FSS:SOC101 Introduction to Sociology - Course Information
SOC101 Introduction to Sociology
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Slavomíra Ferenčuhová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Pospěch, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Ing. Martina Potančok (assistant)
Mgr. Šárka Syslová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Division of Sociology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová - Timetable
- Tue 12:00–13:30 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 19 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The basic aim of the course seeks to uncover the interdependence between the biographical experience of individual social actors and historical dynamics of the institutional structures of society. At the end of this course, students should be able:
(a) to understand basic concepts of sociology. (b) to formulate interpretations of social phenomena by means of sociological concepts. - Syllabus
- Introduction: what is sociology?
- Sociology and critical thinking
- Sociology and research
- Sociology and theory
- Culture, socialization and the individual
- Social interaction and social relationships
- Social norms, conformity and deviance.
- Stratification, socia classes and ethnic groups.
- Statem, government and political power.
- Ideology and cultural change.
- Literature
- BAUMAN, Zygmunt and Tim MAY. Myslet sociologicky : netradiční uvedení do sociologie. Translated by Jana Ogrocká. V tomto překladu přeprac. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2004, 239 s. ISBN 8086429288. info
- MILLS, Charles Wright. Sociologická imaginace. Edited by Todd Gitlin, Translated by Václav Dušek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2002, 310 s. ISBN 80-86429-04-0. info
- Úvod do sociologie. Edited by Jan Keller. 4. rozš. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1997, 181 s. ISBN 80-85850-25-7. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, group project, midterm papers.
- Assessment methods
- The course is finished by an examination. To obtain credits students have to write three papers during the term: Two short essays dealing with a textual interpretation of Ch.W. Mills's Sociological Imagintaion respective with Zygmunt Bauman's book Thinking Sociologically. The third, longer paper, is a result of a group project in which students try to develop a sociological interpretation of their secondary school experiences.
Course requirements: (a) group project paper, (c) written exam. - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
Credit evaluation note: 3 původní kredity. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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