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Theoretical Problems of Sociology - course description

General information
Course name Theoretical Problems of Sociology
Course ID 14.2-WP-SOCDA- TPS
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences
Field of study Sociology
Education profile academic
Level of studies Second-cycle studies leading to MS degree
Beginning semester winter term 2020/2021
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 4
Course type obligatory
Teaching language polish
Author of syllabus
  • dr hab. Beata Trzop, prof. UZ
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Lecture 15 1 - - Exam
Class 15 1 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with selected issues related to the problems of social differentiation in both theoretical and empirical terms, as well as to prepare students to recognize and analyze contemporary problems of social diversity.

Prerequisites

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Scope

1. The place of sociology in contemporary social sciences
2. Social inequalities, stratification ideas and concepts of social structure in contemporary sociological thought.
3. Social position, role and social status in contemporary sociological thought.
4. Problems of social and spatial mobility and various types of societies in contemporary sociological thought.
5. Issues related to the issues of social bonds in contemporary sociological thought.
6. Social interaction in contemporary sociological thought.
7. Problems of identity in contemporary sociological thought.
8. Contemporary concepts of social control.
9. Social institutions and the process of institutionalization in the modern world.
10. Social change, development and progress: challenges for the present day.

Teaching methods

Teaching methods are a conventional lecture. The content in the thematic scope of the exercises is carried out by means of working with a book and source documents.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Completion of the exercises based on the grade from the paper (compliance with the subject, correct structure of the paper, language, reliability, independence of the paper, appropriate selection of the literature of the subject). Passing lectures - written exam
The final grade in the subject is the arithmetic mean of the exam grade and the exercise grade.

Recommended reading

  1. Ritzer G., Introduction to Sociology.
  2. Giddens A. Duneier M., Introduction to Sociology (Seagull Tenth Edition).
  3. Giddens A. and Sutton P. W., Essential Concepts in Sociology.
  4. Bert N. Adams, R. A. Sydie, Sociological Theory, Pine Forge Press 2001.

Further reading

  1. Calhoun C., Gerteis J., Moody J., Pfaff S., Virk I. (eds.), Classical Sociological Theory 3rd Edition.
  2. Gelderblom D.,‎ Graaff J., Social Institutions (Introductions to Sociology), 2004.
  3. Ritzer R., Sociological Theory, 9th Edition.

Notes

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Modified by dr Tomasz Kołodziej (last modification: 16-04-2020 09:50)