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1 University of Zielona Góra Faculty of Education, Sociology and Health Sciences INFORMATION PACK SOCIOLOGY Academic Year 2009/2010 European Credit Transfer System ECTS

2 PART ONE About the Faculty 1.1. Faculty of Education, Sociology and Health Sciences Address: Al. Wojska Polskiego Zielona Góra Dean s Office tel.: /31/32/33 dziekanat@wnps.uz.zgora.pl Dean s Secretary s Office tel./fax: sekretariat@wnps.uz.zgora.pl Institute of Sociology al. Wojska Polskiego Zielona Góra tel.: +48 (68) sekretariat@is.uz.zgora.p Location of the Faculty in Zielona Góra: 1

3 1.2. Authorities DEAN dr hab. Zbigniew Izdebski, prof. UZ tel.: +48 (68) , Deputy Dean for Organisation and Development dr hab. Ewa Narkiewicz-Niedbalec tel.: +48 (68) , Deputy Dean for Education Quality dr Elżbieta Kołodziejska tel.: +48 (68) , Deputy Dean for Student Affairs dr Mariusz Kwiatkowski tel.: +48 (68) , General Information about the Faculty About the Faculty The Faculty is one of the oldest in the scientific environment of Zielona Góra. Its origins date back to 1971 when Teachers Training College, transformed in 1973 into Pedagogical University, was founded. Currently, the Faculty of Education, Sociology and Health Sciences incorporates the following units: the Institute of Sociology, three departments: - Department of Physical Education, - Department of Media and Information Technologies, - Department of Public Health six divisions: 1. Division of Social Education, 2. Division of Resocialization and Psychology 3. Division of Culture Animation and Andragogy, 4. Division of Social Prevention, Therapy and Care, 5. Division of Education Theory and Pedeutology, 6. Division of Early-School Education and Education History; The Faculty employs 162 academic teachers and 21 administrative workers. With its 3600 students in the academic year 2008/2009, 2014 of whom studied full-time, it is 2

4 the second largest, after the Humanities, faculty at the University of Zielona Góra. It awarded over higher education diplomas till October The Faculty of Education, Sociology and Health Sciences offers four courses: Pedagogy (with six specializations: Culture and Sports Animation, Media and Information Technologies, Early School and Pre-School Education, Care and Prevention of Social Maladjustment, Social Care and Sociotherapy, Resocialisation and Specialist Counselling), Sociology, Physical Education and Nursing. All the courses have been positively assessed by The State Accreditation Committee. The Faculty s educational offer also includes post-graduate studies - more details about this year's courses can be found on The Faculty has been authorized to confer PhD degrees in pedagogy since 1994 and has been assigned category two by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The Institute of Sociology has been conducting various studies, of theoretical and practical type, on the issues of modern Polish society: transformations of social classes, local communities, employment, youth, social movements and institutions. Another important area of their research is the issue of the borderland the cultural, economic, social and political contexts of social relations in the borderlands of contemporary Poland. The employees and students of the Institute of Sociology participate in surveys run by Lubuski Ośrodek Badań Społecznych (Social Survey Centre), which prepares, conducts and analyzes various survey projects ordered by public institutions, social organizations and companies. The students of the Faculty of Education,Sociology and Health Sciences may join the following Scientific Clubs: * Sociology Scientific Club, * In Corpore Scientific Club, * Nowina Scientific Club, * Info Arche Scientific Club, * ReAnimacja Scientific Club, * Volunteer Educators' Scientific Club, * Scientific Club for Children with Learning Difficulties, * Protective Pedagogy Scietific Club, * Disabled Students' Council, * KONTRAKT Students' Scientific Club, * Kooperacja Students' Scientific Club, * Sexology Scientific Club For more information see: Organisation of the Academic Year 2009/2010 3

