Course: Sociology

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Course title Sociology
Course code UZV/C1SO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Košatková Markéta, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Sociology as a scientific discipline, sociology as a theory of social work in Berger's concept, basic sociological terminology. Basic sociological literature. - The subject of sociology and its position in the system of sciences, the emergence of sociology as a science, its origins and use. Sociology and social work. - Selected representatives of sociological thought. - Society and the individual, social interaction in everyday life. Social problems through the eyes of sociology. - Types of societies (traditional, modern and postmodern society). - Process of socialization and enculturation, culture, subculture, values and norms. A system of social control. Social institutions, social deviance, mental illness, crime, organized crime. - Family and marriage. Alternatives to marriage and family. - Conforming and non-conforming behavior, anomie as a state of society when shared values and norms cease to apply. - Social stratification, systems of social stratification, education as one of the factors of stratification. - Status, social mobility and social roles. - Modern organizations and modern life, bureaucratic organizations, institutions as established, stereotyped, routine ways of acting common in a certain group or culture. - Mass media, regulation of mass media, influence of television on everyday life. - Gender and sexuality, identity and sexuality, gender inequality, gender - women's and men's studies, health and illness, issues of aging, death. - Work and economic life, modern organization, education and cultural reproduction. - Global changes and ecological crisis, the environment as a sociological problem. - Basics of sociological research, research goals, subject and object of sociological research, qualitative and quantitative integrated research strategies, methods and techniques of sociological research.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Home preparation for classes - 70 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 20 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
orient yourself in basic sociological directions and concepts
orient yourself in basic sociological directions and concepts
interpret the intended and unintended consequences of social action
interpret the intended and unintended consequences of social action
define interpersonal relationships as an interplay of social roles
define interpersonal relationships as an interplay of social roles
describe sociological research methods
describe sociological research methods
recognize the specific problems of nursing and medicine from the perspective of sociology
recognize the specific problems of nursing and medicine from the perspective of sociology
Skills
use sociological terminology
use sociological terminology
justify the importance of sociology in medicine
justify the importance of sociology in medicine
interpret methodological procedures of sociological research
interpret methodological procedures of sociological research
use sociological theories in professional practice and everyday life
use sociological theories in professional practice and everyday life
identify factors influencing everyday social reality
identify factors influencing everyday social reality
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Lecturing
Lecturing
assessment methods
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • BERGER, P. L. Pozvání do sociologie. Praha: Správa sociálního řízení FMO.
  • DISMAN, M. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost: příručka pro uživatele. Praha: Karolinum, 2011.
  • GIDDENS, A. Sociologie. Praha: Argo, 2013.
  • KELLER, J. Dějiny klasické sociologie. Praha: Slon, 2004.
  • KELLER, J. Úvod do sociologie. Praha: Slon, 2008.
  • KVĚTENSKÁ, D. Základy obecné sociologie pro sociální pracovníky. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2014.
  • URBAN, L. Sociologie: klíčová témata a pojmy. Praha: Grada, 2017.


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