SOCn6207 Family Sociology

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
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
Prerequisites
! SOC606 Family Sociology
Elementary background in sociological theory and statistical methodology as well as in basic demographic facts about modern families. This course developes selected topics from SOCN6202 Population studies, which is strongly recommended to be completed prior to enrolling in SOCn6207. We also recommend that students take "quantitative sociological methodology" before SOCn6207. Students must be able to write a final paper based on statistical analyses of survey data.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/10
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
  • POSTON, Dudley L. and Leon F. BOUVIER. Population and society : an introduction to demography. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, xiii, 519. ISBN 9781107645936. info
  • The Wiley Blackwell companion to the sociology of families. Edited by Judith Treas - Jacqueline L. Scott - Martin Richards. First published. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2014, xxiii, 574. ISBN 9781119406037. info
  • 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
  • Marriage and family : perspectives and complexities. Edited by Elizabeth H. Peters - Claire M. Kamp Dush. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xxix, 414. ISBN 9780231144087. 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 empirical/analytical paper, presentation(s)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: závěrečný esej
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět není určen studentům bakalářských programů
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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