Бакалавриат
2019/2020
Социологическая теория
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Социология и социальная информатика)
Направление:
39.03.01. Социология
Кто читает:
Департамент социологии
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа социальных наук
Когда читается:
3-й курс, 4 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course lasts for three years. The third year combines all the knowledge students got in the first two years of the course. The logic of the course and its structure are defined by the variety of answers for the questions about the conditions of formation, maintaining and reconfiguration/ destruction of the samples of social organization, and about the possible ways to analyze these processes suggested by sociology.
Learning Objectives
- develop the skill of interpreting empirical data applying different theoretical constructs and models
Expected Learning Outcomes
- ability to use sociological theory for development of sociological research design
- be able to differentiate social actions and social behavior
- explain social actions through social mechanisms
- understand the link between micro-actions and macro-outcomes
- generate simple middle-range theories
- develop academic skills in reading, writing, and presentation
Course Contents
- Epidemic spread in country context and its’ factors
- Strategies of pandemic prevention in comparative perspective
- Impacts of the pandemic: expected and unexpected
- The economic policy response to crisis and pandemic
- Individual rights versus common good
- Сivic initiatives
- Debates on cultural consumption
- Organizational analysis of cultural production
- Sociological theory underlying network analysis
Assessment Elements
- Tests
- Class activity and presentations
- Argumentative essay 1st version
- Argumentative essay final version
Interim Assessment
- Interim assessment (4 module)0.2 * Argumentative essay 1st version + 0.3 * Argumentative essay final version + 0.3 * Class activity and presentations + 0.2 * Tests
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Abrutyn, S. (2016). Handbook of Contemporary Sociological Theory. Switzerland: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1251393
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Segre, S. (2014). Contemporary Sociological Thinkers and Theories. Farnham, Surrey: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=797017