Basic Principles of Sociology
Code: 105794 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2503878 Sociocultural Gender Studies | FB | 1 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Marta Rovira Martinez
- Email:
- marta.rovira@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Prerequisites
None
Objectives and Contextualisation
The objective of the assignature is to introduce the students in the sociological perspective, with the principal conceptual tools based on sociological theory.
Competences
- Apply to gender studies the methods, techniques and tools of a quantitative and qualitative nature of social research.
- Incorporate the non-androcentric perspective in the work carried out.
- Interpret and explain the history of gender relations, the significance of differences and the processes of generating inequalities in a context of globalization.
- Interpret gender inequalities in relation to sexuality, class, ethnicity and territory based on the concepts and approaches of sociocultural analysis.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
Learning Outcomes
- Describe social phenomena from sociological theories.
- Interpret the events of the current world based on gender, class, social and cultural diversity.
- Relate the basic concepts, methods and techniques used to analyze social policy with general theoretical and methodological debates.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
- Use and create statistical indicators to better understand the differences in needs, conditions, values ??and social aspirations.
Content
Topic 1: The sociological perspective
1. The sociological perspective
2. Sociology as a practice and as knowledge
Topic 2: Society as a norm and the process of socialization (how we become social)
1. Primary socialization and secondary socialization
2. Other significant and other widespread
3. Identity and role (and alternation)
Topic 3: What place do we occupy on the world stage? Institutions, power and control.
1. Social institution
2. Power and social control
3. Normality, labeling and social control
Topic 4: The dominant perspectives in sociology
1. The advent of modernity: sociology as a way of knowing
2. Social structure and division through the classics of sociology (Marx, Durkheim and Weber)
Topic 5: Pierre Bourdieu and the complexity of social structure
1. Pierre Bourdieu and the sociology of social fields
2. Symbolic power and violence
3. Sociology and reflexivity
Topic 6: The analysis of social classes
1. Social structure, class, status and mobility
2. Social class and education
3. New and old inequalities: social classes in the 21st century
Topic 7: Sociology and gender perspective
1. Sociology with a gender perspective
2. Non-sexist methodology
Methodology
Magistral classes
Text lectures
Activities about text comprehesion
Learning folder
Study
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Activitats of comprehension of texts and concepts | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 2, 3 |
| Master classes | 40 | 1.6 | 1, 2, 3 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Group project | 40 | 1.6 | 1, 2, 4 |
| Tutorials | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 2, 3 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Comprehension activities for texts and concepts | 10 | 0.4 | 2, 3 |
| Reading of texts | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 2, 3 |
Assessment
Qualification review process
At the time of completion of each assessable activity, the teacher will inform the students (via Moodle) of the procedure and date of review of their grades.
Module retrieval
It will be informed at the beginning of the course.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (the original weighing will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Instructors will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities, the student will receive a zero as the final grade for the class.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comments on readings and other exercises on the virtual campus | 10% | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 2, 3 |
| Elaboration of written tests | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3 |
| Work with the group | 50% | 13 | 0.52 | 1, 2, 5, 4, 3, 6 |
Bibliography
Reference books:
Libros referentes de la asignatura:Berger, Peter L. Invitació a la sociologia: una perspectiva humanística / Peter L. Berger (4a ed.). Barcelona: Herder, 1995.
Cardús, Salvador (coord). La mirada del sociòleg: què és, què fa, què diu la sociologia. Barcelona: EDIUOC: Proa, 1999
Lengermann, P. M. i Niebrugge, G. (2019). Fundadoras de la sociologia y la teoria social 1830-1930. Madrid: CIS.
Rambla, Xavier (coord.). Les fractures de l’estructura social. UAB, 2008.
Bibliografia complementària
Amorós, Cecilia (2000). Tiempo de feminismo. Sobre proyecto ilustrado y postmodernidad. Madrid: Cátedra.
Aron, Raymond (1967). Les etapes del pensament sociològic (2 Vols.). Barcelona, Herder,, 1994.
Berger, Peter L. (cop. 1985). La Reinterpretación de la sociología: ensayo sobre el método y la vocación sociológicos / P.L. Berger y H. Kellner traducción y prólogo de Ramón García Cotarelo. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, cop. 1985. ISBN: 8423916618
Bourdieu, Pierre (1994). Per a una sociologia reflexiva / Pierre Bourdieu i Loïc J.D. Wacquant. Barcelona: Herder, 1994. ISBN: 8425418437
Claval, Paul (1980). Els mites fundadors de les ciències socials. Barcelona, Herder, 1991.
Corcuff, Philippe (1995). Las nuevas sociologías. Madrid, Alianza, 1998.
Córdoba, Carolina (2007). Teoría sociológica /Teoría feminista. El desafío pendiente. VII Jornadas de Córdoba, Carolina (2007). Teoría sociológica /Teoría feminista. El desafío pendiente. VII Jornadas de Sociología. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires.
Elias, Norbert (DL 1995). Sociología fundamental / Norbert Elias. Barcelona: Gedisa, DL 1995. ISBN: 8474321549
Giddens, Anthony (1971). El capitalismo y la moderna teoría social. Barcelona, Labor, 1988.
Güereca Torres, Raquel (2016). Revolución feminista de la sociología: Apuntes para una Metodología de la Visibilidad. XI Congreso Iberoamericano Ciencia, Tecnología y Género Universidad Nacional Costa Rica, San José.
Henslin, James M. (1991). Down to earth sociology. Introductory readings. Free Press.
Illouz, Eva (2012). ¿Por qué duele el amor? Una explicación sociològica. Buenos Aires: Katz editores.
Marquès, Josep-Vicent (1990). No és natural. València: Edicions 3 i 4.
Mills, C. Wright (1992). La Imaginació sociològica / C. Wright Mills (2a ed.). Barcelona: Herder, 1992. ISBN: 842541573X
Morrison, Ken (2010). Marx, Durkheim, Weber: las bases del pensamiento social moderno. Madrid: Popular.
Nagel, John & Piero (2016). Sociology. A graphic guide. London: Icon Books Ltd.
Osborne, Richard & Van Loon, Boris (2005). Sociología para todos. Paidos Ibérica.
Simmel, George (1999). Cultura femenina y otros ensayos. Barcelona: Alba Editorial.
Material on citations and plagiarism
https://www.uab.cat/doc/GuiaCitesiPlagiEstudiants
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http://wuster.uab.es/web_argumenta_obert/
Recommended blogs
http://www.thesociologicalreview.com/
http://fnunezmosteo.wordpress.com/
http://onsonlesdones.blogspot.com/
http://www.uab.cat/web/l-observatori-per-a-la-igualtat-de-la-uab-1345681954963.html
http://www.urv.cat/media/upload/arxius/igualtat/Donesiciencia/Calendaris/Ca2018_V3_web.pdf
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