Sociology; in its broadest definition, is a comprehensive scientific field that deals with human life. Sociology examines social life, the social causes and consequences of human behaviors, the actions and relationships that individuals exhibit within the scope of social life in all aspects. While sociology examines how individuals are affected by society and other individuals/institutions they communicate with, it also considers the extent to which individuals influence society and other individuals/institutions. Today, sociology is increasingly gaining importance. The main reason for this is the rapid change and complexity of all socio-economic and spatial processes related to humans and society. Sociology, on the one hand, addresses the changes that occur in social structures and the institutions and relationships that form these structures, and on the other hand, examines phenomena such as family, economy, politics, culture, education, violence, media, law, health, music, sports, gender, race, and ethnicity in a social context. While these phenomena can be perceived differently on an individual level, they can also carry different social characteristics on local, regional, national, and global levels. In the broadest sense, sociology systematically and scientifically addresses all processes related to social life. In this sense, differences in social dynamics can be observed both throughout Turkey and in the Western Mediterranean Region and the city of Burdur, where Mehmet Akif Ersoy University is located. In this context, there is a significant need for qualified human resources trained in the discipline of sociology to analyze social differences and experiences at the local level of Burdur city, regionally, nationally, and even globally. Therefore, increasing the number of programs that will provide scientific sociology education is of great importance. The main aim of the sociology department is to train sociologists who can contribute to scientific studies being conducted in the world and our country, equipped with qualified knowledge, able to read the interactions between people, make determinations about the problems of their country and region, seek solutions, have analytical thinking skills, recognize current technologies and apply them to scientific studies, evaluate individual and social problems in a multidimensional framework, and analyze the problems of the society they live in and other societies in general with a sociological perspective. Our department's undergraduate education aims to provide students with sufficient theoretical and practical infrastructure to conduct research and find answers to problems, in addition to granting them a bachelor's degree, group work, and analytical thinking skills.

About the Department

Sociology; in its broadest definition, is a comprehensive scientific field that deals with human life. Sociology examines social life, the social causes and consequences of human behaviors, the actions and relationships that individuals exhibit within the scope of social life in all aspects. While sociology examines how individuals are affected by society and other individuals/institutions they communicate with, it also considers the extent to which individuals influence society and other individuals/institutions. Today, sociology is increasingly gaining importance. The main reason for this is the rapid change and complexity of all socio-economic and spatial processes related to humans and society. Sociology, on the one hand, addresses the changes that occur in social structures and the institutions and relationships that form these structures, and on the other hand, examines phenomena such as family, economy, politics, culture, education, violence, media, law, health, music, sports, gender, race, and ethnicity in a social context. While these phenomena can be perceived differently on an individual level, they can also carry different social characteristics on local, regional, national, and global levels. In the broadest sense, sociology systematically and scientifically addresses all processes related to social life. In this sense, differences in social dynamics can be observed both throughout Turkey and in the Western Mediterranean Region and the city of Burdur, where Mehmet Akif Ersoy University is located. In this context, there is a significant need for qualified human resources trained in the discipline of sociology to analyze social differences and experiences at the local level of Burdur city, regionally, nationally, and even globally. Therefore, increasing the number of programs that will provide scientific sociology education is of great importance. The main aim of the sociology department is to train sociologists who can contribute to scientific studies being conducted in the world and our country, equipped with qualified knowledge, able to read the interactions between people, make determinations about the problems of their country and region, seek solutions, have analytical thinking skills, recognize current technologies and apply them to scientific studies, evaluate individual and social problems in a multidimensional framework, and analyze the problems of the society they live in and other societies in general with a sociological perspective. Our department's undergraduate education aims to provide students with sufficient theoretical and practical infrastructure to conduct research and find answers to problems, in addition to granting them a bachelor's degree, group work, and analytical thinking skills.

History

Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Sociology Department reached a sufficient number of faculty members in the 2015-2016 academic year and plans to start admitting students from the 2016-2017 academic year onwards. 

Job Description and Employment Areas

Holders of this diploma receive a four-year higher education. Additionally, they receive the title of "SOCIOLOGIST". Following their sociology undergraduate education, as holders of a bachelor's degree, students can be employed in Universities, schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education, private schools and tutoring centers, various state institutions and ministries, local administrations, non-governmental organizations, public opinion research companies, and workplaces employing more than 49 workers. 

Teaching Infrastructure and Facilities

Sociology department students will take their courses in modern buildings, equipped with all technological supports, closely following all developments, in the classrooms allocated to our department by our University.

Research and Project Activities

The sociology department supports all projects and activities aimed at development.

Mission

In the context of research and teaching competence, to be a department that is internationally recognized, produces and provides education at an international level, has interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding, comprehends, explains, interprets, and critiques the formation, change, and transformation dynamics of social life both locally and universally, aims to train sociologists who can identify and solve social problems, produce social, cultural, political, and economic policies for the identification and solution of social problems, provides education to institutions and organizations operating in the public and private sectors, and continuously develops itself.

Vision

To train sociologists who produce and provide education at universal standards, rich in professional and general culture needed by Turkey, with sufficient open and critical thinking power, sensitive to international issues as well as the environment and country they live in, follow world and country issues as an intellectual, and think brightly and universally.