XUPPV3523 Introduction to Sociology for SP

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s).
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The goal of this course is to make students able to understand the causitive factors of social problems that are addressed or will address the scope of practice and social conditions of their profession. Therefore, the basic sociological insights to the self-oriention in the sociological literature, and the know how to think sociologically will be conveyed to the students in the lectures. Students will understand the basic concepts of this discipline and will be encouraged by the interest in the sociological perspective on what is happening around them. To provide basic orientation in the sociological description of everyday social phenomena, issues of socialization, social stratification, socialinstitutions, collective behavior, konformity and deviance, the welfare state, multiculturalism, modern media, etc., will be addressed. The background of various historical periods will also focus on the genesis of the main lines of sociological trends and major leaders.
Syllabus
  • 1st The subject of sociology, the development of sociological thinking, the society as a subject of scientific interest.
    2nd Culture, socialization, position and status, social structure.
    3rd Classes and strata, social groups and organizations, problems of social inequality.
    4th Institutions, organizations, state, politics and power.
    5th Public opinion, collective action, media.
    6th Sociology generation, gender issues.
    7th Education and religion issues.
    8th Social change, evolution and revolution.
    9th Man in the sphere of work, unemployment, welfare state.
    10th Lifestyle and mass culture.
    11th The issue of race, multiculturalism and global change.
    12th Normal and pathological phenomena in society.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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