5 The academic year begins on 1 st October 2009 and lasts until 30 th September The official opening of the academic year 2009/2010: 1 st October F U L L - T I M E S T U D I E S Winter term 1. Winter term: On Friday, 2 nd October 2009 classes follow Wednesday s schedule. 3. Winter examination session: Winter resit examination session: Christmas break: Summer term 1. Summer term: On Wednesday, 16 th June 2009 classes follow Friday s schedule. 3. Summer examination session: Summer resit examination session: Easter break: P A R T T I M E S T U D I E S Classes planned for the academic year 2009/2010 are run according to the meeting schedules of individual courses and specialisations. The schedules and timetables are available on the Faculty website. Winter term 1. Winter term: Winter examination session: Winter resit examination session: Christmas break: Summer term 1. Summer term: Summer examination session: Summer resit examination session: Easter break: Courses and Specialisations F U L L - T I M E S T U D I E S BA degree studies 3-year undergraduate studies SOCIOLOGY 4

6 PEDAGOGY Specialisations: Culture Animation Media and IT Education Early-school and Pre-school Education Care and Prevention of Social Maladjustment Social Care Resocialisation and Specialist Counselling NURSING PHYSICAL EDUCATION MA degree studies 2-year master's studies SOCIOLOGY PEDAGOGY Specialisations: Culture Animation Media and IT Education Early-school and Pre-school Education Care and Prevention of Social Maladjustment Social Care and Sociotherapy Resocialisation and Specialist Counselling MA degree studies 5-year studies (only for students who have already started the course) SOCIOLOGY PEDAGOGY P A R T T I M E S T U D I E S BA degree studies 3-year undergraduate studies SOCIOLOGY PEDAGOGY Specialisations: Culture Animation Media and IT Education Early-school and Pre-school Education Care and Prevention of Social Maladjustment Social Care and Sociotherapy Resocialisation and Specialist Counselling 5

7 PHYSICAL EDUCATION MA degree studies 2-year master's studies SOCIOLOGY PEDAGOGY Specialisations: Culture Animation Media and IT Education Early-school and Pre-school Education Care and Prevention of Social Maladjustment Social Welfare and Sociotherapy Resocialisation and Specialist Counselling MA degree studies 5-year studies (only for students who have already started the course) PEDAGOGY SOCIOLOGY 6

8 Part II.A Faculty of Education, Sociology and Health Sciences SOCIOLOGY MA DEGREE STUDIES 7

9 II.A.1 MA degree studies The MA degree studies in sociology are two-year (4-term) courses. The courses follow the standards of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (the directive of July 12, 2007, annex no 96). The minimum number of is 900. The student is obliged to obtain at least 60 ECTS points for each academic year, and points for each term. The graduates are awarded the MA degree under the following conditions : they have completed all the scheduled courses and have collected minimum 120 ETCS points, they have submitted their MA thesis, they have passed their MA examination. II.A.2 Admission requirements Candidates for MA degree courses at The Faculty of Education, Sociology and Health Sciences must have a BA degree in social or humanistic sciences. For more details see or contact the recruitment division of the University of Zielona Góra UNIWERSYTET ZIELONOGÓRSKI SEKCJA REKRUTACJI Zielona Góra al. Wojska Polskiego 69, room101r, I floor Monday - Friday 8:00-14:00 telephone: (068) , , w.borowczak@adm.uz.zgora.pl, a.laszczowska@adm.uz.zgora.pl II.A.3 Graduate profile I..Graduate profile The graduates are qualified to fulfill various social roles. They are able to harmonize their theoretical and practical knowledge. They know how to design, monitor and evaluate research projects that aim at solving specific social problems. They are able to perform qualitative and quantitative analyses using IT tools. They can analyze empirical data in relation to theoretical concepts and models. The course syllabus is adjusted to the specific place and time it is run and to the graduates' possible employment, as it is related to local social issues, local labour market, and the university location near the Polish-German border. The graduates are fully qualified to work as researchers of social and cultural processes and they can apply for PhD courses. II. Possible employment : The graduates are qualified to work: 1) in government institutions, 2) in non-government organizations, 3) in counselling and consulting agencies, 4) in poll and market research centres, 5) as marketing, social relation, human resources, social welfare, prevention, etc experts 8

