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Lecturer(s)
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Ciglerová Hana, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Behůn Roman, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Švarcová Andrea, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Sedlák Miroslav, Mgr. Bc. Ph.D.
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Vaníček Milesson Hana, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Bárdy Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Ayala Aguado Jiří, prof. PhDr. CSc.
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Course content
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1. Introduction to the disciplines of sociology 2. social stratification 3. sociology and sexuality 4. sociology of education and schools 5. economical sociology: work, labor market and economic life 6. sociology of family 7. sociology of religion 8. "race" and ethnicity 9. modernization and social change 10. globalization and life in contemporary society 11. sociology of media, communication and language 12. sociology of the body, health and illness
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
- Practical training (number of hours)
- 26 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 34 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe and explain basic branches of sociology |
| to characterize the basic knowledge resulting from empirical research in individual disciplines of sociology |
| to describe the formation of branch sociologies |
| to explain the differences between key sociological subdisciplines |
| to characterize the concepts that are characteristic of individual disciplines at the basic level |
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| to create a formally acceptable professional output |
| to use foreign databases of professional journals |
| to analyze phenomena associated with individual sociological subdisciplines at the basic level |
| to interpret knowledge from various subfields of sociology |
| to use adequate terms corresponding to the terminology of the field in Czech and English |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to define changes in the definition of the terms family, society, kinship, education, organization, bureaucracy, etc. |
| to explain methodological differences and distinguish the subjects of interests of individual disciplines |
| to characterize different types of methodological conflicts between sociological subdisciplines |
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| to classify different types of theoretical paradigms explaining the sociological perspectives necessary for the study of society |
| to demonstrate specific conflicting approaches between individual sociological subdisciplines |
| to choose a suitable theoretical and methodological approach for the analysis of modern societies through the lens of one of the sociological disciplines |
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| Continuous assessment |
| Combined exam |
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| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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Bauman, Zygmunt. Myslet sociologicky : netradiční uvedení do sociologie. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000. ISBN 80-85850-90-7.
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Berger, P. 1991. Pozvání do sociologie. Praha: Správa sociálního zabezpečení FMO.
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Giddens, Anthony. Sociologie. Praha : Argo, 1999. ISBN 80-7203-124-4.
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Macionis, John J.; Benokraitis, Nijole V. Seeing ourselves : classic, contemporary, and cross-cultural readings in sociology. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2006. ISBN 0-13-220491-6.
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Newman, David M. Sociology : exploring the architecture of everyday life. 5th ed. Thousand Oaks : Pine Forge Press, 2004. ISBN 0-7619-8826-2.
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