Cultural Sociology

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1000907BER for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Studenten die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten geslaagd zijn voor 'Sociologie I' en geslaagd zijn voor minstens 30 ECTS-credits op bachelorniveau. Studenten in een verkort traject sociologie of in de master criminologische wetenschappen kunnen dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool

Department

Sociology

Educational team

Bram Spruyt (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
1 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
136 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Getting acquainted with the scientific domain of cultural sociology.
Getting acquainted with the theory of symbolic society.
What is meant by culture and what is the contribution of cultural sociology in understanding social inequality?
Getting insight into the different sociological frameworks of interpretation that are used to understand and explain culture’s influence on ways of behaving, thinking and feeling.
Getting insight into the different sociological frameworks that are used to understand the nature of group relations related to social-economic inequality.

See study guide (Canvas) for more concrete information concerning the content and praktical organization of this course.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Een cursustekst met een uitgebreide bibliografie is beschikbaar. Voor sommige hoofdstukken worden aanvullende verplichte teksten voorzien

Additional info

Not applicable.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

After following this course the student should have gained knowledge about and insight into:

the main paradigms behind the study of values and culture;
the main theories concerning group relations related to social inequality (class, education) and in particular realistic group conflict theory, social identity theory and social closure theory;
the theory of symbolic society.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Not applicable.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context