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Sociología (19BBA00800)

General information

Type:

BAS

Curs:

1

Period:

S semester

ECTS Credits:

6 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group Teacher Department Language
Sec: A Josep F. Mària Serrano Ciencias Sociales CAT

Group Teacher Department Language
Sec: B Ferran Macipe Catalán Ciencias Sociales ESP

Group Teacher Department Language
Sec: C Lluís Sáez Giol Ciencias Sociales CAT

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Previous Knowledge

No previous knowledge is required.

Workload distribution

Lectures: 30 hours
Participatory sessions: 30 hours
Tutorials: 10 hours
Independent study: 80 hours

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

Companies operate in markets, and the markets, in turn, are part of increasingly interrelated societies. This is why training future professionals who will work in business management and administration requires training people who are aware of their responsibilities as citizens with a fully developed sense of justice and genuine human qualities.

Sociology I addresses the relationship between the individual, social groups and society as a whole, and helps future executives look critically at the social conditioning which influences their own lives. The aim is to instil awareness in students about how their actions they take as citizens and professionals have the capacity to change society on the basis of values they freely accept.

The course thus examines ways of analysing social reality, it encourages critical thought, and tries to put events into a historical and global/local vision of society.

Course Learning Objectives

A. Become aware of the ways in which society conditions people.
B. Become familiar with the fundamental characteristics of the techno-economic, social, political and cultural environment of business organisations
C. Understand and know how to apply an analytical method to real situations
D. Analyse and understand people's and organisations' capacity to transform social reality.
E. Develop reflection and critical evaluation skills.
F. Use intellectual tools to associate, compare and analyse theories, world views, ideologies, etc.
G. Acquire a certain level of sensibility, responsibility, values and human quality while placing a special emphasis on students' future management roles.
H. Assimilate a global/local vision of reality that is capable of generating civic commitment.

Competences

6. Strategic thought, systematic thought
7. Comprehension of the complexity of the local and global contexts
9. Creativity and innovation
4. Conveying information and/or knowledge
12. Autonomy, independence, initiative, pro-activeness
8. Corporate citizenship
1. Knowledge acquisition, comprehension and structuring
2. Application of knowledge to achieve results

Relation between Activities and Competences

6 7 9 4 12 8 1 2
Final exam                
Tests                
Class participation                

CONTENT

1. Introduction to Sociology

Explanation of the course structure: Introduction to Sociology, its origin, content and aims. Models to interpret social reality.

2. The cultural phenomenon

Anthropological origins of culture. Definition and elements of culture. Cultures, subcultures and counter-cultures. Cultural change. Culture "shock": ethnocentrism, relativism, inter-cultural dialogue. The religious phenomenon.

3. Socialisation

Socialisation processes. Identity and roles. Theory of the "self". Institutions and the institutionalisation process.
Deviation and social control.

4. Social stratification

Concept of stratification. Primary stratification systems. Class theories: Marx, Weber, later authors. Principal areas of inequality.

5. From traditional society to Modernity

Characteristics of traditional society. Social and cultural factors of change. Characteristics of Modernity.

6. The great political projects of Modernity: Liberalism

The rise of the capitalist mode of production. Economic foundations of Liberalism. Political foundations of Liberalism. The rise of the State of Law. Cultural foundations of Liberalism. Historical application of the liberal project: Classical Liberalism and Democratic Liberalism.

7. The great political projects of Modernity: Socialism

The rise of the social question in Liberal Capitalism. Utopian Socialism and Marxist Socialism. Economic foundations of Socialism. Political foundations of Socialism. Cultural foundations of Socialism. Historical application of the socialist project: real socialism.

8. The great political projects of Modernity: the Welfare State.

The great crisis of Liberal Capitalism. The rise of Welfare States. Economic foundations of the Welfare State. Political foundations of the Welfare State. Consolidation of the Welfare State based on Law. Cultural foundations of the Welfare State. Historical application: from the "glorious thirty years" to the model's crisis.

9. Relationships between North and South in the 20th century

Origins of the North-South definition. Effects of colonisation on southern countries. Decolonisation and the primary specialisation model. Under-development and its causes. The end of the Cold War and its consequences.

10. From Modernity to Post-Modernity

Historical evolution of Modernity. Crisis factors of Modernity. Characteristics of Post-Modernity.

11.

Relation between Activities and Contents

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Final exam                      
Tests                      
Class participation                      

Methodology



ASSESSMENT

ASSESSMENT BREAKDOWN

Description %
Final exam 45
Tests 45
Class participation 10

Assessment criteria

The system used to assess the aforementioned course aims includes:
- A series of practical activities (in groups or individual, as pertinent) carried out at the end of each course block or transversally across several blocks
- Attendance of lectures and participatory sessions, with special emphasis on students' attitudes and engagement
- A final exam

The aforementioned activities represent the ongoing assessment mark for the class, that is, 50% of the overall mark. In principle, all the activities are mandatory unless faculty indicate otherwise. Not completing the mandatory activities will penalise students' marks unless they present a duly justified excuse for their absence.

Ongoing assessment mark (hereafter, "OA"): It represents 50% of the overall mark for the course before factoring in the mark for participation and attitude. It is based on students' performance on the activities throughout the class. Students must earn at least a 4 out of 10 on the OA component to be able to sit the final exam. In the event students obtain a mark lower than 4, the mark on the OA component will be used as the qualification mark for the course after sitting the first sitting of the final exam.

Final exam: this represents 50% of the overall mark for the course before factoring in the mark for participation and attitude. In order for it to be calculated with the mark for the OA component, students must earn a minimum of 4 out of 10 on the final exam. In the event that a lower mark is scored on the final exam, regardless of the mark for the ongoing assessment component, this mark shall become the final qualifying mark for the course after the first sitting of the final exam.

Individual student contribution to the class: Depending on the degree to which students attend class, their attitudes and proactivity demonstrated during lecture classes and, especially, in group classes, students¿ overall marks for the class can oscillate by -1 to +1 points (after weighing their exam and OA marks). This additional mark reflects their presence in class as well as the proper attitude in class (lecture and group classes) and, in particular, their ability to ask questions which result in a more in-depth exploration of the content, their ability to discuss critical questions based on reflective and critical thinking and their ability to express their own thoughts and debate on them within the group and the added-value contributions made during the in-class sessions and their respective activities.

Regarding the pass mark: to pass the course, students must earn an overall mark (average of the OA mark and the final exam mark) of at least 5 out of 10. Students earning a lower mark will fail the course.

Re-sit exam: If students fail the final exam, they will have to re-sit the latter. The marks they obtained for the ongoing assessment component will be maintained and averaged (50%) with their marks on the re-sit exam to determine their final marks for the course. To pass, students must earn a mark of no less than 5 out of 10. A lower mark fails the course.

Bibliography

Short bibliography:

- BERGER, P. L. Invitación a la sociología. Mèxic, Limusa, 2006 Traducció catalana: Invitació a la sociologia. Barcelona, Herder, 2006.
- GIDDENS, A. Sociología. Madrid, Alianza Editorial, 2004.
- MACIONIS, J.J.; PLUMMER, K. Sociología. Madrid, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007.
- NISBET, R.: La formación del pensamiento sociológico. Buenos Aires, Amorrortu, 1990.
- ROCHER, G.: Introducción a la sociología general. Barcelona, Herder, 1983.

Timetable and sections

Group Teacher Department
Sec: A Josep F. Mària Serrano Ciencias Sociales

Timetable Sec: A

Group Teacher Department
Sec: B Ferran Macipe Catalán Ciencias Sociales

Timetable Sec: B

Group Teacher Department
Sec: C Lluís Sáez Giol Ciencias Sociales

Timetable Sec: C