Course: Sociology

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Course title Sociology
Course code KPZ/P1SCL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
  • Maximov Dominik, Mgr.
  • Podeszwa Ondřej, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Sociology as a scientific discipline, theoretical underpinnings. Traditional and modern society, the development of the modern society. Social stratification, position, status, social mobility, gender. Institutionalization of actions, social roles. Organized actions, bureaucracy. Societal groups, crowd theory. Symbol communication. Normalcy and pathology in the society, conflict. Medical sociology, its foundation, development, the subject. Health from the sociological viewpoint. Illness from the sociological viewpoint. The patient's sociology. The nurse's role. The physician's role. Social phenomena, an appropriate topic for sociological research. The breakdown of the research process, the project of sociological research. The determination of the research objectives, the formulation of research questions. The methodology of the research. Implementation of the research. Analysis of collected data. Presentation of the findings.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide students with fundamental information from the field of sociology. Attention is focused on basic questions from general sociology and on selected issues from medical sociology.
The student will master basic knowledge of social relationships in the professional and the private life spheres, will demonstrate an ability to view, in a global way, societal phenomena and processes in relation to medicine and nursing, and will practically apply selected methods of sociological research.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation

Fulfilment of compulsory 80% participation in lectures and seminar, oral exam and written assignment. Credit is given for participation in seminars and making a seminar paper, in which students apply selected methods of sociological research. The exam is oral.
Recommended literature
  • BÁRTLOVÁ, S.; MATULAY, S. Sociologie zdraví, nemoci a rodiny/Sociológia zdravia, choroby a rodiny. Martin: Osveta, 2009.
  • Giddens, A. Sociologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Argo, 2013.
  • HAMPLOVÁ, D.; BŘEZINOVÁ, K.; KLÍMOVÁ CHALOUPKOVÁ, J.; SIVKOVÁ, O. Rodina a zdraví - jejich vzájemné souvislosti. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2014.
  • JANDOUREK, J. Sociologický slovník. Praha: Portál, 2007.
  • PETRUSEK, M. Základy sociologie. Praha: Akademie veřejné správy, 2009.


Study plans that include the course
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