FVP:UPPVBP005 Introduction to sociologic the - Course Information
UPPVBP005 Introduction to sociologic theory
Faculty of Public Policies in OpavaWinter 2024
The course is not taught in Winter 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D. - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Social Pathology and Prevention (programme FVP, B7507-SvP)
- Course objectives
- This course aims to introduce students to the methods, subject matter, and perspectives of sociology. What is Sociology? What is Society? Traditions of Sociological Thought. Sociological Thought of 20 century. Logic of Sociological Inquiry. Socialization, Socialization Process, Agents of Socialization. Family and Marriage. Social Structure of Society and Social Interaction. Culture and Subcultures. Social Control.
- Syllabus
- 1. Internal structure of sociology 2. Sociology as a scientific discipline 3. Development of sociological thinking - selected theories and personalities from "classical" sociology. 4. Modern sociological trends 5. Socialization 6. Social position and social status 7. Social role 8. Social structure 9. Society and its system 10. Communities and social groups 11. Family, phases of the family cycle and types of families 12. Social changes and processes 13. Culture and mass culture
- Literature
- required literature
- GIDDENS. A. Siociologie. Praha: Argo., 2013. ISBN 978-80--257-08071. info
- KELLER, J. Úvod do sociologie. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7419-102-2. info
- JANÁK, D. Úvod do sociologie. Opava: Fakulta veřejných politik, Slezská univer, 2012. info
- JANDOUREK, J. Úvod do sociologie. Praha: Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-644-5. info
- recommended literature
- PETRUSEK, M. A KOL. Dějiny sociologie. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3234-3. info
- BAUMAN, Z., MAY, T. Myslet sociologicky (netradiční uvedení do sociologie): netradiční uvedení do sociologie. Praha: SLON., 2010. ISBN 978-80-7419-026-1. info
- NOVOTNÁ, E. Základy sociologie. Praha: Grada., 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2428-7. info
- HAVLÍK, R. Úvod do sociologie. Praha: Karolinum, 2007. ISBN 978-80-246-1385-7. info
- KELLER, J. Dějiny klasické sociologie. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2004. ISBN 80-86429-34. info
- Teaching methods
- Lecture supplemented with a discussion
- Assessment methods
- Written exam from basic literature and lectures.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- Exam - written exam from basic literature, including lectures (minimum 75% for evaluation E).
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2024, recent)
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