2017 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2016-2017 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Summer 2015-2016 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2015-2016 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2015-2016 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Summer 2014-2015 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2014-2015 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2014-2015 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2013-2014 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2013-2014 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Summer 2012-2013 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2012-2013 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2012-2013 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Summer 2011-2012 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2011-2012 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2011-2012 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2010-2011 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2010-2011 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2009-2010 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2009-2010 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2008-2009 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2008-2009 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2007-2008 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2007-2008 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2006-2007 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2006-2007 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2005-2006 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2005-2006 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2004-2005 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2004-2005 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2003-2004 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2003-2004 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Spring 2002-2003 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Fall 2002-2003 Law and Ethics - Discussion 0
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: SPS 303
ECTS Credit: NONE ECTS (NONE ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 312 Quantitative Methods 3 Credits
The goal of this course is to provide students with a working knowledge as well as a critical understanding of quantitative research methods used by researchers in social sciences. The basic principles that inform social science approaches to quantitative research will be discussed and applied throughout the course as the strengths and limitations of various research methods are studied. Topics include: descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, analysis of variance, factorial design, content analysis and interaction and relational analysis.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2002-2003 Quantitative Methods 3
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 315 Analysis of Social Networks 3 Credits
This course is a theoretical, methodological, and practical introduction to the analysis of social networks. Applications in different social science disciplines are systematically presented and discussed. Besides theoretical evaluation of the foundations of social network analysis students are guided to undertake collaborative empirical analyses of social networks
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Fall 2015-2016 Analysis of Social Networks 3
Fall 2014-2015 Analysis of Social Networks 3
Spring 2009-2010 Analysis of Social Networks 3
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 320 Approaches to Ethnic Conflict 3 Credits
Many students of ethnicity and nationalism try to explain ethnic roots of conflicts and examine cases where ethnic conflicts with varied level of violence/non-violence. However, a study of ethnic conflict should encompass various dimensions of the issue including the causes, process, and outcomes. This course will use literature from sociology and anthropology to study the roots of ethnic conflicts, geography to discuss the spatial meanings attached to ethnic differences, literature from political science to examine how different political systems accommodate ethnic differences and ethnic violence and international relations to come up with possible strategies to prevent and reconcile them. We will also refer to historical case study examples.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2005-2006 Approaches to Ethnic Conflict 3
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 322 Football, Nationality and the State 3 Credits
Irrespective of gender, race, ethnicity or religion football occupies a central place in the daily lives of many people in the world. Viewed from this perspective football is not only a sport but it is also a social phenomenon. Football is deeply embedded in and relates to concepts like patriotism, nations, nationality, nationalism and the state. This course primarily aims to study football as a social phenomenon and to explore its political, social and cultural implications on a global scale. Football, as a political instrument whether employed for repression of the masses or as a way of expressing different identities is an exceptional game that carries the potential to help us to understand the complexities of modern society and politics.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Summer 2013-2014 Football, Nationality and the State 3
Fall 2013-2014 Football, Nationality and the State 3
Spring 2008-2009 Football, Nationality and the State 3
Spring 2007-2008 Football, Nationality and the State 3
Spring 2005-2006 Football, Nationality and the State 3
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 325 Alcibiades and Philoctetes: Individual?s Talents and Rights in an Oligarchical Society 3 Credits
