Course: Contemporary Czech Society

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Course title Contemporary Czech Society
Course code KSS/1SCSA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
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.
Course content
-social and economic inequality -poverty -policy effects on inequality -gender in modern Czech society -mobility -population development -population ageing -contemporary Czech family -value change

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 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) - 60 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 20 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 33 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
-students should be able to read in English -some course of sociology KSS/SOC, KSS/ZS1, KSS/SSŠO) The course is taught in English.
learning outcomes
-recognize and describe key dimensions of social structure in modern Czech society -identify crucial social cleavages -describe the impact of inequality upon life style and educational -practices -identify the impact of social structure on socialization and deviant behavior -identify mechanisms of intergenerational transmission
teaching methods
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Textual studies
assessment methods
Written exam
Test
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Transformation: the Czech experience. Prague : People in Need, 2006. ISBN 80-86961-12-5.
  • Zpráva o vývoji české společnosti 1989-1998 ; editor Jiří Večerník. 1. vyd. Praha : Academia, 1998. ISBN 80-200-0703-2.
  • Adams, Bert N.; Trost, Jan. Handbook of world families. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2005. ISBN 0-7619-2763-8.
  • Katrňák, Tomáš. Factors influencing the position of young people on the labor market and changes in mobility opportunities in the Czech Republic.
  • Možný, Ivo. Česká společnost : nejdůležitější fakta o kvalitě našeho života. Vyd. 1. Praha : Portál, 2002. ISBN 80-7178-624-1.
  • Rabušic, Ladislav. Kde ty všechny děti jsou? : porodnost v sociologické perspektivě. Vyd. 1. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2001. ISBN 80-86429-01-6.
  • Strnadová, Lenka. Czech policies of building-up Roma civil society as a vehicle for combating social exclusion.


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