10 II.A.4 Admission requirements for other studies MA graduates can expand their knowledge by doing post-graduate or PhD studies in the humanities. II.A.5 Course structure and ECTS points MA degree studies cover basic and specialised subjects, pursuant to the educational standards, as well as complementary subjects. Note: The table presents data for the students starting their course in the academic year 2009/2010. Those who started their course earlier continue their syllabus. Basic subjects No of hours ECTS Philosophy 60 6 Methodology of social sciences 60 6 Logic Specialised subjects No of hours ECTS Analysis of survey data 30 3 Computer data processing 30 3 Social diversification 15 4 Sociology of culture 30 4 Procedures of evaluative research 15 4 Global social processes - introduction 15 3 Sociology of religion 30 4 Sociology of gender 15 3 Ethnic map of Europe Complementary subjects cover 540 hours of classes for which students can obtain 69 ECTS points. Apart from that students are obliged to do other subjects (eg foreign languages and PE) of 355 hours for which they obtain 18 ECTS points. Note: The detailed schedule of courses for each term and points allocated for each subject can be found in the tables. Part-time students do fewer classes: basic subjects 150 hours (16 ECTS points), specialised subjects 210 hours (35 points), complementary subjects 194 hours (69 points). In total the MA course covers 554 hours (120 points). 9

11 II.A.6 II.A.7 Final examination The graduates of MA courses are awarded a master's degree. Before taking their MA examination students are obliged to complete all the scheduled courses and submit their master's thesis. MA examinations are oral. During the examination students have to prove their knowledge of social sciences as well as the knowledge of the content of their MA thesis. Students also ought to be able to analyze and synthesize the phenomena they have studied for their MA thesis, as well as generalize and conclude. The final grade consists of three components: the master's examination grade, master's thesis grade and average grade for all the courses students have taken. Grading and examination regulations At the end of each course students get final course grades. In some cases, for example courses run as monographic lectures, students complete the course without being given the final grade. The courses in which students are obliged to get the final course grade or take the final examination are listed in the tables. Examinations can be written or oral. For more detailed information see the University Regulation ( II.A.8 Faculty ECTS coordinator dr Elżbieta Kołodziejska al. Wojska Polskiego 69, pokój nr 225, Zielona Góra tel.: +48 (68)

12 Group of compulsory subjects methodology of social sciences philosophy LOgic survey data analysis computer data analysis global social process sociology of culture sociology of religion theoretical principles of sociology empirical principles of sociology APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY the problems of social stratification ethnic atlas of europe Sociology of the Frontier Sociolinguistics Sociology of politics sociology of knowledge The problems of Modern Sociology Group of optional subjects master s seminar proseminar Monographic lecture Political marketing civilization of the consumption capitalistic Society Social Problems of social marginalization

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14 M E TT H O D O LL O G Y O FF S O C I A LL S C I E N C E S Course code: 14.0-WP-SOC-MNS Type of course: compulsory Entry requirements: Elementary Knowledge od Logic Language of instruction: Polish Director of studies: Szymon Krzyżaniak, PhD Name of lecturer: Szymon Krzyżaniak, PhD, Artur Kinal, M.A. Form of instruction of per semester of per week Semester Form of receiving a credit for a course of ECTS credits allocated Full-time studies Lecture 30 2 I Exam 4 Class 30 2 Credit with grade 2 Part-time studies Lecture 30 I Exam 4 Class 30 Credit with grade 2 COURSE CONTENTS: 1. The area and problems of methodology (2 hours) 2. The cognitive process (2 hours) 3. Defining scientific knowledge nad its application (2 hours) 4. Specific character of social sciences (2 hours) 5. Natural and non-natural reality and the adequate segments of science (2 hours) 6. The basics of the methodology of social sciences (3 hours) 7. Building a scientific theory (2 hours) LEARNING OUTCOMES: The aim of the course is giving the students knowledge of the main problems of methodology of social sciences, showing the specific character of social reality as an object of scientifical cognition nad learning how to start preparation for sociological research. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Exam. RECOMMENDED READING: 1. K. Ajdukiewicz, Logika pragmatyczna T.Kotarbiński, Elementy teorii poznania, logiki formalnej i metodologii nauk Earl Babbie, Badania społeczne w praktyce S. Nowak, Metodologia badań społecznych

