- Docente: Anita Lavorgna
- Credits: 10
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Anita Lavorgna (Modulo A-E) Anita Lavorgna (Modulo Gr1-2) Chiara Ferrari (Modulo Gr3-4) (Modulo D.Ass)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo A-E) Traditional lectures (Modulo Gr1-2) Blended Learning (Modulo Gr3-4) Traditional lectures (Modulo D.Ass)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Political, Social and International Sciences (cod. 8853)
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from Sep 16, 2024 to Nov 07, 2024
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from Nov 04, 2024 to Dec 20, 2024
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from Nov 05, 2024 to Dec 20, 2024
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course the student: possesses a basic knowledge of Sociology: its origins, its main paradigms and theories, its methods of analysis, its objects of study; - will have tools for analyzing and understanding contemporary social phenomena, such as globalisation, which are also functional for reading and understanding certain social contexts.
Course contents
The course is divided into two different sections, for a total of 46 classroom hours (32 hours of frontal lessons + 14 hours of seminar lessons). In particular, during the frontal lessons students will be offered an introduction to the study of human societies, to the analysis of social phenomena and processes, and to the main concepts and paradigms of the discipline.
For further information, please visit the page in Italian.
Readings/Bibliography
Attending students:
Giddens A e Sutton PW (2022) Fondamenti di sociologia. Sesta edizione. Bologna: Il Mulino.
+ further material will be assigned before the seminars and made available on Virtuale.
Non-attending students:
Giddens A e Sutton PW (2022) Fondamenti di sociologia. Sesta edizione. Bologna: Il Mulino.
Please read carefully the detailed guide available on Virtuale for further guidance.
Teaching methods
The course is divided into two different sections, for a total of 46 classroom hours (32 hours of frontal lessons + 14 hours of seminar lessons).
For further information, please visit the page in Italian.
Assessment methods
Attending students:
50%: in-class test (at the end of the frontal lessons)
50%: in-class short essay (open book exam, at the end of the seminars)
Non-attending students:
50%: in-class test
50%: 3000 words essay (take home exam)
For further information, please visit the page in Italian.
Teaching tools
PowerPoint presentations and further material will be made available on Virtuale.
For further information, please visit the page in Italian.
Office hours
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