SylabUZ
| Course name | Contemporary Problems of Sociology |
| Course ID | 0314-WP-PED-WPS |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Field of study | WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Pedagogy |
| Education profile | - |
| Level of studies | Second-cycle Erasmus programme |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2022/2023 |
| Semester | 1 |
| ECTS credits to win | 5 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
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| 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 |
To acquaint students with: a) the nature and problems of changes in the organization and functioning of the modern societies, b) the processes occurring in them, and the consequences for everyday life.
No special prerequisites
Origin, nature and effects of globalization.
Social and cultural dimensions of globalization.
Immigration processes.
Cultural and national identity changes.
New forms of communication, integration and social activity.
Subcultures, the new social movements.
Poland and Poles in the perspective of European integration.
Lectures: Explaining and lecturing. Multimedia learning process.
Classes: classes will be a discussion of critical and analytical terms.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Individual assessment based on active participation during the course.
Assessed on the basis of submitting a 4-page research essay on topics related to the topic chosen by student.
1. Giddens A., Sociology, Cambridge, 2006.
2. Polanyi K., The Great Transformation, The political and economic origins of our time, Beacon Press, Boston 2001.
1. Macionis J., Sociology (3rd ed.). Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1991.
2. Ritzer G., Goodman D. J., Sociological Theory, Sixth Edition. McGraw Hill, 2004.
*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: 25-04-2022 07:56)
