FVPAA004 Introduction to the Sociological Theory

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Bortlíková
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, inter-human 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 his social status in society, and moreover it considers also social phenomena and relations in 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
    13. Summary
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2018.
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