Course: Sociology Reading Seminar

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Course title Sociology Reading Seminar
Course code KSS/CST
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jeřábek Hynek, Prof. PhDr. CSc.
  • Hásová Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Reading and discussion about selected sociology texts.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Collaborative instruction, Students' portfolio, Task-based study method, Textual studies, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 54 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe and explain the basic sociological methods and theories.
Skills
to form a formally acceptable professional output
to use foreign databases of professional journals
to use adequate concepts corresponding terminology of the field in Czech and English
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to list the defining attitudes and theoretical foundations.
to explain basic terms, theories and concepts.
Skills
to compile and subsequently typologize the main thought positions.
to distinguish or recognize the internal contradictions of the main thought positions.
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
Task-based study method
Textual studies
Collaborative instruction
Students' portfolio
Skills
Seminar
Competences
Seminar
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Skills
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Politická ekonomie : Teorie. Modelování. Aplikace. Praha : Vysoká škola ekonomická, ----.
  • Bourdieu, Pierre. Teorie jednání. Praha : Karolinum, 1998. ISBN 80-7184-518-3.
  • Dahrendorf, Ralf. Moderný sociálny konflikt : Esej o politike slobody. Bratislava : Archa, 1991. ISBN 80-7115-024-X.
  • Émile, Durkheim. Společenská dělba práce. Brno : Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2004. ISBN 80-7325-041-1.
  • Fromm, Erich. Mít, nebo být?. Vyd. tohoto překladu 1. Praha : Aurora, 2001. ISBN 80-7299-036-5.
  • Giddens, Anthony. Modernity and self-identity : self and society in the late modern age. Stanford : Stanford University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-8047-1944-6.
  • Goffman, Erving. Stigma : poznámky k problému zvládání narušené identity. Vyd. 1. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003. ISBN 80-86429-21-0.
  • Habermas, Jürgen. Problémy legitimity k pozdnímu kapitalismu. Praha : Filosofia, 2000. ISBN 80-7007-130-3.
  • Librová, Hana. Vlažní a váhaví : kapitoly o ekologickém luxusu. Vyd. 1. Brno : Doplněk, 2003. ISBN 80-7239-149-6.
  • Mac Luhan, Marshall. Jak rozumět médiím : Extenze člověka. 1. vyd. Praha : Odeon, 1991. ISBN 80-207-0296-2.
  • Mannheim, Karl. Ideologie a utopie : přednášky a eseje. 1. vyd. Bratislava : Archa, 1991. ISBN 80-7115-022-3.
  • Mills, Charles Wright. Sociologická imaginace. Praha : SLON, 2002. ISBN 80-86429-04-0.
  • Tocqueville, Alexis de. Demokracie v Americe. 1. vyd. Praha : Lidové noviny, 1992. ISBN 80-7106-050-X.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (17-5) Category: Social sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Sociology (17-5) Category: Social sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter