Contemporary sociological theories - course description

General information

Course name	Contemporary sociological theories
Course ID	14.2-WP-SOC-WTS
Faculty	Faculty of Social Sciences
Field of study	WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Sociology
Education profile	-
Level of studies	First-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester	winter term 2020/2021
Head faculty	Faculty of Social Sciences

Course information

ECTS credits to win	6
Course type	obligatory
Teaching language	english
Author of syllabus	dr Dorota Bazuń

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
Class	30	2	-	-	Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The course aim is introduction to contemporary sociological theories

Prerequisites

None

Scope

Functionalism and neofunctionalism;
Social exchange theory,
Postmodernism,
Symbolic interactionism versions: ethnomethodology, dramaturgical perspective;
Conflict theory;
Critical theory;
Feminist theory;
Structuration theory;
P. Bourdiu’s social theory.

Teaching methods

Lecture: lecturing and Power Point presentation.

Classes: discussing the readings, working out issues in groups.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Lecture: written exam.

Classes: grade of: a) student activities and participation in discussions during class, b) written essay. The final mark is on average of those three components (a+b).

Final grades of the course will be assigned according to the following scale:

50% of final course grade is mark of classes and 50% of final course grade is an exam’s mark.

Notes

the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Modified by dr Jarosław Wagner (last modification: 08-07-2020 17:37)

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