15 OPTIONAL READING: 1. Piotr Sztompka, Teoria i wyjaśnianie Stanisław Ossowski, O osobliwościach nauk społecznych

16 P H I LL O S O P H Y Course code: 08.1-WP-SOC-FIL Type of course: compulsory Entry requirements: None Language of instruction: Polish Director of studies: Jacek Uglik, PhD Name of lecturer: Jacek Uglik, PhD Form of instruction of per semester of per week Semester Form of receiving a credit for a course of ECTS credits allocated Full-time studies Lecture 30 2 II Exam 4 Class 30 2 Credit with grade 2 Part-time studies Lecture 30 II Exam 4 Class 30 Credit with grade 2 COURSE CONTENTS: The aim of this course is to introduce students to the history of the European philosophical thought, with the focus on social philosophy. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Being familiar with the social and human issues; reflection of a human as a social being. Being aware of different systems of values and social norms. Knowledge of the process when new ideas influence political ideologies and social practice. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Attendance in class, factual knowledge, passing the test. RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Ajdukiewicz K. (1983), Zagadnienia i kierunki filozofii. Warszawa. 2. Anzenbacher A. (1987), Zagadnienia i kierunki filozofii. Kraków. 3. Kjejzik R., Sapeńko R. (2000), Filozofia w schematach pojęciowych. Dla laików i nie tylko. 4. Tatarkiewicz W. (1998), Historia filozofii, tom 1-2. Warszawa. OPTIONAL READING: 1. Szacki J. (1981), Historia myśli socjologicznej, tom 1-2. Warszawa 15

17 LL O G I C Course code: 08.1-WP-SOC-LOG Type of course: compulsory Entry requirements: Basic skills of ordered thinking Language of instruction: Polish Director of studies: Piotr Bylica, PhD Name of lecturer: Piotr Bylica, PhD Form of instruction of per semester of per week Semester Form of receiving a credit for a course of ECTS credits allocated Full-time studies Lecture 30 2 II Exam 4 Part-time studies Lecture 30 II Exam 4 COURSE CONTENTS: 2. The branches of semantics; 3. Names; 4. Relation of names extentions 5. Definitions; 6. Logical divition; 7. Logical statements; 8. Symbols of logic of statements; 9. Deductive incference; 10. Syllogistic logic; 11. Causes of misunderstandings; 12. How to convince; 13. Nondeductive inferences. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Competence in elementrary issues of logic; strict and efficient thinking. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Exam. RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Ajdukiewicz K., Język i poznanie, t. II, Warszawa Borkowski L., Elementy logiki formalnej, PWN, Warszawa Malewski A., ABC porządnego myślenia, Warszawa Marciszewski W. (red.), Logika formalna. Zarys encyklopedyczny z zastosowaniem do informatyki i lingwistyki, Warszawa Marciszewski W. Mała encyklopedia logiki, Wrocław Warszawa Kraków

18 6. Stanosz B., Wprowadzenie do logiki formalnej, PWN, Warszawa Widła T., Zienkiewicz D, Logika, C.H. Beck, Warszawa Ziembiński Z., Logika praktyczna, PWN, Warszawa OPTIONAL READING: 1. Pawłowski T., Tworzenie pojęć i definiowanie w naukach humanistycznych, Warszawa Schopenhauer A., Erystyka czyli sztuka prowadzenia sporów, Almapress, Warszawa

19 S U R V E Y D A TT A A N A LL Y S I S Course code: 14.2-WP-SOC-ADS Type of course: compulsory Entry requirements: Language of instruction: Polish Director of studies: Dorota Szaban, PhD Name of lecturer: Dorota Szaban, PhD Courses: statistics, methodology, research methods and elementary IT competence Form of instruction of per semester of per week Semester Form of receiving a credit for a course of ECTS credits allocated Full-time studies Class 30 2 I Credit with grade 3 Part-time studies Class 30 I Credit with grade 3 COURSE CONTENTS: Projecting survey; differences between qualitative and quantitative analysis; presentation of archive databases with survey data; rules of creating reports; computer use in data analysis; rules of survey data study; basic elements of statistical analysis; coding; presenting a report based on survey data. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Practical exercises how to manage with survey data. How to analyze and interpret survey results. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Exercises and project. RECOMMENDED READING: 1. E. Babbie, Badania społeczne w praktyce. Warszawa Ch. Frankfort-Nachmias, D. Nachmias, Metody badawcze w naukach społecznych. 3. Poznań G. Churchil A.,Badania marketingowe. Podstawy metodologiczne, Warszawa T. Pilch, Zasady badań pedagogicznych, Warszawa G. Wieczorkowska, P. Kochański, K.Eljaszuk, Statystyka. Wprowadzenie do analizy dan eksperymentalnych, 7. J..Wachnicki, J. Górniak, Pierwsze kroki w analizie danych, SPSS Polska, Karaków M., Lisowska-Magdziarz Analiza zawartości mediów. Przewodnik dla studentów, Kraków 2005 OPTIONAL READING: 1. Ch.Frankfort Nachmias, D. Nachmias, 2001, Metody badawcze w naukach społecznych 18

20 C O M P U TT E R D A TT A A N A LL Y S I S Course code: 11.2-WP-SOC-KOD Type of course: compulsory Entry requirements: Language of instruction: Polish Courses: Research Methodology, Elementary Statistic. Knowledge and skills: IT elementary knowledge and skills Director of studies: Elżbieta Papiór, PhD Name of lecturer: Elżbieta Papiór, PhD Form of instruction of per semester of per week Semester Form of receiving a credit for a course of ECTS credits allocated Full-time studies Laboratory 30 2 II Credit with grade 3 Part-time studies Laboratory 30 II Credit with grade 3 COURSE CONTENTS: 2. Introduction to quantity research: questionnaire preparation; SPSS capabilities. 3. Data collecting: start with SPSS - statistical and data management package for analysts and researchers; data input, coding, sampling error. 4. Base data analyze: frequencies, descriptive statistics: average, arithmetic mean, mean deviation. 5. Raw score conversion: recoding, labeling, data reduction. 6. Variable relation testing: cross tabulation, test of significance, significance level, sampling distribution of χ 2, t test for independent samples. Report presentation: statistic inference, preparing graphs. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Knowledge and skills: computer and software application in social research, data computation; analyze and interpretation the result of an empirical study; SPSS proficiency. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Final test. RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Brzeziński J. (red.) Wielozmiennowe modele statystyczne w badaniach psychologicznych, Warszawa-Poznań P. Francuz, R. Mackiewicz, Liczby nie wiedzą, skąd pochodzą. Przewodnik po metodologii i statystyce. Nie tylko dla psychologów, Lublin Górniak J., Wachnicki J. (2000) Pierwsze kroki w analizie danych SPSS Polska, Kraków. 4. Malarska A. (2005) Statystyczna analiza danych wspomagana programem SPSS, Kraków. 5. Nawojczyk M. (2004) Przewodnik po statystyce dla socjologów, Kraków. 19

21 6. Pavkov T. W., Pierce K. A. (2005) Do biegu, gotowi start. Wprowadzenie do SPSS dla Windows, 7. Wieczorkowska G. (2004) Statystyka. Wprowadzenie do analizy danych sondażowych i eksperymentalnych, Warszawa. 8. Zakrzewska M., Analiza czynnikowa w budowaniu i sprawdzaniu modeli psychologicznych, Poznań 1994 OPTIONAL READING: 1. Babbie E. (2006) Badania społeczne w praktyce, Warszawa. 2. Bedyńska S., Brzezicka A (2007) Statystyczny drogowskaz, Warszawa. 20

