FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIOLOGY
ISTITUZIONI DI SOCIOLOGIA
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| 2020/2021 | 6 |
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| Cesare Silla |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
Aim of the course is to give students a knowledge of the fundamentals of sociology necessary to their formation and useful to interpret in sociological terms both the experiences of everyday life (family relations, peer relations, intimate relations) and broader social phenomena as diverse as youth unemployment, raising inequalities, populism and the impact of digital media. As the course progress, students will expand their sociological imagination and will learn to question the taken for granted nature of many aspects of social life and of the common sense knowledge, enabling them to think sociologically.
Program
The course presents the fundamental concepts of sociological analysis, which will be discussed through the following thematic units:
- “The human being as capable of agency” discusses concepts of action, interaction, relation, institution, role and system.
- “The human being as capable of symbolic elaboration” discusses the concepts of culture, socialization, communication and religion.
- “The human being as subject of power” discusses the concepts of power, conflict, structure, stratification, mobility, inequalities and deviance.
- “The human being as collective being” discusses concepts of collective behaviour, group, movement, organization, state, nation and globalization.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures and active learning activities (comprehension quizzes, think-pair-share, brainstorming, concept maps, free-write)
- Attendance
More than ¾ of total lectures
- Course books
Please contact the professor for details.
- Assessment
Oral examination based on the following criteria: relevance of responses to the content of the program and level of response articulation.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Course books
Please contact the professor for details.
- Assessment
Oral examination based on the following criteria: relevance of responses to the content of the program and level of response articulation.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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