Course: Sociology

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Course title Sociology
Course code KO/SOCK5
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Křečková Tůmová Naděžda, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lecture Topics: The First Consultation: The development of sociology as a scientific discipline, basic paradigms of sociological thinking. The process of socialization, social control, standards and deviant behaviour, social stratification. The Second Consultation: The basic definition of medical sociology, desease in a sociological context. Talcott Parsons and his conception of the disease, the role of the physician and the patient's role. The models of relationships in medicine, the development of the relationship between a physician and a patient. Seminar Topics: The First Consultation: The development of empirical research, Chicago School (the examples of research). Role theory. The Second Consultation: The process of sociological research, the objectives and organization of research, hypotheses, characters, definition of the target population, the types of choices and basic techniques of data collection. The structure of the survey tool. Self-Study: The fathers of sociology: Comte, Spencer, Weber, Tönnies, Dürkheim. Social formations (the typology of social groups). The importance of primary groups for the development of an individual. The issues of collective behavior, crowds. The concept of life cycle and family. Interpretation and presentation of solutions in sociological research.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course provides basic understanding of the sociology fundamentals. It introduces the development of sociology as a scientific discipline with the basic paradigms of sociological thinking and with the historical leaders of the science. The emphasis is put on the process of socialization, social control issues, standards, deviances and social stratification. The subject also deals with stages of the life cycle and family and brings basic sociological theory. The course is also focused on the sociology of medicine and the basic models of relationships between health care professionals and patients. The subject also provides basic research models and methods of sociological research.
Subject Knowledge: The students know the origins of sociology, they can characterize the basic sociological trends and they can define the meaning of the socialization process. Students have the overview and they can characterize the basic sociological theory (eg. the theory of social groups, social stratification, deviant behavior, role theory), they have better understanding of some aspects of human behavior. Students understand the importance of medical sociology including the main focus of this sub-discipline (desease perception, the impact of the disease on the lives of individuals and families, the models of relations in medicine). Students can describe and characterize all phases of sociological research and they know the basics of sociological data collection. Professional Skills: Students can classify selected sociological theories and major sociological trends. Student can qualify the status based on real relation of healthcare professionals and patients following particular theoretical models, including practical evaluation of the positive and negative effects of applying these models in a particular situation. Students can conduct their own small research, including the selection of appropriate data collection methods and designing simple research tool.
Prerequisites
Conditional subject was not determined

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Subject Knowledge: The students know the origins of sociology, they can characterize the basic sociological trends and they can define the meaning of the socialization process. Students have the overview and they can characterize the basic sociological theory (eg. the theory of social groups, social stratification, deviant behavior, role theory), they have better understanding of some aspects of human behavior. Students understand the importance of medical sociology including the main focus of this sub-discipline (desease perception, the impact of the disease on the lives of individuals and families, the models of relations in medicine). Students can describe and characterize all phases of sociological research and they know the basics of sociological data collection. Professional Skills: Students can classify selected sociological theories and major sociological trends. Student can qualify the status based on real relation of healthcare professionals and patients following particular theoretical models, including practical evaluation of the positive and negative effects of applying these models in a particular situation. Students can conduct their own small research, including the selection of appropriate data collection methods and designing simple research tool.
Recommended literature
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  • KUBÁTOVÁ, H.; ZNEBEJÁNEK, F. Základy sociologie. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého, 2008. 151s. ISBN 978-80-244-1874-2.
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