22 G LL O B A LL S O C I A LL P R O C E S S Course code: 11.2-WP-SOC-GPS Type of course: compulsory Entry requirements: Language of instruction: Polish Director of studies: Lech Szczegóła, PhD Name of lecturer: Lech Szczegóła, PhD Knowledge of terminology of social change and progress. Understanding of economical, poltical and culturall issues of modern civilization. Form of instruction of per semester of per week Semester Form of receiving a credit for a course of ECTS credits allocated Full-time studies Lecture 15 1 I Exam 3 Part-time studies Lecture 15 I Exam 3 COURSE CONTENTS: Causes, signs and effects of globalization. Economical, political and culturall arenas of globalization. Main theories of globalization. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Knowledge of the mechanisms of globalization, understanding sociological concepts of globalization. Analisys competense of forms of dependence in the globalized world. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Graded on the basis of activ participation in the course, written exam. RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Huntington S. (1997), Zderzenie cywilizacji. Warszawa. 2. Staniszkis J. (2003), Władza globalizacji, Warszawa. 3. Wallerstein I. (2004), Koniec świata jaki znamy. Warszawa. 4. Wnuk Lipiński E. (2004), Świat międzyepoki. Globalizacja demokracja państwo narodowe. Kraków. 21

23 S O C I O LL O G Y O FF C U LL TT U R E Course code: WP-SOC-SKUL Type of course: compulsory Entry requirements: Language of instruction: Polish Director of studies: Beata Trzop, PhD Name of lecturer: Beata Trzop, PhD Knowledge about colloquial understanding of culture Form of instruction of per semester of per week Semester Form of receiving a credit for a course of ECTS credits allocated Full-time studies Lecture 15 1 II Exam 3 Class 15 1 Credit with grade 1 Part-time studies Lecture 15 II Exam Class 15 Credit with grade 3 1 COURSE CONTENTS: Object of research in sociology of culture; elementary knowledge about sociology of art; analysis of youth subcultures; mass culture and popular culture: differences and similarity; participate in culture and lifestyles; consumption of culture. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Student should know main theory of researches of culture in social sciences; knowledge of modern, global culture. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Credit with grade: test; exam. RECOMMENDED READING: 1. M. Golka, Socjologia kultury, Warszawa J. Grad, Badania uczestnictwa w kulturze artystycznej w polskiej socjologii kultury, Poznań A. Kłoskowska, Socjologia kultury, Warszawa A. Kłoskowska, Kultura masowa, Warszawa 2004 OPTIONAL READING: 1. M. Filipiak, Socjologia kultury. Zarys zagadnień, Lublin 1996K. Sipowicz, Hipisi w PRL-u, Warszawa M. Krajewski, Kultury kultury popularnej, Poznań

24 S O C I O LL O G Y O FF R E LL I G I O N Course code: WP-SOC-SREL Type of course: compulsory Entry requirements: Language of instruction: Polish The acquaintance of basic notions and theories from the range of the sociology Director of studies: Magdalena Pokrzyńska, PhD Name of lecturer: Magdalena Pokrzyńska, PhD Form of instruction of per semester of per week Semester Form of receiving a credit for a course of ECTS credits allocated Full-time studies Lecture 15 1 II Exam 3 Class 15 1 Credit with grade 1 Part-time studies Lecture 15 II Exam 3 Class 15 Credit with grade 1 COURSE CONTENTS: The religion as the object of sociological research; the religion and the society; the organized religion; the occurrence of the conversion; new religious movements; the folk religiousness; paradoxes of the religiousness of Polish people. LEARNING OUTCOMES: The skill of the sociological analysis of the religion and its role in society. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: The active participation in classes and lectures, the colloquium; examination. RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Berger P., Święty baldachim. Elementy socjologicznej teorii religii, Kraków Kehrer G., Wprowadzenie do socjologii religii, Kraków Libiszowska-Źółtkowska M., Nowe ruchy religijne w zwierciadle socjologii, Lublin Libiszowska-Żółtkowska M., Mariański J. (red.), Leksykon socjologii religii. Zjawiska badania teorie, Warszawa Piwowarski W., Socjologia religii, Lublin Piwowarski W. (red.), Socjologia religii. Antologia tekstów, Kraków 1998 OPTIONAL READING: 1. Gowin J., Kościół po komunizmie, Warszawa-Kraków 1995Koseła K., Polak i katolik. Splątana tożsamość, Warszawa Motak D., Nowoczesność a fundamentalizm, Kraków

