Introduction to Sociology (2024/2025: Semester 2 – Spring)

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Cursusdoel

After completing this course students can:
  1. Think ‘like a sociologist’, being able to develop, apply, and evaluate sociological questions, theories, and methods.
  2. Summarize key sociological concepts, theories, perspectives, methods, and stylized findings.
  3. Understand and present scientific articles, on the level of a beginning academic professional, to a general audience.

Relationship between assessment and learning goals:


The final grades will be a weighted average of four components:
  1. Midterm exam (25% of final grade). Related to learning goals 1, 2 and 3.
  2. Final exam (35% of final grade). Related to learning goals 1, 2 and 3.
  3. Presentation (25% of final grade). Related to learning goal 3.
  4. Essay (15% of final grade). Related to learning goals 1 and 2.

Vakinhoudelijk

This course is an introduction to sociology. It treats sociology as a science and a profession, emphasizing scientific questions, theories, methods, findings, and their applications. It covers a wide range of topics and social phenomena, such as inequality, crime, immigration and ethnicity, intergroup hate, misperceptions, polarization, religion, gender, and modernization. During the course, students will be introduced to a useful set of sociological ‘tools’ and ‘principles’, which helps them to think like a sociologist and to describe and understand social phenomena in a scientific way. Furthermore, students will get an introduction to key sociological concepts, theories, perspectives, methods, and stylized findings.

Format
The class meets twice each week for two hours. Classes are devoted to student presentations, discussion, lectures.

Werkvormen

UCU ssc 1 course

Toetsing

Midterm exam

Verplicht | Weging 25% | ECTS 1,88

Final test

Verplicht | Weging 35% | ECTS 2,63

Essay

Verplicht | Weging 15% | ECTS 1,13

Presentation

Verplicht | Weging 25% | ECTS 1,88

*midterm FEEDBACK*

Niet verplicht

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Ingangseisen

Er is geen informatie over verplichte ingangseisen bekend.

Voorkennis

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Voertalen

  • Engels

Cursusmomenten

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Tentamens

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Verplicht materiaal

  • BOEK
    van Tubergen, Frank (2020) Introduction to Sociology. first edition. New York: Routledge. 512 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0815353850

Aanbevolen materiaal

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Coördinator

dr. A. Poortman A.Poortman@uu.nl

Docenten

R.L.F. ten Kate r.l.f.tenkate@uu.nl
dr. G. Lorenz g.lorenz@uu.nl
dr. A. Poortman A.Poortman@uu.nl

Inschrijving

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