Бакалавриат
2023/2024
Специальные темы социологии
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:
4-й курс, 3 модуль
Формат изучения:
с онлайн-курсом
Онлайн-часы:
40
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Вильховенко Александр Александрович
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
6
Контактные часы:
6
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course develops students’ expertise in modern social research by letting them choose and complete one of the MOOCs relevant to their academic interests. As an outcome task of the course students will write an essay reflecting their knowledge of the MOOC’s materials and the topic of their professional interest.
Learning Objectives
- The goal of this course is to improve student's knowledge of new areas and topics of social research
Expected Learning Outcomes
- be able to discuss the implications of the variety of paths to modernity for building social knowledge and data analysis when dealing with cross-national data
- be able to reason about social processes in a wider, cross-national perspective
- be aware of some of the variety of social transformations in family life, gender, and social changes in recent times
- be more prepared to work in the international social research context
- Explains key concepts of the thematic block on social research.
- Explains possible linkages between the thematic block on social research and the topic of personal professional interest.
- to learn about specific forms and shapes of family, gender and social transformations
- to raise the awareness of students about the cultural diversity of modernization across the world
Course Contents
- Thematic block on social research
- Reflexive writing in social science
- Marriage and mutations of the socio-sexual order.
- Couples, babies and states.
- Social change in the age of globalization.
- Cultural diversities in global context.
- Migration: Equality and globalization.
- Globalization and national identity.
- Europe and Asias: In the global political economy and in the world as a cultural system.
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Bailey, S. (2017). Academic Writing : A Handbook for International Students (Vol. Fifth edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1650435
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Dudley-Evans, T., & Hewings, M. (2001). Academic Writing in Context : Implications and Applications. Birmingham: Continuum. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=226902
- Hegde, D. S. (2015). Essays on Research Methodology. New Delhi: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=1001250