FSS:SOCb2119 Sociology for non-sociologists - Course Information
SOCb2119 Sociology for non-sociologists
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Pavel Pospěch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Bc. Stela Houserová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ondřej Klíma (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Pavel Pospěch, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Wed 12:00–13:40 P51 Posluchárna V. Čermáka
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! SOC119 Sociology for non-sociologists
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 200 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 141/200, only registered: 0/200, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/200 - Course objectives
- The course offers a basic insight into sociological inquiry and opens question regarding the ways contemporary western societies function - or collapse.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon finishing the course, students will be able to navigate basic sociological terminology and theory and they will be able to use sociological concepts to describe the world around them. They will also understand how results of sociological research come into being.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction 2. Modernity 3. Karl Marx 4. Max Weber 5. Georg Simmel 6. R.K. Merton 7. Reading Week 8. Erving Goffman 9. Pierre Bourdieu 10. Michel Foucault 11. Ulrich Beck 12. Sociological methods 13. Concluding unit
- Teaching methods
- Frontal teaching, lectures, presentations, reading
- Assessment methods
- Final exam (multiple choice).
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Kurz je otevřen pro studující JINÝCH programů, než sociologie.
Information on course enrolment limitations: není určen studentům oboru Sociologie
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/fss/autumn2023/SOCb2119