SOCn6207 Family Sociology

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Martin Kreidl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Martin Kreidl, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 M117
Prerequisites
!NOW( SOC606 Family Sociology ) && ! SOC606 Family Sociology &&SOUHLAS
Elementary background in sociological theory and methodology as well as in basic demographic facts about modern families. This course developes selected topics from SOC577 Population studies.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Couse serves as (partial) preparation for the State exam in the elective field Population studies.
Learning outcomes
Students are familiar with major current theoretical and empirical debates in the field of the sociology of the family and can position them within overall developments in sociology
Students can analyze and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of individual conceptual approaches, methodological tools and data sources that are common in the fields of the sociological study of contemporary family
Students can identify the limits of the sociological knowledge of contemporary families
Students can formulate research questions that would guide cutting-edge sociological research on the family
Students can – for specific research questions – identify relevant data sources and find appropriate methodological tools to analyze them
Students can produce empirical analyses of particular phenomena in the field
Syllabus
  • history of the family new families organization and division of labor in families sex and reproduction intergenerational relationships dusfunctions in families divorce and separation family and inequality
Literature
    required literature
  • Handbook of population. Edited by Dudley L. Poston - Michael Micklin. New York: Springer, 2006, xiii, 918. ISBN 0387257020. info
    recommended literature
  • CHERLIN, Andrew J. Public & private families : an introduction. 7th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2013, xxiii, 523. ISBN 9780078026676. info
  • LIVI BACCI, Massimo. A concise history of world population. 5th ed. Malden Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, xiv, 271. ISBN 9780470673201. info
    not specified
  • CHERLIN, Andrew J. Public and private families : a reader. Sixth edition. New York: McGraw-Hill companies, 2010, x, 358. ISBN 9780073404363. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars, reading, homework, final paper, miniconference
Assessment methods
written test (open questions), final analytical paper, presentation(s)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: závěrečný esej
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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