Contemporary Sociological Theories

Course: Sociology

Structural unit: Faculty of Sociology

Title
Contemporary Sociological Theories
Code
ОК15
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
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know the main stages of development of sociology, key areas of classical sociological theorizing 2. Be able to work with scientific literature and primary sources 3. Have the conceptual apparatus of sociological theory
Course content
Sociological theory: current status and ways of its development Structural functionalism: from the theory of action to the general theory of systems Neo-Marxism in the sociology of the twentieth century. Interpretive tradition in sociology: phenomenology, ethnomethodology and symbolic interactionism Poststructuralism and neofunctionalism in modern sociological theory Conceptualization of socio-cultural analysis in the system of socio-humanitarian sciences Sociocultural analysis of cultural transmission Semiotic approaches in sociocultural analysis The use of socio-cultural analysis: opportunities and limitations
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Малес Л. В. Вивчаючи тексти культури: соціокультурний аналіз як пізнавальна стратегія соціології. – К. : К.І.С., 2011. Соболевська М.О. Неофункціоналістські та постструктуралістські теорії в сучасній соціології. Навчальний посібник. – К.: Дух і літера, 2010. Штомпка П. Соціологія. Аналіз суспільства [пер. з польськ. Галини Теодорович] / Пйотр Штомпка. – Львів.: Колір ПРО, 2020. – С. 57–145, 685–748. Шюц А. Структури житєсвіту [пер. з нім. Вахтанґа Кебуладзе] / Альфред Шюц, Томас Лукман. – Х.: Фоліо, 2018. – С. 23–118 с. Joas Hans, Knoebl Wolfgang Social Theory: Twenty Introductory Lectures. - Cambridge University Press, 2009. - P. 11-36, 37-140, 182-253, 290-358, 359-402, 403-441, 533-574, 753-791.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, self-study
Assessment methods and criteria
- semester assessment: 1. active work in seminars: 40/24 points 2. performance of modular control works: 20/12 points (2 works on 10 maximum or 6 minimum points for everyone) - final assessment: written exam - 40 points maximum. The minimum score for passing the exam (overall positive grade) is 24 points. - Conditions for admission to the final exam: For students who scored a total of fewer points in the module than the critical minimum - 36 points to obtain admission to the exam is required to retake the module tests.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Maryna Oleksandrivna Sobolevs'ka
Department of Theory and History of Sociology
Faculty of Sociology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Theory and History of Sociology
Faculty of Sociology