Course: Sociology

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Course title Sociology
Course code KUMK/MP4ZS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, Czech, Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Štrauss Dušan, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
- forerunners of social thinking and sociology; - the emergence of sociology as a science, part of sociology; - basic concepts (social group, composure, community); - development of sociology; - social stratification and social mobility; - socialization, deviation; - culture, social exchange and social movements; - family, community, religion; - organization, power, bureaucracy, social policy; - conflict and consensus theories; - empirical research and public opinion.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 64 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisities are not set.
Prerequisities are not set.
learning outcomes
knowledge of the history of sociology
knowledge of the history of sociology
knowledge of basic sociological terms
knowledge of basic sociological terms
knowledge of the issue of social deviance
knowledge of the issue of social deviance
knowledge of the sociological perspective on the family
knowledge of the sociological perspective on the family
knowledge of conflict and consensus theory
knowledge of conflict and consensus theory
Skills
explain the theory of power
explain the theory of power
explain the role of social policy
explain the role of social policy
explain the social role of religion
explain the social role of religion
explain the issue of sociological research
explain the issue of sociological research
explain the issue of public opinion research
explain the issue of public opinion research
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Skills
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Recommended literature
  • BAUMAN, Z. Tekuté časy: život ve věku nejistoty. Praha : Academia, 2008. ISBN 978-80-200-1656-0.
  • GIDDENS, A. Sociologie. Praha: Argo,, 2013.
  • Jandourek, Jan. Průvodce šílené socioložky po vlastním osudu. Praha : Portál, 2014. ISBN 9788026207238.
  • Keller, Jan. Odsouzeni k modernitě: co hledá sociologie a našla beletrie. 2015. ISBN 9788087683538.
  • Keller, Jan. Úvod do sociologie. Praha, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7419-102-2.
  • URBAN, L. Sociologie: klíčová témata a pojmy. Praha: Grada, 2017.


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