711-0605/14 – Sociology (sociologie)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Social SciencesCredits2
Subject guarantorMgr. Petra Kowaliková, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorMgr. Petra Kowaliková, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year1Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction1999/2000Year of cancellation2020/2021
Intended for the facultiesFASTIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
VYS06 Mgr. Markéta Janíková
KOW01 Mgr. Petra Kowaliková, Ph.D.
SOL06 PhDr. Oldřich Solanský, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit 0+2
Part-time Credit 12+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The aim of the course is to strengthen the sociology student ability to respond in general to the world, find their place in a social environment, think about yourself, about the values that surround them, and that he recognizes or rejects. The aim of sociology is to provide fundamental insights into the study of society. Students will infer skill in a social context and from their deceptions of sense (stereotyped thinking).

Teaching methods

Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Tutorials

Summary

The course covers three thematic areas: general sociology (The formation of sociology, Development of approaches to the study of society, Social structure, Social change and social mobility), Culturological perspective in sociology with applications on the organisational culture (Culture concept in sociology, Interpretative and objectivist aproach to the culture, National cultures versus multiculturalism) and partial specific sociological topics (Media and Society, Sociology of the Family, Social deviance).

Compulsory literature:

Evans, K. (2006): Studying Society: the essentials. London: Routledge, 220p. Sennett, R. (2006): The culture of the new capitalism. New Haven: Yale University Press. 214 p. Giddens, A. (2001): Sociology. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2001.xvii, 750 p.

Recommended literature:

Bell, M. (2004): An invitation to Environmental Sociology Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, 325 p. Hirst, P; Thompson, G.(1999): Globalization in question: the international economy and the possibilities of governanc. Cambridge: Polity Press, 318 p. Macionis, J.J.(2012): Sociology : a global introduction. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1014p.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

control test, discussion

E-learning

Other requirements

Participation in seminars, reading a sociological publications

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

•The formation of sociology. •Development of approaches to the study of society: selected representatives of sociological thinking. •Social structure, systems of stratification. •Social change and social mobility. •The concept of culture in sociology. General Introduction. •Objectivist and interpretive view of culture. •National culture versus multiculturalism. •Diversity of cultures. •Introduction to organisational culture. •Media, culture and society. •Changes in family form. •Social deviance.

Conditions for subject completion

Conditions for completion are defined only for particular subject version and form of study

Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2011/2012 (B3607) Civil Engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (B3607) Civil Engineering K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (B3607) Civil Engineering K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (B3607) Civil Engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (B3607) Civil Engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (B3607) Civil Engineering K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2008/2009 (B3607) Civil Engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2008/2009 (B3607) Civil Engineering K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2007/2008 (B3607) Civil Engineering (3607R999) Společné studium FAST P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2007/2008 (B3607) Civil Engineering (3607R999) Společné studium FAST K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2006/2007 (B3502) Architecture and Construction (3501R011) Architecture and Construction P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2006/2007 (B3607) Civil Engineering (3607R999) Společné studium FAST P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2006/2007 (B3607) Civil Engineering (3607R999) Společné studium FAST K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2005/2006 (B3607) Civil Engineering (3607R999) Společné studium FAST K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2005/2006 (B3651) Stavební inženýrství (3651R999) Společné studium FAST K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2004/2005 (B3651) Stavební inženýrství (3651R999) Společné studium FAST K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2003/2004 (B3651) Stavební inženýrství (3651R999) Společné studium FAST K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

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Assessment of instruction



2011/2012 Winter
2009/2010 Winter