711-0605/24 – Sociology (sociologie)
| Gurantor department | Department of Social Sciences | Credits | 2 |
| Subject guarantor | Mgr. Petra Kowaliková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Petra Kowaliková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2005/2006 | Year of cancellation | 2024/2025 |
| Intended for the faculties | FS | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
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.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Active participation, directed reading, test.
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
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction