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13118
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(60H)
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| Scientific area |
Sociology
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Entry requirements |
Not applicable
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Mode of delivery |
Presential
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Learning outcomes |
Continuing Sociology I, Sociology II aims to introduce students to some core themes of sociology. Within these themes we address core concepts and introduce theoretical approaches central to explain and understand social reality.
- Continue to contribute to the social deconstruction of preconceived ideas and to the development of the sociological imagination;
- Develop a scientific, critical and reflexive stand;
- Analyse core aspects of modern society and illustrate them in terms of sociological theories and concepts;
- Analyze and interpret basic readings in sociology;
- Demonstrate capacity to discuss and sociologically argue both orally and in writing.
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Syllabus |
I - Gender and Sexuality
1 - From gender differences to perspectives on gender inequality
2 - Femininity, masculinities and gender relations: from reproduction to social transformation.
3 - Human sexuality: biology and social influences
II - Social Control, Compliance and Deviance
4 - Approaches to crime and deviance
5 - Sociological theories of crime and deviance
6 - Social control and criminal identification in the second modernity
III - Globalization
7 - Concepts, dimensions and causes
8 - Main theories
9 - Globalization and risk
- The manufactured risks
-The climate change
IV - Communication and Society
10- The multidimensional concept of digital inequalities
11- The requirements for an online informed participation
12- Factors of emergence of hate speech on social networks and ways to counteract it
V - Organizations and Organizational Change
13 - Reflections on the concept of organization
14 - Theories of organizations
15 - Challenges of organizational change
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Main Bibliography |
Brym, Robert and John Lie (2005) Sociology : your compass for a new world, Wadsworth:Thomson Learning
Cohen, Robin and Paul Kennedy (2013), Global Sociology, New York: NYU Press
Costa, António Firmino da (2010) O que é a Sociologia, Lisboa: Quimera, 6ª ed.
Giddens, Anthony (2001) Sociology, Introductory Readings, Cambridge: Polity Press.
Giddens, Anthony (2013) Sociologia, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 9ª ed.; (revista e atualizada com Philip W. Sutton)
Plummer, Ken (2022), Sociology - the basics, New York: Routledge, 3ª ed.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Students have to introduce themselves to the teacher, fill out the course form during the first week of classes and also acquire the mandatory bibliography.
1 - Continuous assessment: (i) test (45%); (ii) test (45%); (iii) participation (10%) which includes preparation of practical classes and effective participation.
2 - Final evaluation: the minimum mark for admission to the examination is, for all students, 6 values (average of the two tests).
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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