30197 - SOCIOLOGY
Course offered to incoming exchange students
Department of Social and Political Sciences
NICOLETTA BALBO
Mission & Content Summary
MISSION
CONTENT SUMMARY
The main topics covered in the course are:
- Main sociological theories of the past (e.g., Durkheim, Marx, Weber)
- Gender and Sexuality
- Values and norms
- Crime and Deviance
- Social interactions, networks, and capital
- Families and lifecourse
- Social stratification
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Autonomously and critically search, and understand, sociological research on a wide range of topics, with diverse methodological approaches, linking this research to wider knowledge across the spectrum of social sciences.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Cast sociological explanatory hypotheses on a wide range of social phenomena, in particular concerning policy-relevant issues, and to sketch research designs useful to test such hypotheses.
Teaching methods
- Face-to-face lectures
- Interactive class activities on campus/online (role playing, business game, simulation, online forum, instant polls)
DETAILS
Interactive class activities: in almost every lecture there are interactive class activties, such as role playing or puzzles to be solved in group.
Assessment methods
Continuous assessment | Partial exams | General exam | |
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ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
Students can choose between two partial exams or a final general exam.
Written exams includes both short answers and essay-style questions. The questions cover theory, and interpretation of the results of applied research. The exam cover all topics of the course. Material covered in the lectures, in the text book and other set readings may be included in the exam.
Teaching materials
ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
Book: A. GIDDENS, P.W. SUTTON, Sociology, Polity, 9th Edition.
Readings: a set of readings and lecture slides are available on Bboard.