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Sociology of a Borderland - course description

General information
Course name Sociology of a Borderland
Course ID 14.2-WP-SOC-SPOGR
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences
Field of study WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Sociology
Education profile -
Level of studies Second-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2021/2022
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 4
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr Anna Mielczarek-Żejmo
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 acquaint students with the most important ideas of sociology of nstruktor. To familiarize students with the processes of change taking part on borderlines and to present different examples of mutual cooperation and solving problems in case of borderland societies.

Prerequisites

No special prerequisites

Scope

Lectures:

  1. Concepts of borderland and borderline.
  2. Kinds of borderland.
  3. Nation and ethnic groups.
  4. Multiculturalism.
  5. Methodology of research on borderland.

Classes:

  1. Borderlands of Poland.
  2. Selected borderlands in Europe and in the world.
  3. Cooperation in case of multiculturalism. 
  4. Ethnic conflicts on borderland – examples and examples of solving it.
  5. Pathological phenomena on borderlands.

Teaching methods

Explaining and lecturing – teaching through description of examples and case studies. Using elements of discussion during lecture. Class discussion. Small groups discussion. Case studies description. Discussing the readings. Carrying out some of the classes using mobile methods: a research walk or a study visit.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Final grade is average of exam and classes grade. Individual written exam in form of test. Classes grade is average of: a) active participating in class discussions; b) take-home  written  paper.

Recommended reading

Kennard Ann, Old cultures, new institutions: around the new eastern border of the European Union, LIT – Verlag, Berlin 2010.

Further reading

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 Magdalena Pokrzyńska (last modification: 30-04-2021 09:38)