Learning Outcomes
Students are expected to:
-understend better the notion of social
-know the way societies are organized, operated and change
-know the factors that affect social attitudes and regulate social behaviorγ
-recognize the social structures, behavior patterns of specific groups and the social world that extends beyond the explanations based on personal habits and coincidences
-become aware of the relationship between personal experience and the wider society, or else, aware of the connection between public and private sphere, beyond the individual
Course Content (Syllabus)
• Sociological perspective and particularities of the science of sociology
Terms, concepts, sociology issues:
• Definition of society - Types of societies and social change
• Social structure and organization (social positions, social roles, social norms)
• Social institutions
• Social stratification, social mobility, social inequality
• Socialization and social control
• Stereotyped thinking and prejudices
• Race, Ethnicity, Gender - Racism, Nationalism, Sexism
• Discrimination based on age
Modern society-changes and crises:
• Globalisation
• Technology and Media
• Ecology and environment
• The "risk society"