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Social problems of contemporary societies

ОК05

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

First

2023/2024

1 Semester

4

• To know the peculiarities of sociological knowledge and its differences from other knowledge about society. • To describe and analyze social phenomena using everyday knowledge and sociological concepts. • To define the content and reveal the essence of the main social problems in modern society. • Improvement of communication skills. • Group work (face-to-face).

• To know the characteristics of scientific and non-scientific knowledge about society. • To have an understanding of the peculiarities of information representation in the media. • To possess basic skills of searching and selecting relevant information and sources, presenting and arguing one's own opinion.

• The specificity of sociological knowledge about society. • Contemporary sociology and its focus on current societal issues. • Sociological research on contemporary social problems. • Presentation and interpretation of sociological information in the media. • Social norms, social control, and personality. Deviant behavior as a source of social problems in society. • Module-based written examination • Social inequality in modern societies as a factor in social problems. • Issues of socio-economic disparities. • Poverty, wealth, and social stratification. • Social consequences and problems of migration in contemporary Europe and Ukraine. • Problems and challenges of contemporary political processes. Civil position. • Social challenges of modern changes in family, marriage, and personal life. • Social challenges of religious life. • Social changes in the modern world. Challenges of terrorism, informatization, environmental and technological disasters. • Module-based assessment

1. Черниш Н.Й. Соціологія. Курс лекцій. Львів.: “Кальварія”, - 2003, - 540 с. 2. Штомпка П. Социологія. Аналіз суспільства. - К.: Колір ПРО, 2020. - 880 с. Розділи 1, 2, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22. 3. Гідденс Е. Соціологія. Навчальний посібник. К.:Основи, 1999. - 726 с. Режим доступу: http://politics.ellib.org.ua/pages-cat-l73.html Розділи 1,4, 7, 8, 14, 16

Lectures, seminars, assignments for independent work, preparation of a final group project and its presentation

discussions, group project and its presentation, modul tasks

Ukrainian