Currents and Theories in Social Sciences

6 ECTS credits
168 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1007563BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

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 ingeschreven of geslaagd zijn voor 'Geschiedenis van het sociologisch denken' en minstens 30 ECTS-credits behaald hebben op bachelorniveau. Studenten in een verkort traject sociologie kunnen dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool

Department

Sociology

Educational team

Werner Schirmer (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

30 contact hours Lecture
8 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
162 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Introduction to the central theoretical perspectives in the social sciences.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Sociaal-wetenschappelijke theorieën en stromingen, De cursusteksten worden opgegeven bij aanvang van het college

Additional info

Not applicable.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

During this course students get acquainted with the most important theoretical currents and approaches in the social sciences.

After this course students should:

realize that social reality can be studies from different perspectives;
realize that the used perspective or approach has an influence on the kind of observations and on the kind of explanations one makes;
have an insight on the dominant perspectives or approaches in social sciences and be able to distinguish between these perspectives;
be able to interpret concret social-scientific research in terms of the dominant approaches in social sciences.

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 1 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