Bachelor 2022/2023

Sociology

Type: Compulsory course (Public Policy and Analytics)

Area of studies: Public Administration

Delivered by: Department of Sociology

Where: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences

When: 1 year, 3, 4 module

Mode of studies: distance learning

Online hours: 30

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Андреева Анастасия Сергеевна, Бемлер Екатерина Сергеевна, Андреева Анастасия Сергеевна, Бемлер Екатерина Сергеевна, Elizaveta Balatsyuk, Yulia Epanova, Yulia Moreva

Language: English

ECTS credits: 4

Contact hours: 30

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This discipline belongs to the general cycle of disciplines that provide basic bachelor's training. The discipline is based on the format of blended learning, i.e. includes materials of the online course “Fundamentals of Sociology” on the edX platform

Learning Objectives

• The purpose of the discipline of Sociology is to introduce students to the basics of classical and modern approaches in sociology, traditional and modern styles of sociological thinking and their conceptual apparatus.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• development of academic reading, writing, and presentation skills
• knowledge of basic classical theories and paradigms of sociological thinking
• knowledge of the basics of the sociological approach to understanding reality
• the ability to plan and implement teamwork
• the ability to use sociological theories for the analysis of social phenomena and processes

Course Contents

• Topic 1. Introduction to Sociology
• Topic 2. Theoretical and Methodological Bases of Sociology as a Scientific Discipline
• Topic 3. Social Structure and Inequality
• Topic 4. Social institutions
• Topic 5. Social processes and changes in the structure of society

Assessment Elements

• In-class Participation
• Homework
• Final exam

Interim Assessment

• 2022/2023 4th module
  0.3 * Final exam + 0.4 * In-class Participation + 0.3 * Homework

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Macionis, J. J. (2012). Sociology : a global introduction. Turkey, Europe: Pearson Prentice Hall. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.5C1FB862
• Sociology, Giddens, A., 2017

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Bauman, Z., & May, T. (2019). Thinking Sociologically (Vol. Third edition). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2002084

Authors

• EPANOVA YULIYA VALENTINOVNA