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Introduction to Sociology (2025/2026: Semester 2 – Spring)
Course aim
After completing this course students can:
Relationship between assessment and learning goals:
The final grades will be a weighted average of four components:
- Think ‘like a sociologist’, being able to develop, apply, and evaluate sociological questions, theories, and methods.
- Summarize key sociological concepts, theories, perspectives, methods, and stylized findings.
- 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:
- Midterm exam (25% of final grade). Related to learning goals 1, 2 and 3.
- Final exam (35% of final grade). Related to learning goals 1, 2 and 3.
- Presentation (25% of final grade). Related to learning goal 3.
- Essay (15% of final grade). Related to learning goals 1 and 2.
Course content
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.
Format
The class meets twice each week for two hours. Classes are devoted to student presentations, discussion, lectures.
Instructional formats
UCU ssc 1 course
Examination
Midterm exam
Required | Weight 25% | ECTS 1.88
Final test
Required | Weight 35% | ECTS 2.63
Essay
Required | Weight 15% | ECTS 1.13
Presentation
Required | Weight 25% | ECTS 1.88
*midterm FEEDBACK*
Not required
Entry requirements and preknowledge
Entry Requirements
No data about mandatory entry requirements is available.
Preknowledge
No data about preknowledge is available.
Languages
- English
Course Iterations
Related studies
Exams
There is no timetable available of the exams
Required Materials
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BOEKvan Tubergen, Frank (2020) Introduction to Sociology. first edition. New York: Routledge. 512 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0815353850
Recommended Materials
No information available on the recommended literature
Coördinator
dr. A. Poortman | A.Poortman@uu.nl |
Lecturers
dr. G. Lorenz | g.lorenz@uu.nl |
dr. A. Poortman | A.Poortman@uu.nl |
Enrolment
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