Sociology of social change
Course: Sociаl Technologies
Structural unit: Faculty of Sociology
Title
Sociology of social change
Code
ОК24
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
8 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
1.2 Know the content of the main categories of sociology of social change and theoretical interpretations of social change.
2.1To carry out theoretical interpretation of social change within modern concepts of social transformation.
2.2 Be able to identify, analyze and interpret social technologies in the socio-cultural changes of modern societies.
2.3 Critically read and interpret the results of comparative studies of trends in Ukrainian society with the corresponding trends in European societies.
3.1 Improving communication skills.
3.2 Present a research project.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Know - the specifics of the sociological approach to the study of society and social problems; have basic knowledge of the methodology of sociological research; to possess the conceptual apparatus of sociological theory.
Be able - use sources of empirical information, understand the nature and significance of social
іndicators.
Have the skills of group work and public discussion.
Course content
Society in the context of social change. Social changes in the parameters of tradition and innovation (modernization).
Modern societies and global transformations.
Dynamics of changes in social institutions.
Urbanization and social change.
Social movements as agents of change.
The main trends in Ukrainian
society.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Ukrainian society: monitoring of social change. Issue 7 (21) / Editors-in-Chief Ph.D. VM Vorona, Doctor of Sociology M.О. Shulga. - Kyiv: Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2020. - 547 p.
Shtompka P. Sociology. Analysis of society. - Lviv: PRO Color, 2020 - 800 p. (P.241 - 265).
Simonchuk, E. (2020). Dynamics of Class Structure in Post-Soviet Ukraine. In A.Veira-Ramos, T.Liubyva, & I.Golovakha (Eds.),Ukraine in Transformation: from Soviet Republic to European Society(pp.55–90). Palgrave Macmillan.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Work on seminars – 30 points \ 18 points.
Test work – 10 points \ 6 points.
Research task – 20 points \ 12 points.
Exam – 40 points \ 24 points.
Language of instruction
ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Larysa
Fedorivna
Foster (Kaminska)
Department Social Structures and Social Relations
Faculty of Sociology
Faculty of Sociology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department Social Structures and Social Relations
Faculty of Sociology