6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1020434AER voor alle studenten in het 1e semester
met een inleidend bachelor niveau.
- Semester
- 1e semester
- Inschrijving onder examencontract
- Mogelijk
- Beoordelingsvoet
- Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
- 2e zittijd mogelijk
- Ja
- Onderwijstaal
- Engels
- Onder samenwerkingsakkoord
- Onder interuniversitair akkoord mbt. opleiding
- Faculteit
- Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
- Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
- Sociologie
- Externe partnerinstelling(en)
- Universiteit Gent
- Onderwijsteam
- Jannick Demanet
(titularis)
- Onderdelen en contacturen
- 0 contacturen Exam
39 contacturen Lecture
111 contacturen Self study
- Inhoud
The main objective of this course is to shed light on the specific nature of the sociological approach in the study of society, social groups, and interaction. We start with an introduction of the sociological approach and the main theoretical frameworks within sociology: functionalism, the conflict perspective, and the action perspectives. Thereafter, we focus on the different levels of social complexity, starting from the macro level (societies and world systems), over the meso level (groups and organizations) and arriving at the micro level (interaction). Along the way, we discuss two specific angles from which to study social phenomena: the study of structure and the study of culture. Next, three fundamental processes supporting the construction of social reality are explained: institutionalization, socialization and stratification. In a next part of the course, the whole of these insights is applied to a number of subfields in sociology, such as the study of deviance, . We end with establishing the bridge between theory and method, and discussing the various sociological perspectives. We go into the question of how these different methodological and theoretical approaches complement each other within the whole of the scientific study of social reality.
- Studiemateriaal
- Handboek (Vereist) : Sociology, A Global Introduction, Macionis, J.J., & Plummer, K., 5th edition, Prentice-Hall, 9780273727910, 2012
- Bijkomende info
Didactic forms
- Lectures and interactive lectures with class discussions, peer-to-peer learning;
- E-learning, online exercises and mock exam.
- Leerresultaten
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General competences
Upon completion of this course, students will have learned the following competencies:
- To have insight into the basic elements of sociological analysis
- To be able to discern and understand the classical approaches to the study of social reality
- To be able to distinguish between culture and structure
- To be able to distinguish between micro and macro approaches to the study of social reality
- To be able to understand and recognize middle-range theories in the fields of socialisation, social control and deviance
- To have insight into the stages of social change
- To understand how different methodological and substantive sociological perspectives complete each other in the study of social reality
More specifically, the course addresses the following program objectives:
- LO1: knows and can elaborate on the most important theories, currents and concepts prevailing in the domain of the social sciences.
- LO2: knows the historical developments that have occurred in the fields of sociology, political sciences and communication sciences over time.
- LO3: knows the cross-sections, the intersections and the cross-fertilisations that exist amongst the different social sciences.
- LO5: knows and can explain the multilayered and complex character of social, political and media-related facts and phenomena.
- LO8: can interpret and analyse contemporary social phenomena and problems and can take position, relying on contemporary theories in the domain of the social sciences, in debates on them.
- Beoordelingsinformatie
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De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
- Written Exam
met een wegingsfactor 100
en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.
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Formative assessment
- Interactive lectures with group discussion, peer-to-peer learning, and application of theoretical subject matter to everyday examples;
- By making online exercises on the online learning platform, students can monitor their progress with the subject matter. The exercises will be accompanied by feedback. Moreover, a mock exam will appear on the online learning platform in the course of the semester, which is very similar to the real exam. As such, students get insight into the build-up of the final exam and their mastery of the subject matter.
Summative assessment
Written multiple choice exam. Emphasis will be laid on application and insight, rather than on reproduction of the subject matter.
- Toegestane onvoldoende
- Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.
Academische context
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Communication Studies (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Political Sciences (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Sociology (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Startplan (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)