Social problems of contemporary societies
Course: Sociological support for management processes
Structural unit: Faculty of Sociology
            Title
        
        
            Social problems of contemporary societies
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ОК05
        
    
            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
        
        
            1 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            4
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            •  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).
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            •  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.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            •  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
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            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
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lectures, seminars, assignments for independent work, preparation of a final group project and its presentation
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            discussions, group project and its presentation, modul tasks
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            Ukrainian
        
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