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The History of Sociological Thought II - course description

General information
Course name The History of Sociological Thought II
Course ID 14.2-WP-SOC-HMS2
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 2018/2019
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 history of social thought” aim is to familiarize students with the classical social theories and classical social philosophy.

Prerequisites

None

Scope

Positivism - August Comte.

Evolutionism – Herbert Spencer.

Marx and Engels and the radical critique of capitalist patriarchy.

Sociologism – Emile Durkheim.

Psychologism and its social conceptions.

Social action through interpretive means – Max Weber.

Humanistic sociology – Florian Znaniecki.

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 grade of the course will be assigned according to the following scale:

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

Recommended reading

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 Magdalena Zapotoczna (last modification: 12-04-2018 17:05)