25 TT H E O R E TT I C A LL P R I N C I P LL E S O FF S O C I O LL O G Y Course code: WP-SOC-TPS Type of course: compulsory Entry requirements: Basic knowledge of sociological sciences Language of instruction: Polish Director of studies: Barbara E. Zagórska, PhD Name of lecturer: Barbara E. Zagórska, PhD, Magda Pokrzyńska, PhD Form of instruction of per semester of per week Semester Form of receiving a credit for a course of ECTS credits allocated Full-time studies Class I II Credit with grade 3 1 Part-time studies Class I II Credit with grade 3 3 COURSE CONTENTS: Social knowledge and sociology. Social imagination. Functions of sociology. Theory and practice. Research methods. Positivism and human sociology. Micro-, mezo-, macro- and megastructures as research problem. Main categories of sociological analysis of reality. Social bounds. Self-identity and social identity. Social groups. Inner-group structures. Social activities and processes. Social structure. Social stratification and its functions. Social order and disorder. Nation and society versus state. Social minorities and majorities. Old and new social movements. Important sociological theories. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Basic introduction to the problems of modern sociology. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Final test. RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Współczesne teorie socjologiczne (2006) Wybór i opracowanie A. Jasińska-Kania, L.M. Nijakowski, J. Szacki, M. Ziółkowski, Warszawa Wyd. Naukowe SCHOLAR (t. 1-2). 2. Karwińska A., (red) (2008) Odkrywanie socjologii. Warszawa: Wyd. Naukowe PWN 3. Szacki J. (2002), Historia myśli socjologicznej. Wydanie nowe. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN 4. Turner J. H. (2008), Struktura teorii socjologicznej. Wydanie nowe. (red.) A. Manterys, G. Woroniecka, Warszawa OPTIONAL READING: 24

26 1. Bocheńska-Seweryn M., Kluzowa K., (wybór) (1999), Elementy socjologii. Katowice: Śląsk 2. Kwaśniewicz W. (red) ( ) Encyklopedia socjologii. Warszawa: Oficyna Naukowa (T 1-4) i Suplement (2005) 3. Szczepański J., (1967) Socjologia. Rozwój problematyki i metod. Warszawa 4. Sztompka P., Kucia M. (red) (2005) Socjologia. Lektury. Kraków. Wydawnictwo Znak 25

27 E M P I R I C A LL P R I N C I P LL E S O FF S O C I O LL O G Y Course code: WP-SOC-EPS Type of course: compulsory Entry requirements: Language of instruction: Polish Director of studies: Dorota Szaban,PhD Name of lecturer: Dorota Szaban,PhD Graduates of sociology basic course of qualitative and quantitative research methods and basic course of methodology Form of instruction of per semester of per week Semester Form of receiving a credit for a course of ECTS credits allocated Full-time studies Class I II Credit with grade 3 1 Part-time studies Class 5 5 I II Credit with grade 3 1 COURSE CONTENTS: This course introduces advanced study of sociological research methods. The course is focused on exemplars of various methodological techniques, including survey, interview, experimental, archival and ethnographic research. The course is designed to train social scientists to both recognize and be able to conduct rigorous, theoretically informed research. Graduates of sociology are supposed to be acquainted with methods and techniques using new informational technologies and advanced techniques of analyzing social data. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Preparing students to conducting both qualitative and quantitative social research. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Work in groups, projects. RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Frankfort - Nachmias Ch. i Nachmias D. (2001), Metody badawcze w socjologii, Poznań 2. Badania empiryczne w socjologii, red. M.Malikowski, M. Niezgoda, tom 1, Tyczyn Badania empiryczne w socjologii, red. M.Malikowski, M. Niezgoda, tom 2, Tyczyn Babbie E., Badania społeczne w praktyce, Warszawa 2004 OPTIONAL READING: 1. Lutyński J., (1968), Ankieta i jej rodzaje na tle podziału technik otrzymywania materiałów, [w:] Analizy i próby technik badawczych w socjologii, red. Z. Gostkowski, t.ii. 2. Podręcznik ankietera, red. P.B. Sztabiński., F. Sztabiński, Z. Sawiński Mucha J., Stosunki etniczne we współczesnej myśli socjologicznej, Warszawa