Social Thinking (2225.YR.011254.1)
General information
Type: |
BAS |
Curs: |
2 |
Period: |
S semester |
ECTS Credits: |
4 ECTS |
Teaching Staff:
| Group |
Teacher |
Department |
Language |
| Year 2 |
Daniel Arenas Vives |
Ciencias Sociales |
ENG |
Workload distribution
Lectures: 30 hours
Independent study: 20 hours
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
This subject aims to provide students with a framework with which to interpret social reality (in particular, the economic, political and social context) based on various interpretation tools. These are primarily sociological in nature, though some require complementary incursions in the anthropological and social-psychological realms. The ultimate goal is to complement students¿ education and enrich their interpretation, comprehension and analysis of governance-specific and related contexts.
Course Learning Objectives
A. Understand the anthropological, sociological and psychological foundations of human existence.
B. Understand the impact that social and cultural conditioning factors have on people.
C. Understand the evolution of Western society within the global context and today¿s challenges and future trends.
D. Understand and know how to critically analyse reality-construction processes.
E. For students to exercise their own reflection and critical analysis skills.
F. Use intellectual tools to interrelate, compare and analyse different theories, world views, legitimation processes, etc.
G. Further explore the values inherent to human social development in order to be sensitive to, responsible towards and open-minded with respect to the human phenomenon, as well as adopt a certain degree of civic and social commitment.
CONTENT
1. Social Sciences and the study of reality -The anthropological focus.
-The sociological focus.
-The psychological focus.
-Interpretative paradigms. |
2. Society and culture -Cultural anthropology.
-Cultures, subcultures and countercultures.
-Cultural transformation processes.
-Culture shock: ethnocentrism and interculturalism.
-Multiculturalism and integration models.
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3. Socialisation processes and the construction of personal identites -Socialisation processes.
-Construction of roles and identities.
-Social deviation and control.
-Institutions and legitimation processes. |
4. Social stratification -Economic stratification systems.
-Status as the means behind stratification.
-Gender as the means behind stratification.
-Ethnicity as the means behind stratification. |
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Relation between Activities and Contents
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Methodology
The in-class sessions will be based on lectures, though seeking for synergies between general abstraction and examples, applying casuistic methods. In addition, there will be time for interaction and reflection on the concepts explored to help to promote a more proactive attitude amongst students.
Beyond the classroom setting, students are required to carry out a group project, further exploring one of the issues addressed in class. Students will have to seek updated information on the issue in question and draft a reflexive paper as a group. This will require the different group members to debate on and reach a consensus on their article. The focus of the latter should be informational, exploratory and critical.
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT BREAKDOWN
| Description |
% |
| Individual final exam |
60 |
| Group project |
40 |
Assessment criteria
Students¿ assessment consists of two parts:
- Individual final exam: 60% of the final mark.
- Group project: 40% of the final mark.
The final exam will focus on the course content and will be given at the end of the course. Students will have to demonstrate their assimilation of the material covered.
The group project implies an in-depth exploration of different questions addressed in class though updated ¿by searching for additional information- and critically analysed and further explored. This is a group project designed to foment teamwork amongst students, encourage them to compare thoughts and reflections and reach a consensus.
Faculty will also assess students¿ attitudes. The latter is based on their attendance, their attitude in class and their proactive participation in the latter, asking pertinent questions and making valuable contributions to the discussion.
Students need to earn a minimum of 5 (out of 10) after weighing their marks on the two components in order to pass the class. However, to weigh both component marks, students must earn a minimum of 4 out of 10 on both the group project and the final exam. Contrarily, their final mark for the class will be the mark below a 4 or, if students earn less than a four on both components, the weighted average of both. Students will thus fail this subject after the first sitting of the final exam.
Should students need to re-sit the final exam, their marks on the latter will be weighted with their marks on the group project.
Bibliography
- BERGER, P. L. Invitación a la sociología. México, Limusa, 2006 (traducción 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 |
| Year 2 |
Daniel Arenas Vives |
Ciencias Sociales |
Timetable Year 2
From 2022/9/5 to 2022/11/23:
Each Wednesday from 17:15 to 18:45. (Except: 2022/10/12)
Each Monday from 15:00 to 16:30. (Except: 2022/9/26 and 2022/10/17)
From 2022/10/17 to 2022/11/23:
Monday and Wednesday from 17:15 to 18:45. (Except: 2022/10/24, 2022/10/31, 2022/11/7, 2022/11/14 and 2022/11/21)
From 2022/10/24 to 2022/11/21:
Each Monday from 15:00 to 16:30.
Thursday2022/12/1:
From 9:15 to 12:30.
From 12:30 to 13:15.
Thursday 2023/2/2 from 9:15 to 12:30.
