Course: Urban Sociology

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Course title Urban Sociology
Course code KSS/1USOZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
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)
  • Švarcová Andrea, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
(1) Urbanization, modernization (2) (Pre)history of urban social theory (3) Classical approaches of the City (4) Contemporary approaches to the City (5) Globalization and socio-spatial structures (6) Race, ethnicity and migration in the City (7) Social relations and social inequalities on the face of the City I. (8) Social inequalities on the face of the City II. (9) Urbanization under capitalism (10) Urbanization under socialism and postsocialism (11) Urban space and urban society in contemporary Eastern Europe (12) From urban sociology to the sociology of space

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Project-based instruction, Students' portfolio, Task-based study method, Textual studies, Seminar
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 35 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 be able to read texts in English.
to describe and explain basic sociological theorie.
Skills
to produce a formally acceptable professional output.
to actively use foreign databases of professional journals.
to use adequate terms corresponding to the terminology of the field in Czech and English.
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
define the basic terms, theories and concepts of urban sociology.
to describe theories and concepts from urban sociology.
Skills
to understand historical and contemporary approaches to urban society.
to compare historical and contemporary approaches to urban society.
to construct a research project and design an applicable research design.
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Task-based study method
Textual studies
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
Skills
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Task-based study method
Textual studies
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
Competences
Seminar
Task-based study method
Project-based instruction
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Test
Group presentation at a seminar
Project
Skills
Combined exam
Test
Group presentation at a seminar
Project
Competences
Project
Recommended literature
  • Anderson, Elijah. Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004. ISBN 0-226-01959-4.
  • Andrusz, Gregory, Michael Harloe and Ivan Szelenyi (eds). Cities After Socialism. Oxford: Blackwell. 1996..
  • Caldeira, Teresa. City of Walls: Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in Sao Paulo. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2001..
  • Castells, Manuel; Hall, Peter. Technopoles of the world : the making of twenty-first-century industrial complexes. London : Routledge, 2000. ISBN 0-415-10015-1.
  • Fischer, Claude. The Urban Experience. Harcourt. 1984..
  • Gans, Herbert. The Urban Villagers. New York: The Free Press of Glencoe. 1962..
  • Harvey, David. Spaces of global capitalism. London : Verso, 2006. ISBN 1-84467-550-5.
  • Logan, John, Harvey Molotch. Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1997..
  • Musil, Jiří. Urbanization in socialist countries. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe. 1981..
  • Park, R., Burgess, E., McKenzie, R. The City. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. 1968 (1925)..
  • Sassen, Saskia. The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1991..
  • Saunders, Peter. Social Theory and the Urban Question. New York: Holmes and Meier Publishers. 1981..
  • Sennett, Richard (ed.). Classic Essays on the Culture of Cities. New York: Meredith corporation. 1969..
  • Szelenyi, Ivan. Urban Inequalities under State Socialism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1983..
  • Wacquant, Loic. Urban outcasts : towards a sociology of advanced marginality. Cambridge : Polity, 2008. ISBN 978-07456-3125-7.
  • Wirth, Louis. Urbanism as a Way of Life. 1938. The American Journal of Sociology 44 (1): 1-24..


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