Sociology

Course: Sociology
Course Number: 33
Time:
Prerequisites:
Credits: 6
Room:
Day:
Component(s):
Map: Map

COURSE OUTLINE 33

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL SOCIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL POLICY
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE 33 SEMESTER 1st  & 3rt
COURSE TITLE Sociology
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHINGHOURSPERWEEK ECTSCREDITS
3 6
 
 
Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES:

 

 No
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: No
COURSE URL:
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic concepts and analytical categories of Sociology.

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

1.             Know the origins of Sociology and the social conditions that led to it.

2.             Demonstrate an ability to understand basic sociological theories.

3.             Know major sociologists and their major theories.

4.             Understand the importance of thinkers and their theories in any historical context

5.             Understand the sociological perspective on issues considered in the course and provide sociological definitions e.g. of madness and deviant behaviour

6.             Critically analyse contemporary structures such as those of society, the family, capitalism etc. as well as concepts such as death, madness, etc.

7.             Contrast sociological theories and distinguish their merits and demerits.

8.             Look for theoretical patterns in manifestations of contemporary society such as pop culture

9.             Understand the importance of sociological thinking through the process of analyzing films with sociological tools

 

 
General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas
Autonomous work, teamwork, working in an international environment, working in an interdisciplinary environment, generating new research ideas, respecting diversity and multiculturalism, demonstrating social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues, exercising critical and self-critical thinking, promoting free, creative and deductive thinking, writing a research project and research proposals

 
  1. Course Content
The course is divided into 13 weeks, the content of which is as follows:

  1. Introduction to the terms of emergence and development of the science of Sociology – The concept of society – Pioneering forms of the science of Sociology
  2. Classics of Sociology: August Cont
  3. Classics of Sociology: Karl Marx
  4. Classics of Sociology: Vilfredo Pareto
  5. Classics of Sociology: Emile Durkheim
  6. Classics of Sociology: Georg Simmel
  7. Classics of sociology: Max Weber
  8. Functionalism – Its appearance, evolution, modern configuration. Key concepts and questions it raises
  9. Symbolic interaction (constructivism) – Its appearance, evolution, modern configuration – The concept of social construction
  10. Conflict – Marxism: Basic trends and theoretical currents
  11. Basic aspects of the evolution of the Greek social structure (19th and 20th centuries)
  12. Presentation of work
  13. Presentation of work

 
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 ●        Use of electronic databases

●        Eclass for communication and information sharing

●        Powerpoint presentations

●        Use of software for arranging meetings (Moodle)

Use of software for developing research tools (Google forms, Surveymonkey)
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.

  

 

Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 30
Interactive teaching 30
Study at home/in the library 45
Independent work towards final essay or written exams 45
Course total 150
STUDENT EVALUATION

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report,Clinical examination of a patient,Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

 

Choice between:

 

Either individual work (30%) + Final exam (written or oral during the January/February exam) (70%)

 

Or final exam (written or oral during the January/February exam) (100%)

 

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1)       Αντωνοπούλου Μ. , Οι κλασσικοί της κοινωνιολογίας-Κοινωνική Θεωρία και Νεότερη Κοινωνία, εκδόσεις Σαββάλας, 2011

2)       Αριστοτέλης, Πολιτικά I-III, εκδόσεις Ζαχαρόπουλος Ι., χ.χ.έ.

3)       Αριστοτέλης, Πολιτικά IV-VIII, εκδόσεις Ζαχαρόπουλος Ι., χ.χ.έ.

4)       Λύτρας Α., Αναλύσεις περί κοινωνικής δομής, εκδόσεις Παπαζήση, 2007

5)       Μωϋσίδης Α.- Παπαδοπούλου Δ. – Πετράκη Γ., Κοινωνιολογία και κοινωνικός μετασχηματισμός στη σύγχρονη Ελλάδα, εκδόσεις Gutenberg, 2013

6)       Μωϋσίδης Α.- Σακελλαρόπουλος Σ. (επιμ.), Η Ελλάδα στον 19ο και 20ο αιώνα. Εισαγωγή στην ελληνική κοινωνία, εκδόσεις Τόπος, 2010

7)       Πουλαντζάς Ν., Κείμενα. Μαρξισμός-Δίκαιο-Κράτος, εκδόσεις Νήσος, 2009

8)       Πουλαντζάς Ν., Οι κοινωνικές τάξεις στον σύγχρονο καπιταλισμό, εκδόσεις Θεμέλιο, 2001

9)       Συλλογικό, Σύγχρονη κοινωνιολογική θεωρία, εκδόσεις Gutenberg, 2003.

10)    Τάτσης Ν., Κοινωνιολογία, τ. Α΄ και Β΄, εκδόσεις Οδυσσέας, 2004

11)    Τσαούσης Δ., Η κοινωνία μας-Οργάνωση, Λειτουργία, Δυναμική, εκδόσεις Gutenberg, 2005

12)    Giddens A., Sutton P.W. Κοινωνιολογία, εκδόσεις Gutenberg, 2020.

13)    Giddens A., Εισαγωγή στην Κοινωνιολογία, εκδόσεις Οδυσσέας, 1993

14)    Lachmann R., Τι είναι η ιστορική κοινωνιολογία ; εκδόσεις Αλεξάνδρεια, 2018

15)    Ritzer G. Stepnisky J., Κλασική Κοινωνιολογική Θεωρία, εκδόσεις Gutenberg, 2020.

16)    Ritzer G. Stepnisky J., Σύγχρονη κοινωνιολογική θεωρία, εκδόσεις, Κριτική, 2012.

17)    Weber M., Οικονομία και κοινωνία, τ. 4- Κοινωνιολογία του Δικαίου, εκδόσεις Σαββάλας, 2011