Socio-political studies

Course: Soil Science, Land Management and Territorial Planning

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Socio-political studies
Code
ОК 33
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2024/2025
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
6 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
LO02. Use verbally and in writing professional Ukrainian. LO13. Be able to bring the results of activities to the professional audience and the general public, make presentations and messages.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
A) Before the study of this course, students must have knowledge of the basics of state and law, which would give an idea of ​​the formation and development of society and its institutions. B) be able to collect and interpret information about socio-political processes, to apply basic concepts in the critical understanding of the events that take place in the modern world political process. C) have elementary scientific research skills in finding, critical selection and systematization of information both applied and theoretical nature.
Course content
The course "socio-political studies" is aimed at covering and explaining the basic provisions, the content of which reflects the modern achievements of world and domestic humanitarian knowledge in all the diversity of scientific guidelines. "Studies" reveal the principles and patterns of functioning and development of the sociopolitical system as a whole, and its individual institutions, in particular: states as a fundamental institute of political system, public organizations and political parties (with explanation of their ideological foundations). The essence of the phenomenon of power and the methods and limits of its implementation is explained in detail. Historical and current modern features of transformation of political regimes are revealed and a comparative analysis of the characteristics of democratic and undemocratic regimes is carried out. The phenomenon of social and political conflicts and their specific forms and manifestations are revealed. The essence of the election institute and stages and specifics of the election campaigns is determined, the mechanisms of election engineering, technologies for the formation of the candidate image and the features of the political market functioning are revealed. The main trends of the development of modern world politics and the peculiarities of the domestic political process are revealed.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Бжезінський З. Стратегічне бачення: Америка і криза глобальної влади / Пер. з англ.. Г.Лелів.- Львів: Літопис: 2012.- 168 с. 2. Воронов І.О. Демократичний транзит: політико-владні трансформації.- К.,: Ґенеза, 2006.– 232с. 3. Ґіденс Е. Соціологія. - К., Основи. - 1999р.– 835 с. 4. Кузьменко Т.М. Соціологія / Навчальний посібник. – Киїі: «Центр учбової літератури», 2010. – 320 с. 5. Кирилюк Ф. М., Батрименко О. В. Історія зарубіжних політичних вчень: Навч.-метод. посібник. - К.: ТОВ «XXI століття: Діалог культур», 2005. - 256 с. 6. Політологія: навчальний посібник / Є.В. Перегуда та ін. – К.: КНУБА, 2012. (Рекомендовано МОНмолодьспорту України.) 7. Політологія: підручник для студентів вищих навчальних закладів. / За ред. Цвиха В.Ф., Батрименка О.В. - К.: ВПЦ “Київський університет”, 2009 – 629 с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, practical session, analytical work
Assessment methods and criteria
Test, performance of creative analytical and calculation works, discourse, assessment. The recommended minimum for admission is 36 points. For students who scored a total of less than 36 points (recommended minimum), writing essays on missed or insufficiently mastered topics is a mandatory condition for admission to the credit. The final assessment in the form of credit is conducted in written format. The maximum number of points on the test is 40 points, the minimum number of points added to semester points is 24 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Tamara Mykolayivna Kurach
Department of Geodesy and Cartography
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Geodesy and Cartography
heohrafichnyi fakultet