UVSRP00005 Basics of Sociology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jana Žáčková, PhD.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
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
  • History (programme FPF, M7105 HiVe)
Course objectives
The course provides a basic knowledge of general sociological theory. It is based on the nature of classical and contemporary sociological thought and it deals with the description and analysis of the social environment, human interaction, human behavior and communication.
Syllabus
  • 1st Sociology as a scientific discipline
    2nd Selected theories and persons of the "classical" sociology
    3rd Modern sociological trends
    4th The society and its system
    5th An individual in the group and theory of groups
    6th Social changes and processes
    7th Social interaction and communication in everyday life
    8th Norms, deviance and social pathology
    9th Culture in the life of individuals and society
    10th Selected applied sociological discipline
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
Teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis
Assessment methods
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
To pass the course a student is required to prepare and present a paper on a chosen topic
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 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
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