Bachelor
2023/2024
Research Seminar "Contemporary Life in the Global World"
Type:
Elective course (Sociology and Social Informatics)
Area of studies:
Sociology
Delivered by:
Department of Sociology
When:
4 year, 1-3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
30
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The seminar will help to see the world through a global lens. In the seminar, we will explore how different forms of collective action, and various national and supernational patterns of social and cultural specificity shape unique paths of development and transformation for nations, regions, and international systems. Seminar’s geography will include key global regions: from the US and Europe to China, to the global South.
Learning Objectives
- This seminar is aimed at discussing how different forms of collective action, and various national and supernational patterns of social and cultural specificity shape unique paths of development and transformation for nations, regions, and international systems. Students will also learn how to write and read academic papers.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Work with information: find, define, and use the information from different sources which required for solving of research and professional problems (including the system approach)
- Student can pose research problems relevant to the study of political phenomena and political processes; setting research tasks; and putting together a research design
- Student is capable of retrieving, collecting, processing, and analyzing information relevant for achieving goals in the professional field
- Can work in team
Course Contents
- Civil society and public sphere in modern society
- Travelling across time and space: social spaces in different societal contexts
- Global communication and reconfiguration of local spaces/communities
Assessment Elements
- Presentation of the individual project
- Participation in class discussions
- Participation in perusall discussions
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 3rd module0.3 * Participation in class discussions + 0.4 * Participation in perusall discussions + 0.3 * Presentation of the individual project