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Introduction to Sociology - YBAJ009
Title: Introduction to Sociology
Guaranteed by: Programme Liberal Arts and Humanities (24-SHVAJ)
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
Actual: from 2022
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 6
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HS]
Extent per academic year: 26 [hours]
Capacity: 40 / unknown (40)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Ludmila Maria Wladyniak, M.A., Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Ludmila Maria Wladyniak, M.A., Ph.D.
Class: Courses available to incoming students
Is pre-requisite for: YBAJ351
Annotation -
Last update: Ludmila Maria Wladyniak, M.A., Ph.D. (30.01.2022)
The course is an introductory class in sociology. The objective is to bring the students basic and essential knowledge in the field. It comprises both contemporary academic debates and topics, as long as sociological classics and main methodological approaches.
Literature
Last update: Ludmila Maria Wladyniak, M.A., Ph.D. (25.02.2022)

Obligatory:

  • . . In Fulcher, James Scott, John. Sociology . Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, s. -. ISBN 978-0-19-956375-3..

Requirements to the exam
Last update: Ludmila Maria Wladyniak, M.A., Ph.D. (30.01.2022)

A written exam based on the lectures and compulsory literature.

Syllabus
Last update: Ludmila Maria Wladyniak, M.A., Ph.D. (15.02.2024)

1. What is sociology?

Literature: Part One - Thinking Sociologically: Theories and Methods. 1:What is sociology? In: Fulcher, James Scott, JohnSociology . Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 4-17. ISBN 978-0-19-956375-3.

2. Modernity and sociology.

3. Sociological theory.

Literature: Part One -  Theories and theorizing: the beginnig of sociology. In: Fulcher, James Scott, John. Sociology . Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 23-43. ISBN 978-0-19-956375-3.

4. Microsociology: interactions, socialisation & social groups.

Literature: Part Two -  Socialization, Identity and Interaction. In: Fulcher, James Scott, John. Sociology . Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 111-145. ISBN 978-0-19-956375-3.

Film: Genie: Secret of the Wild Child (1997)

5. Sociology of institutions and organisations.

Literature: Part Four - Organization, Managment, and Control. In: Fulcher, James Scott, John. Sociology . Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 516-553. ISBN 978-0-19-956375-3.

Film: I, Daniel Blake (2016)

6. Macrosociology: classes, nations & societies

Literature: Part Five - Stratification, Class, and Status. In: Fulcher, James Scott, John. Sociology . Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 741-782. ISBN 978-0-19-956375-3.

7. Research & methodology.

Literature: Part One - Thinking Sociologically: Theories and Methods. Methods and Research In: Fulcher, James Scott, John. Sociology . Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 69-105. ISBN 978-0-19-956375-3.

8. Social inequalities.

Literature: Part Five - Inequality, poverty and wealth. In: Fulcher, James Scott, John. Sociology . Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 695-737. ISBN 978-0-19-956375-3.

Literature: Part Two -  Education. In: Fulcher, James Scott, John. Sociology . Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 309-344. ISBN 978-0-19-956375-3.

Film: The Class (2008)

9. Sex, gender & family.

Literature: Part Two -  Sex, Gender and Sexuality. In: Fulcher, James Scott, John. Sociology . Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 149-184. ISBN 978-0-19-956375-3.

Film: Billy Elliot (2000)

10. Globalisation & migration.

Literature: Part Four -  Globalisation. In: Fulcher, James Scott, John. Sociology . Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 536-643. ISBN 978-0-19-956375-3.

11. Media and digital society

12. How to study societies? Sociological methodology

Learning resources
Last update: Ludmila Maria Wladyniak, M.A., Ph.D. (25.02.2022)

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