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COURSE DESCRIPTION (Group A,B,D)
Course
code
Course group
Volume in
ECTS credits
Course valid
from
Course valid to
SOCN0201
B
4
2011 06 01
2013 06 01
Course type (compulsory or optional)
Course level (study cycle)
Semester the course is delivered
Study form (face-to-face or distant)
Course title in Lithuanian
Sociologija
Reg. No.
Optional
Bachelor
I/II
Face-to-face
Course title in English
Sociology
Short course annotation in Lithuanian (up to 500 characters)
Kursas supažindina su sociologine visuomenės perspektyva. Kurso metu pristatomos klasikinės ir
šiuolaikinės sociologinės teorijos, supažindinama su kultūros sociologija, aptariamos socializacijos,
deviacijos, kasdienių socialinių sąveikų, grupių ir modernių organizacijų temos, kalbama apie socialinę
stratifikaciją, lyčių santykius, šeimos, religijos, žiniasklaidos, sveikatos sociologiją.
Short course annotation in English (up to 500 characters)
This course provides an introduction to sociological analysis of society. It starts with the history of
sociological thinking and introduces to classical and contemporary sociological theories. Then the course
proceeds to the analysis of culture and society, socialization; looks at the everyday social interactions, groups
and modern organizations; provides an introduction to gender relations; examines the phenomena of
deviance, social control, social stratification; introduces to the sociological perspective of major social
institutions.
Prerequisites for entering the course
Course aim
Introduce to sociological way of thinking about society and social phenomena
Links between course outcomes, criteria of learning achievement evaluation and content
Criteria of learning achievement
Content (topics)
Course outcomes
evaluation
Development of sociology as a
science and its object. Early
Students will be able to
sociologists (A.Comte, M.Weber,
Students are able to describe
describe historical and
E.Durkheim).
historical and theoretical
theoretical development of
Micro ir macro sociological
development of sociology
sociology
paradigms
(symbolic
interactionism,
structural
functionalism, conflict theory).
Development of sociology as a
science and its object. Early
sociologists (A.Comte, M.Weber,
E.Durkheim).
Micro ir macro sociological
paradigms (symbolic
interactionism, structural
Students will be able to apply
Students are able to apply basic
functionalism, conflict theory).
basic sociological theories in
sociological theories in describing
Sociology of culture. Deviance.
describing social phenomena
social phenomena
Socialization. Social interactions,
groups and formal organizations.
Social stratification. Sociology of
gender. Sociology of family.
Sociology of religion. Sociology of
mass media. Sociology of medicine
and health.
Students will be able to
describe relation between
socio-cultural context and
human behavior
Students will be able to identify
patterns of social inequality,
social control and power in a
modern society; to characterize
the nature of gender relations
Development of sociology as a
science and its object. Early
sociologists (A.Comte, M.Weber,
E.Durkheim).
Micro ir macro sociological
paradigms (symbolic
interactionism, structural
functionalism, conflict theory).
Sociology of culture. Deviance.
Socialization. Social interactions,
groups and formal organizations.
Social stratification. Sociology of
gender. Sociology of family.
Sociology of religion. Sociology of
mass media. Sociology of medicine
and health.
Development of sociology as a
science and its object. Early
sociologists (A.Comte, M.Weber,
E.Durkheim).
Micro ir macro sociological
paradigms (symbolic
interactionism, structural
functionalism, conflict theory).
Sociology of culture. Deviance.
Socialization. Social interactions,
groups and formal organizations.
Social stratification. Sociology of
gender. Sociology of family.
Sociology of religion. Sociology of
mass media. Sociology of medicine
and health.
Sociology of family. Sociology of
religion. Sociology of mass media.
Sociology of medicine and health.
Students are able to describe
relation between socio-cultural
context and human behavior
Students are able to identify
patterns of social inequality, social
control and power in a modern
society; to characterize the nature
of gender relations
Students will be able to
Students are able to describe the
describe the nature of various
nature of various social institutions
social institutions (family,
(family, religion, mass media,
religion, mass media,
medicine) in a contemporary
medicine) in a contemporary
society
society
Study (teaching and learning) methods
Lectures, discussions, independent studies.
Methods of learning achievement assessment
Written midterm exams (2), written exam.
Distribution of workload for students (contact and independent work in hours)
Lectures – 40, classroom consultations – 5, individual work – 75 hours. Total – 120 hours.
Structure of cumulative score and value of its constituent parts
Midterm exam (1) - 25% of final grade. Midterm exam (2) - 25% of final grade. Exam - 50% of final grade.
Recommended reference materials
No.
Publication
year
Authors of publication and
title
Publishing
house
University
library
Number of copies in
Self-study
Other
rooms
libraries
Basic materials
1.
2004
2.
2005
3.
1995
Leonavičius V. Sociologija
VDU
Poligrafija ir
Giddens A. Sociologija
informatika
Berger
P.
Sociologija: Literae
humanistinis požiūris
Universitatis
65
6
13
7
21
5
Supplementary materials
4.
2000
5.
2000
Goffman
E.
Savęs
pateikimas
kasdieniame Vaga
gyvenime
Nisbet R. Sociologijos
Pradai
tradicija
4
4
4
Course programme designed by
Assist. prof. Giedrė Baltrušaitytė, Department of Sociology