Course: Sociology Reading Seminar

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Course title Sociology Reading Seminar
Course code KSS/1CSTZ
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 7
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vaníček Milesson Hana, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Douša Miloslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Reading and discussion about selected sociology texts.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Team project (50/number of students) - 8 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 15 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to enumerate databases of professional foreign journals
to describe concepts corresponding terminology of the field in Czech and English
Skills
to form a formally acceptable professional output
to use foreign databases of professional journals
to use adequate concepts corresponding terminology of the field in Czech and English
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to differentiate and to explain basic terms, theories and concepts, which are directly and indirectly connected to discussed issue
to differentiate the main thoughts and to know their internal contradictions
Skills
to claasify the most important problems, which are connected to the subject matter
to assemble and to typologize the main thoughts
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
Task-based study method
Textual studies
Collaborative instruction
Skills
Seminar
Task-based study method
Textual studies
Collaborative instruction
Competences
Seminar
Task-based study method
Textual studies
Collaborative instruction
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Skills
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Competences
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Bauman, Zygmunt. Globalization : the human consequences. Cambridge : Polity, 1998. ISBN 0-7456-2013-2.
  • Dahrendorf, Ralf. 1990. Reflections on the Revolution in Europe. London. Chatto and Windus.
  • Giddens, Anthony. Modernity and self-identity : self and society in the late modern age. Stanford : Stanford University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-8047-1944-6.
  • Goffman, Erving. Frame analysis : an essay on the organization of experience. Boston : Northeastern University Press, 1986. ISBN 0-930350-91-X.


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