UVSRPV0140 Introduction to Sociological Theory

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Žáčková, PhD. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
žádné
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides fundamental findings in the field of general sociologic theory. It is derived from essence of classical as well as modern sociologic thought and deals with description and analysis of social environment, interhuman interaction, human acting, behaviour and communication. The course briefly introduces fundamental sociologic paradigms and directions, it shows society and its system, it deals with social structure and stratification, social dynamics, social formations and groups, mechanicals of social control, social conformity and deviation and also individual and its social status in society, and moreover it considers also social phenomena and relations in a sphere of social work.
Syllabus
  • 1. Sociology as scientific discipline
    2. Selected theories and personalities from "classical" sociology I.
    3. Selected theories and personalities from "classical" sociology II.
    4. Modern sociologic directions I.
    5. Modern sociologic directions II.
    6. Society and its system
    7. Individual in a group and theory of groups
    8. Social changes and processes
    9. Social interactions and communication in common life
    10. Norms, deviations and social pathology.
    11. Culture in the life of individual as well as society
    12. Selected applied sociologic disciplines
Literature
    required literature
  • Machonin, P. Česká společnost a sociologické poznání : (problémy společenské transformace a modernizace od poloviny šedesátých let 20. století do současnosti). Praha : ISV, 2005. ISBN 80-85850-04-4. info
  • KELLER, J. Dějiny sociologie. Praha: SLON, 2004. info
  • JANDOUREK, J. Úvod do sociologie. Praha: Portál, 2003. info
  • Havelka M., Cabada L.(eds.). Západní, východní a střední Evropa jako kulturní a politické pojmy. Plzeň: ZČU, 2000. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis
Assessment methods
Written exam
Oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
An exam in a written form concentrates on testing of orientation in fundamentals of general sociologic theory and also main sociologic personalities and directions.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 1993, Winter 1994, Winter 1995, Winter 1996, Winter 1997, Winter 1998, Winter 1999, Winter 2000, Winter 2001, Winter 2002, Winter 2003, Winter 2004, Winter 2005, Winter 2006, Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
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