Throughout history and fiction, individuals with outstanding talents within their social settings have been subjected to life-determining societal responses. A more general issue is the protection/transgression of an individual's rights when they are perceived to be at odds with the dominant forces of society. The problem becomes acute in oligarchical societies, which are controlled by a close-knit coalition insensitive to the larger benefit of the majority. The conflict between individual talent and reactionary oligarchy is vividly seen in the historical character of Alcibiades of Athens, during the Peloponnesian War. The conflict of oligarchic transgression over individual rights has been given attention in the story of Philoctetes in the Iliad, as masterfully brought into focus in the play by Sophocles, in the medieval novel The Abyss (L'Oeuvre au Noir) by Marguerite Yourcenar, and in the history of Piri Reis. A critical analysis of individual talents and rights under oligarchic encroachment will be conducted, with historical, biographical, and literary settings.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2010-2011 Alcibiades and Philoctetes: Individual?s Talents and Rights in an Oligarchical Society 3
Spring 2009-2010 Alcibiades and Philoctetes: Individual?s Talents and Rights in an Oligarchical Society 3
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 374 Global Environmental Challenges 3 Credits
This course aims to provide an introduction to the global environmental challenges with their scientific, economic and political aspects from an interdisciplinary natural and social science perspective. This course equips students with skills to comprehend and analyses the historical background, as well as the future outlook of current environmental problems caused by the immense impact of human civilizations, particularly by economic growth and changing production-consumption patterns. Topics to be discussed include environmental pollution and ecological footprint, global issues such as ozone depletion, deforestation, climate change, and biodiversity loss, air pollution and other environmental health issues, urban environmental problems, food and water politics, plastic pollution and the oceans. Course include discussions of case studies for the solutions and movements for a sustainable future, such as eco-innovation, green economy, and environmentalist campaigns.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Fall 2023-2024 Global Environmental Challenges 3
Fall 2022-2023 Global Environmental Challenges 3
Fall 2021-2022 Global Environmental Challenges 3
Fall 2020-2021 Global Environmental Challenges 3
Fall 2019-2020 Global Environmental Challenges 3
Spring 2018-2019 Global Environmental Challenges 3
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 384 Climate Change and Environmental Politics 3 Credits
This course introduces the essence of ecological crisis and environmental problems, and science and policy aspects of the environmental issues, especially of global climate change. Climate change is not only the most alarming planetary challenge, but also is at the nexus of the debate around international politics, environmental law, social movements and the search for sustainable economic alternatives. This course equips students with the skills and methodologies to use the basic notions of environmental politics such as ecological citizenship and environmental justice, which are also among the novel concepts in political theory . International environmental politics, green and environmental movements, climate governance and food politics are among the topics to be discussed.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2023-2024 Climate Change and Environmental Politics 3
Spring 2022-2023 Climate Change and Environmental Politics 3
Spring 2021-2022 Climate Change and Environmental Politics 3
Spring 2020-2021 Climate Change and Environmental Politics 3
Spring 2019-2020 Climate Change and Environmental Politics 3
Fall 2018-2019 Global Climate Change and Environmental Politics 3
Fall 2017-2018 Global Climate Change and Environmental Politics 3
Fall 2016-2017 Global Climate Change and Environmental Politics 3
Fall 2011-2012 Humanity and Environment 3
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 442 State Formation 3 Credits
This course will examine forms of stateness; their varieties and determinants. We will look at practice, language and ideas in Europe and Asia using historical sociological and anthropological perspectives. The course will also focus on the current transformations in state sovereignty that are entangled in processes of globalization.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2013-2014 State Formation 3
Spring 2012-2013 State Formation 3
Spring 2011-2012 State Formation 3
Spring 2010-2011 State Formation 3
Spring 2008-2009 State Formation 3
Fall 2007-2008 State Formation 3
Spring 2005-2006 State Formation 3
Spring 2002-2003 State Formation 3
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
 
SPS 452 Military in Society and Politics 3 Credits
This course analyzes the interaction between the military, society, and politics, with specific examples from Latin America, Africa, Middle East, and Asia. It introduces the main characteristics of the military organization and its professionalism, taking the Western model as the ideal. It examines how the role of the military in politics and society changes at various political, economic, and social development levels. It asks if the military is an institution that resolves conflicts within society by mediating between different sides, or an actor that pursues its own corporate interests. The course also focuses on the consequences of military interventions on politics, society, and the future of democracy. Keeping in mind the outcomes of military interventions, the course considers civilian control of the military in democracies
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2008-2009 Military in Society and Politics 3
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements: