Course: Sociology

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Course title Sociology
Course code KPZ/P1SCI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Faltová Barbora, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction to Sociology. Sociology as a scientific discipline, its importance for practice. Traditional, modern, postmodern society. Process of socialization, personality, life cycle, social roles. Social stratification of society, position, status, social mobility, social groups, crowds, ethnic structure. Family as a specific social group and its development. Organised behaviour in society, bureaucracy. Social interaction, communication, mass communication. Normal and pathological phenomena in society, conflict. Health and illness from a sociological point of view. Sociology of the patient. The role of the health worker, health worker-patient relations. Work with professional sociological literature, searching for research results, their significance for practice. Social phenomena, appropriate topics for sociological research. Research methodology. Determination of research objectives, formulation of research questions. Implementation of research. Analysis of the data obtained. Presentation of the results.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the main sociological theories, categories, concepts and processes so that they acquire the tools to understand basic and specific social processes and phenomena, to convey the latest sociological knowledge, to explain the connections between sociology and the field of social work and to teach them to use sociological knowledge for their work.
Students acquire basic knowledge of sociology, demonstrate the ability to take a comprehensive view of phenomena and processes taking place in a specific real society, especially in relation to health care and social work, and are informed about sociological literature.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Didactic test

Specified compulsory attendance in seminars and lectures. Passing a written test or an oral exam, or other conditions, as decided by the course guarantor. Completing a credit assignment.
Recommended literature
  • BAUM, D.; GOJOVÁ, A. Výzkumné metody v sociální práci. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-390-3.
  • BRUCE, S. Sociology: a very short introduction.. econd edition. Oxford: Oxford university press, 2018. ISBN 978-0-19-882296-7.
  • DISMAN, M. Jak se vyrábí sociologická zralost: příručka pro uživatele. Praha: Karolinum, 2021. ISBN 978-80-246-5053-1.
  • Havlík, Radomír. Úvod do sociologie. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2021. ISBN 978-80-246-5003-6.
  • HOLMWOOD, J.; BALON, J. Sociologie, veřejnost, politika. Praha: Filosofia, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7007-577-7.
  • KÖHLEROVÁ, T.; ZÁVODNÝ POSPÍŠIL, J.; ZÁVODNÁ, L. S. Občanský a společenskovědní základ. Prostějov: Computer Media, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7402-239-5.
  • Křížová, Eva. SOS - sociologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2017. ISBN 978-80-246-3650-4.
  • MATOUŠEK, O. Profesní způsobilost a vzdělávání v sociální práci. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2021. ISBN 978-80-246-4904-7.
  • NEŠPOR, Z. Dějiny české sociologie. Praha: Academia, 2014. ISBN 978-80-200-2355-1.
  • Szaló, Csaba. Paměť míst. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON) , 2017. ISBN 978-80-7419-181-7.
  • Urban, Lukáš. Sociologie . Praha: Grada, 2022. ISBN 978-80-271-3056-6.
  • YAMANE, D. Handbook of religion and society. Cham: Springer, 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-31393-1.


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