SOCIOLOGY
| Title | ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ / SOCIOLOGY |
| Code | Ν011Υ |
| Faculty | Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment |
| School | Agriculture |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 420001755 |
| Academic Year | 2017 – 2018 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600103007
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Class Schedule
| Building | Γεωπονίας & Δασολογίας |
| Floor | Όροφος 1 |
| Hall | ΑΜΦΙΘΕΑΤΡΟ Γ (36) |
| Calendar | Montag 08:00 to 11:00 |
Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
- General Knowledge
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600103007
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=7899
- Other: http://rural-lab.agro.auth.gr/015e.htm
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Examination)
- Italian (Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Academic education must prepare not only scientists but also active people and citizens within a society either rural or urban that currently is facing global challenges economic, social and environmental ones. Upon successful completion of this course, students / will be able to:
1. understand the rapidly changing social environment in which they are going to live and to operate as people, scientist-practitioners- agronomists.
2. gain sociological imagination, recognizing aspects of the social environment even under the superficial reading of reality
3. developing sociological consciousness
4. apply sociology in practice
5. utilize the basic sociological theoretical approaches in the cognitive field of agricultural science
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Historical development of Sociology and Theoretical Perspectives. Social Structure. Social organization and institutions. Socialization. Social change. Social movements. Rural society. Population and food. Social sciences and natural resources. Social construction of the countryside. Social exclusion. Social Networks and Groups. Social Capital. Social Economy. Social research and ethics.
Keywords
Sociology, norms, roles, networks, identity, leadership, experiments, social construction, inequalities, minorities, gender, population, food, environment, movements
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Interactive excersises
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use of Power Point, use of URL for up- loading notes, directions and communicating news to students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 95 | 3.4 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 12 | 0.4 | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 3 | 0.1 | |||
| Total | 110 | 3.9 |
Student Assessment
Description
100% written exams
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ. ΟΙ ΒΑΣΙΚΕΣ ΕΝΝΟΙΕΣ Hughes M., Kroehler C.J ΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ, 2007 ΑΘΗΝΑ [Κωδ.11642]
Additional bibliography for study
1. Υπαιθρος Χώρα. Η Ελληνική Αγροτική Κοινωνία στο τέλος του 20ου Αιώνα. Επιμ. Κασίμης, Χ. - Λουλούδης Λ., Πλέθρον, Αθήνα, 1999
2. Περιοδικό του Εθνικού Κέντρου Κοινωνικών Ερευνών (ΕΚΚΕ): Επιθεώρηση Κοινωνικών Ερευνών
3. Rural Sociology http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1549-0831
4. Sociologia Ruralis http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9523
5. Journal of Rural Studies http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-rural-studies/
[for ERASMUS students] Sociology : The Core by Carolyn J. Kroehler and Michael Hughes (2012)ISBN:9780078026768
Last Update
07-11-2016
