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The History of Sociological Thought I - course description

General information
Course name The History of Sociological Thought I
Course ID 14.2-WP-SOC-HMS1
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

To familiarize students with the classical social theories.

Prerequisites

None

Scope

Classical Greek society and social thought.

Feudal Society and Its Ideology.

the Renaissance utopian ideas.

John Locke and Thomas Hobbes ideas.

The Enlightenment.

The industrial society – Claude Saint Simon.

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.

Recommended reading

1.       Szacki Jerzy, History of Social Thought, Aldwych Press Ltd, 1979.

Further reading

1.        Emory Stephen Bogardus, A History of Social Thought, University of Southern California Press,

2.        Raymond Aron, Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Transaction Publishers, 2009.

(http://books.google.pl/books?id=-HVd1cS7e-gC&printsec=frontcover&hl=pl&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false)

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)