Course: Seminar on general sociology

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Course title Seminar on general sociology
Course code KSA/SOS
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Karger Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. E. Durkheim - Elementary forms of religious life 2. E. Durkheim - Rules of sociological method 3. E. Durkheim - Division of labor in society 4. Marx, K. a Engels, B. - German ideology 5. Marx, K. a Engels, B. - Manifesto of the Communist Party 6. Bourdieu, P. - Practical reason: On the theory of action 7. Weber, M. - Methodology, sociology, politics 8. Weber, M. - Authority, ethics and society 9. Blumer, H. - Symbolic Interactionism 10. Homans, G. C. - Social Behavior: Its Elementary Forms 11. Schelling, T. C. - The Strategy of Conflict 12. Berger, P. a Luckmann, T. - Social construction of reality

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Homework for Teaching - 24 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The seminar focuses on classical authors belonging to the sociological traditions elaborated in the course General sociology. Through reading and analysis of selected works students will learn their basic assumptions, questions and problems. The seminar will pay particular attention to relationships among particular works, to their basic categories, similarities, differences and methodological relevance.
Student is able to understand the basic ideas of the authors mentioned in the course General sociology OSG1, OSG2. He can analyze text. He is able to compare systems of ideas.
Prerequisites
The course does not require any requirements.

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar Work

Student has to receive credits. He receive credits fot explanation a part of the text of picked up and he must understand basic ideas of the autohors mentioned in the course. He has to be able to analyse text scientific text and to compare systems of ideas.
Recommended literature
  • Berger, P., Luckmann, Th. Sociální konstrukce reality.
  • Blumer, H. Metodologická pozice symbolického interakcionismu.
  • Bourdieu, P. Teorie jednání.
  • Collins, R. (1994). Four Sociological Traditions: Selected Readings. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Collins, R. (1994). Four Sociological Traditions. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Durkheim, E. Elementární formy náboženského života.
  • Durkheim, E. Pravidla sociologické metody.
  • Durkheim, E. Společenská dělba práce.
  • Marx, K., Engels, F. Německá ideologie.
  • Weber, M. Metodologie, sociologie a politika.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2024) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2024) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2019) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (2019) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -