MA Degree Studies

University of Zielona Góra Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

LECTURES AND CLASSES RUN IN ENGLISH FOR ERASMUS STUDENTS

SOCIOLOGY – MASTERS

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Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

Contents SOCIOLOGY – MASTERS DEGREE ...... 3 COMPUTER-BASED DATA ANALYSIS - SPSS ...... 4 EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY...... 6 ETHNIC ATLAS OF EUROPE ...... 8 EUROPEAN STATISCICS ANALYSIS ...... 10 MARKETING DATA ANALYSIS ...... 12 METHODOLOGY OF EVALUATION RESEARCH ...... 14 METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH ...... 16 MONOGRAPHIC LECTURE - THE BODY IN MODERN SOCIETY ...... 19 PRACTICAL ANTHROPOLOGY ...... 21 THE PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION ...... 23 QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS ...... 25 SOCIAL CAPITAL ...... 27 SOCIOLOGY OF A BORDERLAND ...... 29 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION ...... 31 SURVEY DATA ANALYSIS ...... 33 THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY ...... 35 TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETIES IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES ...... 37

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

S O C I O L O G Y – MASTERS DEGREE

The list of classes run in English for Erasmus and other exchange programs students.

LP. SUBJECT REMARKS ECTS NAME OF LECTURER 1. COMPUTER -BASED DATA ANALYSIS - * 4 Dr Dorota Szaban, SPSS Dr Elżbieta Kołodziejska 2. EMPIRI CAL FOUNDATIONS OF * 4 Dr Dorota Szaban, SOCIOLOGY Dr Dorota Bazuń, Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska . 3. ETHNIC ATLAS OF EUROPE * 3 Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska . 4. EUROPEAN STATISCICS ANALYSIS * 3 Dr Dorota Szaban 5. MARKETING DATA ANALYSIS * 3 Dr Dorota Szaban 6. METHODOLOGY OF EVALUATION * 4 Dr Dorota Szaban RESEARCH 7. METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL * 6 Dr hab. Ewa Narkiewicz– RESEARCH Niedbalec, prof. UZ Dr Dorota Szaban 8. MONOGRAPHIC LECTURE - THE * 2 Dr Dorota Bazuń BODY IN MODERN SOCIETY 9. PRACTICAL ANTHROPOLOGY * 4 Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska 10. THE PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL * 4 Dr Anna Mielczarek – Żejmo STRATIFICATION 11. QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS * 3 Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska, Dorota Bazuń 12. SOCIAL CAPITAL * 3 Dr hab. Mariusz Kwiatkowski 13. SOCIOLOGY OF A BORDERLAND * 4 Dr Anna Mielczarek-Żejmo 14. SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION * 4 Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska 15. SURVEY DATA ANALYSIS * 4 Dr Dorota Szaban 16. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF * 4 Dr Dorota Bazuń, SOCIOLOGY Dr hab. Mariusz Kwiatkowski 17. TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETIES IN * 4 Dr hab. Mariusz Kwiatkowski POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

COMPUTER - BASED DATA ANALYSIS - SPSS

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-SPSS Type of course: compulsory Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Dorota Szaban Dr Dorota Szaban, Name of lecturer: Dr Elżbieta Kołodziejska

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Class 30 2 * Grade 4

COURSE AIM: To familiarize students with: using computer and software application in social research, data computation; analyzing and interpretation the result of an empirical study;

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Completed statistical methods course

COURSE CONTENTS: Introduction to quantity research: questionnaire preparation; SPSS capabilities. Data collecting: start with SPSS - statistical and data management package for analysts and researchers; data input, coding, sampling error. Base data analyze: frequencies, descriptive statistics: average, arithmetic mean, mean deviation. Raw score conversion: recoding, labeling, data reduction. Variable relation testing: cross tabulation, test of significance, significance level, sampling distribution of χ 2, t test for independent samples.

TEACHING METHODS: Academically supervised student-governed problem oriented project work. Multimedia learning process – using Power Point presentations. Computer workshop.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students understands the need of using computer-based data analysis. Students can use IBM SPSS Statistics application to manage with survey data they collect. Students have ability to use basic statistical measures to solve sociological problem.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:

Individual assessment based on active participation during the course. Written examination in form of a test. The assessment is performed in accordance with the point grading scale.

STUDENT WORKLOAD: hours ECTS 1/ participation in classes 30 1 2/ preparation the report 35 2 3/ instructor hours 10 1 Altogether: 75 ECTS 4

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. E. Babbie, Basic of the social research. Chapman University, Wadswarth 2009. 2. Pavkov T. W., Pierce K. A. (2005) Ready, set go! A guide to SPSS for Windows. (10th Ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill Publishing 2009.

OPTIONAL READING: 1. Materials and tasks prepared and given by a director of studies.

REMARKS: Students get the newest version of IBM SPSS Statistic application every academic year. *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-EPS Type of course: optional Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Dorota Szaban Dr Dorota Szaban, Name of lecturer: Dr Dorota Bazuń, Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska .

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Class 30 2 * grade 4

COURSE AIM: To acquaint students with the main methods and techniques of sociological research. To prepare students to a fieldwork.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: No special prerequisites

COURSE CONTENTS: 1. Different sources of information in social research. 2. Qualitative and quantitative research methods. 3. Questionnaires in social research. 4. Rules of constructing questionnaires. Most common mistakes in preparing questionnaires. 5. Observation and types of observation. 6. Interviews. Types of interviews. 7. Focus group interview. 8. Preparing a draft version of a Project using the mentioned above methods. 9. Field work tasks and discussing the results.

TEACHING METHODS: Some classes will be a discussion of critical and analytical terms and methods of sociology. Material is presented by demonstrating - teaching through examples and case studies description. Small groups discussion.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

LEARNING OUTCOMES: A student knows different methods of sociological research. The student knows when and how to use the methods. The student has critical approach to the methods of research and the data. The student knows the difference between qualitative and quantitative data collecting and knows when to use them. The student knows the institutions collecting data about Polish and European societies. The student is able to differ ethical and non-ethical behavior in case of field work and analyzing data. The student is able to cooperate with the others during preparing a project and during fieldwork.

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Individual assessment based on active participation during the course. Small group project report plus presentation and defense of the project report.

STUDENT WORKLOAD: godz. ECTS 1/ participating in the classes 30 1 2/ preparation to the classes 25 1 3/ preparation and presentation of the project 15 1 4/ instructor hours 20 1 Altogether: 90 ECTS 4

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Babbie E., Basic of the social research. Chapman University, Wadswarth 2009. 2. Ryman A., Social Research Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. 3. Gerring J., Social Science Methodology, Cambridge 2001. 4. Clough P., Nutbrown C., A Student's Guide to Methodology, London 2007. OPTIONAL READING: 1. Silverman D., Interpreting Qualitative Data. Methods for Analysing Talk, Text and Interaction, Thousand Oaks, London 2001. 2. Silverman D., Doing Qualitative Research, Thousand Oaks, London 2000.

REMARKS: *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

ETHNIC ATLAS OF EUROPE

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-EAE Type of course: optional Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska Name of lecturer: Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska

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Class 30 2 * grade 3

COURSE AIM: To get students acquainted with the knowledge of the ethnic structure of contemporary Europe. To prepare them to sociological analysis of cultural phenomena. To present social problems resulting from ethnic and national background

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: No special prerequisites.

COURSE CONTENTS: Lecture: Social processes and phenomena resulting from ethnic and national background (among others: ethnic identity, ethnic conflict, ethnic stereotypes, social distance, processes of building group limits, multiculturalism) Class: Ethnic structure of contemporary Europe. Ethnic minorities in Poland

TEACHING METHODS: Demonstrating - teaching through examples and case studies description. Lecture with discussion. Multimedia learning process – using Power Point presentations, use of filmstrips, recordings etc. Mind mapping.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: A student is able to explain the ethnic structure of Europe. He/she is able to interpret ethnic issues in social processes and group identities, using interdisciplinary tools and perspectives.

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Individual assessment based on active participation during the course and prepared by student a 5-- page essay.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

STUDENT WORKLOAD: godz. ECTS 1/ participating in classes 30 1 2/ preparation to the classes 25 1 3/ instructor hours 10 1 4/ preparation the essay 5 Altogether: 70 ECTS 3

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Smith A. D., Nationalism, Cambridge 2003 1. OPTIONAL READING: 1. Hill R., We Europeans, Brussels 1995

REMARKS: *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

EUROPEAN STATISCICS ANALYSIS

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-ADE Type of course: optional Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Dorota Szaban Name of lecturer: Dr Dorota Szaban

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Class 30 2 * Grade 3

COURSE AIM: Presentation of various social research, which are the base of social phenomena and changes diagnosis in contemporary Europe. The course is a guide how to conduct, analyze and interpret international and foreign social data. The goal is to present the techniques of comparative research.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Completed any of research methods and data analysis course.

COURSE CONTENTS: International comparative research – basic principles and examples, Macro-micro and macro- macro explanations; International comparative research methodology, Quantitative and Qualitative international research; World-system research.

TEACHING METHODS: Academically supervised student-governed problem oriented project work. Multimedia learning process – using Power Point presentations Class/group project. Problem solving or case studies

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students who complete the course will obtain the following qualifications: Knowledge: Understanding of European trends and changes based on international research projects. Knowledge about basic criteria of comparative research methods. Knowledge about the basic principles in scientific work e.g. academic honesty.

Skills: Can conceptualize, plan and organize own project work based on international comparative studies. Communicate the reflections and results of international comparative project work; orally, graphically and in writing.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

Competencies: Students demonstrate ability to indicate trends in social conditions and changes in contemporary Europe.

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:

Individual assessment based on active participation during the course. Group-Project report plus group oral defense of the project report.

STUDENT WORKLOAD: hours ECTS 1/ participation in classes/lectures 30 1 2/ preparation to the classes 15 1 3/ writting papers 5 4/ instructor hours 15 1 Altogether: 65 ECTS 3

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Billiet J., Matsuo H., Beullens K., Vehovar V. (2009) Non-Response Bias in Cross-National Surveys:Designs for Detection and Adjustment in the ESS [ w:] ASK, nr.18 2. Dubrow J.K., (2010), Cross Nattional Measures of Poland Inequality of Voice[w:] ASK, nr.19 3. Kolsrud K., Midtsaeter H., Orten H., Kalgraff Skjåk K. and Øvrebø O-P., (2010), Processing, Archiving and Dissemination of ESS data. The Work of the Norvegian Social Science Data Services [w:] ASK, nr.19

OPTIONAL READING: 1. Sztabinski P.B., Sztabiński F., Przybysz D. (2009), How Does Length of Fieldwork Period Influence Non-Response? Findings from ESS 2 in Poland, nr.18 2. Tomescu-Dubrow I., Domański H. (2010), How to Model Parental Education Effects on Men and Women's Attaintment? Cross-National Assessments of Different Approaches, [w:] ASK, nr.19

REMARKS: *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

MARKETING DATA ANALYSIS

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-ADM Type of course: optional Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Dorota Szaban Name of lecturer: Dr Dorota Szaban

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Class 30 2 * Grade 3

COURSE AIM: Presentation of various methods and techniques of qualitative and quantitative marketing data analysis. The course is step-by-step guide how to deal with data from marketing research and how to present the results of those research.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Completed any of research methods and data analysis course

COURSE CONTENTS: Basic principles of marketing data analysis; Marketing data analysis – correlations, differences; Public marketing databases; Interpretation of collected marketing data; Rules of marketing data analysis. Preparing data for analysis. Preparing report based on marketing data analysis.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students who complete the course will obtain the following qualifications: Knowledge: Understanding of marketing research need Knowledge about typical schemes of marketing data analysis Knowledge about the basic principles in scientific work e.g. academic honesty

Skills: Can conceptualize, plan and organize own marketing data project work

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

Communicate the reflections and results of the marketing data project work; orally, graphically and in writing.

Competencies: Students demonstrate ability to conduct the marketing research and prepare the report and directions how to solve marketing problem

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:

Individual assessment based on active participation during the course. Group-Project report plus group oral defense of the project report.

STUDENT WORKLOAD: hours ECTS 1/ participation in classes/lectures 30 1 2/ preparation to the classes 15 1 3/ preparation the report 5 4/ instructor hours 15 1 Altogether: 65 ECTS 3

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Gilbert A. Churchill, Basic marketing research, 2000 OPTIONAL READING: 1. Groves R. M., Fowler F.J. and others, Survey Methodology, 2004.

REMARKS: *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

METHODOLOGY OF EVALUATION RESEARCH

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-PBE Type of course: compulsory Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Dorota Szaban Name of lecturer: Dr Dorota Szaban

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Class 30 2 * Grade 4

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To give students basic information on how to conduct evaluation research using variety methods. Students will acquaint with data analysis and preparing the report

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Completed methodology course

COURSE CONTENTS:

The basic characteristic of evaluation methods. Types of evaluation methods. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods. Practical use of evaluation methods.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students who complete the course will obtain the following qualifications: Understanding of evaluation research need Knowledge about typical schemes of evaluation research Knowledge about the basic principles in scientific work e.g. academic honesty

Skills Can conceptualize, plan and organize own evaluation project work Can demonstrate basic criteria of evaluation work Communicate the reflections and results of the evaluation project work; orally, graphically and in writing

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

Competencies Students demonstrate ability to asses social intervention or project using evaluation research

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:

Individual assessment based on active participation during the course. Group-Project report plus group oral defense of the project report.

STUDENT WORKLOAD: hours ECTS 1/ participation in classes/lectures 30 1 2/ preparation to the classes 20 1 3/ instructor hours 20 1 4/ preparation of the project 20 1 Altogether: 90 ECTS 4

RECOMMENDED READING: E. Babbie, Basic of the social research. 1999 OPTIONAL READING: Periodical magazines: „Evaluation”, “American Journal of Evaluation”.

REMARKS: *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-MBS Type of course: Compulsory Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr hab., Ewa Narkiewicz-Niedbalec, prof. UZ Dr hab. Ewa Narkiewicz–Niedbalec, prof. UZ Name of lecturer: Dr Dorota Szaban

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Lecture 15 1 Exam * 6 Class 30 2 Grade

COURSE AIM: 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 scientific cognition and learning how to start preparation for sociological research

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: No special prerequisites

COURSE CONTENTS: Lecture: 1. Science and the Faculty of Art as a kind of social practice; 2. Contemporary classification of science and its reference to the Aristotle - Bacon - Comte classification; 3. Empiricism (Bacon) and rationalism (Descartes) as the ideals of proven, certain knowledge. Two paths leading to the contemporary constructivism; 4. Newton’s classical mechanics as the ideal of scientific theory and Immanuel Kant’s recognition of it; 5. Synthesis of empiricism and constructivism in Kant's views on cognition; 6. Science in the 19th century: new directions of research, the nature of mathematical knowledge and the emergence of non-Euclidean geometries; 7. Scientism and positivist conception of science; 8. Status of the Faculty of Arts: Wilhelm Dilthey, Wilhelm Windelband, Heinrich Rickert; Fundamentals of hermeneutics; 9. Henri Poincaré as a precursor of modern constructivism (conventionalism); 10. Assumptions and types of contemporary constructivism: anarchist, elitist, social, demarcationist;

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

11. Concept of scientific theory; 12. Scientific theories in sociology and their peculiarities (sociological theory - social theory); 13. Sociological theories and sociological reality, value systems and ideology; 14. Social mechanisms of constructing a theory in social sciences; 15. Concept of truth in science; Class: 1. The area and problems of methodology; 2. Defining scientific knowledge and its application; 3. Specific character of social sciences; 4. Natural and non-natural reality and the adequate segments of science; 5. The basics of the methodology of social sciences; 6. Substantiation of cumulative and revolutionary conception of development of the knowledge; 7. Substantiation of the paradigms: positivistic, humanistic and postmodernistic; 8. Procedure of explanation: explanation and “interpretative approach” (understanding); 9. Types of propositions – hypothesis, historical generalizations and laws of science; 10. The cognitive process and the research process - selection of method, variables, indicators,

TEACHING METHODS: Explaining and lecturing; Lecture with discussion. Class discussion; Demonstrating - teaching through examples and case studies description. Small groups discussion. Case studies.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students should know a basic notions of methodology of social research; they should know history of the development of scientific knowledge; They should be able to choose and justify the method and tools in their own research project;

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Written examination in form of a test. The assessment is performed in accordance with the 20- point grading scale. Project report plus individual oral defense of the project report.

STUDENT WORKLOAD: hours. ECTS 1/ participating in the lectures and classes 45 2 2/ preparation to the classes 25 1 3/ preparation to the exam 20 1 4/ instructor hours 25 1 5/ preparation of the project 25 1 Altogether: 140 ECTS 6

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Babbie Earl, The Basics of Social Research, Third Edition, Wadsworth Publishing, Thomson Learning, Inc. 2005 2. Chalmers Alan F., What is This Thing Called Science, Queensland UP. 1982; (it isn’t available in the library of UZ) (ed. in polish language: Czym jest to, co nazywamy nauką? (tłum.) A.Chmielewski, Siedmiogród 1993; 3. Klee Robert, Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, Oxford UP, 1997 (it isn’t available in the library of UZ); 4. Nachmias David, Frankfort-Nachmias Chava, Research Methods in the Social Sciences Study Guide, Baskerville Buecher, 2007

5. OPTIONAL READING: 6. Logic, methodology and philosophy of science at Warsaw University: studies and contributions to the 11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Kraków (Cracow) august 20-26, 1999 / ed. by Mieszko Tałasiewicz. - Warszawa : "Semper", 2002 (it is available in the library of UZ); 7. Philosophy of Science: official journal of the Philosophy of Science Association. - Michigan : Philosophy of Science Association, 1996-2006. (it is available in the library of UZ)

REMARKS: *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

MONOGRAPHIC LECTURE - THE BODY IN MODERN SOCIETY

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-WMON Type of course: optional Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Dorota Bazuń Name of lecturer: Dr Dorota Bazuń

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Lecture 30 2 * Pass/Fail 2

COURSE AIM: To prepare students to discuss and be familiar with the most important ideas and theories of sociology of the body. Students are familiar with representations and social uses of the human body in modern societies.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: No special prerequisites

COURSE CONTENTS: Brief history of sociology of the body. Contemporary theories about body as a social phenomenon: for example P. Bourdieu, M. Faucault, J. Baudrillard. How social institutions and systems become embodied in individuals. The body as a social/individual construction. How socioeconomic status can be evidenced through bodily markers. Social institutions and systems become embedded in the body in another way: frameworks, or ways of seeing the world. The body and a mass culture. The body and oppression. The body as a capital.

TEACHING METHODS: Lecture with discussion.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: A student knows the most important topics and theories of sociology of the body. The student’s knowledge about sociology of the body is better organized. The student can use the knowledge and present it in take-home essay.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Assessed on a passed/failed basis only: 4 page take-home essay, lecturer-decided topic.

STUDENT WORKLOAD: hours ECTS 1/ participating in lectures 30 1 2/ writting a Take-home essay 10 Razem godzin: 40 ECTS 2

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Shilling Ch., The Body and Social Theory, Sage Press 1993.

OPTIONAL READING: 1. Malacrida C., Low J., Sociology of the Body, Oxford 2008.

REMARKS: Students can discuss and propose the title of essay with the lecturer, in case of no propositions the title will be given by the lecturer. *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

PRACTICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-ANST Type of course: compulsory Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska Name of lecturer: Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska

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Lecture 15 1 exam * 4 Class 15 1 grade

COURSE AIM: The subject presents a cultural variety of the contemporary global world. It is aimed at consolidate the anthropological attitude towards cultural difference.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: No special prerequisites.

COURSE CONTENTS: Lecture: Differences between classic anthropology and practical anthropology. Types and aims of new social communities. Phenomena and processes which stem from multiculturalism and globalization. Class: Examples of new social communities, environments, movements and new cultural tendencies. Analyzing of examples of using anthropological knowledge in a social practice.

TEACHING METHODS: Explaining and lecturing. Demonstrating - teaching through examples and case studies description. Lecture with discussion. Multimedia learning process – using Power Point presentations, use of filmstrips, recordings etc. Lecture-demonstration by another instructor(s) from a special field (guest speaker).

LEARNING OUTCOMES: A student is able to explain new cultural forms and their social results. The student is able to diagnose new cultural phenomena and associate them with the social life. He/she is able to apply anthropological theory to interpretation of phenomena belonging to social reality. He/she is able to use cultural projects to influence the group life and social problems.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Lecture: Individual oral examination. Classes: Individual assessment based on active participation during the course.

STUDENT WORKLOAD: Hours ECTS 1/participating in classes and lectures 30 1 2/ preparation to the classes 25 1 4/ instructor hours 15 1 5/ preparation to the exam 20 1 Altogether: 90 ECTS 4

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Anderson B., Imagined Communities. Reflection on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, London 1990. 2. Appadurai A., Modernity at Large. Cultural Dimensions of Globalization, Minneapolis - London 1996. 3. Foster G. M., Applied anthropology, Boston 1969. 4. Hannerz U., Transnational Connections: Culture, People, Places, London 1996. 5. Hobsbawm E., Ranger T. (ed.), The Invention of Tradition, Cambridge 1992. 6. Huizinga J., Homo Ludens, a study of the play element in culture, Boston 1955. 7. Maffesoli M., Times of the Tribes. The Decline of Individualism in Mass Society, London 1996

OPTIONAL READING: 1. Barnard A., History and Theory in Anthropology, Cambridge 2000

REMARKS: *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

THE PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-PZRS Type of course: compulsory Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Anna Mielczarek – Żejmo Name of lecturer: Dr Anna Mielczarek – Żejmo

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Lecture 15 1 Exam * 4 Class 30 2 grade

COURSE AIM: The aim of the subject is providing students of knowledge of different dimensions of social stratification (f.e. cultural, professional, class, regional, generational and other dimensions). Providing knowledge of different perspectives in social stratification theories and about results of empirical studies about it.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: No special prerequisites

COURSE CONTENTS: Lecture: 1. Social problems. Social stratification. 2. Theories of social stratification. 3. Theories about elits. 4. Theories of national and ethnical divisions. 5. New Middle class. 6. Underclass conceptions. Classes: 1. The old and the new dimensions of division of society. 2. Participating in public sphere. 3. Social exclusion. 4. Digital exclusion problems. 5. Poverty as a social problem. 6. Social conflicts and stratification.

TEACHING METHODS: Lecture: lecture with discussion. Class: class discussion. Small groups discussion. Multimedia learning process – using Power Point presentations, use of filmstrips, recordings etc. Open textbook study. Problem solving or case studies

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

LEARNING OUTCOMES: A student knows the theories of social stratification and can use them to analyzing contemporary phenomena. The student knows cultural and structural factors of belonging to different social levels and factors important in case of participating in public sphere activities. The student knows how to present his knowledge and opinions about social stratification in oral and in written way. The student knows how to collect data and information about stratification.

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Class: Credit with grade on the basis of presentation and written papers. The class will be divided up into discussion/presentation groups. Students will organize and prepare oral presentations and demonstrations to the class explaining assigned chapters from the texts. Each student is likely to make one presentation during the semester. Lecture: written exam. Final grade will be the average of class and exam credit.

STUDENT WORKLOAD: hours ECTS 1/ participating in classes 45 2 2/ preparation to classes 20 1 3/ preparation to the exam 5 4/ preparation presentation 20 1 Altogether: 90 ECTS 4

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Adamski, P. Machonin, W. Zapf (red.), Structural Change and Modernization in Post-Socialist Societies, red. W. “Krämer”, Hamburg 2002.

OPTIONAL READING: 1. Corak M., Do Poor Children Become Poor Adults? Lessons from a Cross Country Comparison of Generational Earnings Mobility. Research on Economic Inequality, 2006, 13 no. 2. Higley J., Lengyel G. (2000), Elites after State Socialism. Theories and Analysis, Roman & Littlefield Publisher, INC., Lanham, Boulder, New York, Oxford 2000. 3. Goldthorpe J.H., Social mobility and class structure in modern Britain, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1980.

REMARKS: *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-ADJ Type of course: optional Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska, Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska, Name of lecturer: Dr Dorota Bazuń

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COURSE AIM: This course aims to provide students with an overview of qualitative research methods. The students are exposed to various methods and techniques and they will analyze examples of using the methods in fieldwork.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: No special prerequisites.

COURSE CONTENTS: This course covers qualitative research procedures such as, the nature of qualitative research studies, ethnography and participant observation, interviewing, focus groups, document analysis, case studies, as well as computer based data analysis and e-research.

TEACHING METHODS: Explaining and lecturing Demonstrating - teaching through examples and case studies description. Lecture with discussion. Case studies. Brainstorming. Mind mapping. Class/group project.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: A student knows the role of qualitative research in sociology. A student is able to conduct an analysis of qualitative empirical data. He/she is able to prepare research report and present it. Student can design a qualitative research study. Students know the ethical rules of fieldwork and collecting and analyzing data.

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Individual assessment based on active participation during the course. A 5-page project report prepared by a student.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

STUDENT WORKLOAD: hours. ECTS 1/ participating in the classes 30 1 2/ preparation to the classes 15 1 3/ preparation of the project 5 4/ instructor hours 15 1 Altogether: 65 ECTS 3

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Banks M., Using Visual Data in Qualitative Research, London 2007. 2. Charmaz K., Constructing Grounded Theory. A Practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis, London 2006. 3. Denzin K. N., Lincoln Y. S. (eds.), The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, London 2005. 4. Rapley T., Doing Conversation, Discourse and Document Analysis, London 2007. 5. Rose V., Visual Methodologies. An Introduction to the Interpretation of Visual Materials, London 2007. 6. Silverman D., Interpretation Qualitative Data. Methods of Analysing Talk, Text and Interaction, London 2001.

OPTIONAL READING: none

REMARKS: *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

SOCIAL CAPITAL

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-KS Type of course: Optional Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr hab. Mariusz Kwiatkowski Name of lecturer: Dr hab. Mariusz Kwiatkowski

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COURSE AIM: The aim of the course is to present the most important theories of social capital and to prepare the participants to use these theories in the public and economical life.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: No special prerequisites.

COURSE CONTENTS: 1. Social capital theory In sociology and other disciplines. 2. Social capital according to J. S. Coleman, R. D. Putnam and P. Bourdieu. 3. Controversial issues connected with social capital theory. 4. Social capital and the public sphere. 5. Social capital and economic system. 6. Social capital and the problem of marginalization 7. Social capital and education and religion 8. Methods of research applied in case of social capital.

TEACHING METHODS: Some classes will be a discussion of critical and analytical terms and methods of social capital. Role playing and scenario analyzing during classes. Problem solving or case studies

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

LEARNING OUTCOMES: A student has a wide and deep knowledge on social capital theory. The student can use this theory to solve practical problems in the various spheres (public sector, citizen’s organizations, business).

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: A grade will be awarded for a 5-page project.

STUDENT WORKLOAD: hours. ECTS 1/ participating in classes and lectures 30 1 2/ preparation to the classes 20 1 3/ instructor hours 10 1 4 /preparation of the project 5 Altogether: 65 ECTS 3

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Newton Kenneth (2001), Social Capital and Democracy, w: Beyond Tocqueville. Civil Society and the Social Capital Debate in Comparative Perspective, red. B. Edwards, M. W. Foley, M. Diani, Hannover and London: University Press of New England 2. Putnam R. D. Leonardi R., Nanetti R., Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy, Princeton University Press, 1993.

OPTIONAL READING:

1. Coleman James S. (1988), Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital, “American Journal of Sociology” nr 94, s. 95-120.. 2. Portes Alexandro (2000), Social Capital; Its Origins and Applications In Modern Sociology, w: Knowledge and Social Capital: Foundations and Applications, red. E. Lesser, Butterworth – Heinemann, Boston, Oxford, Auckland, Johannesburg, Melbourne, New Delhi.

REMARKS: *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

SOCIOLOGY OF A BORDERLAND

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-SPOGR Type of course: compulsory Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Anna Mielczarek-Żejmo Name of lecturer: Dr Anna Mielczarek-Żejmo

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Lecture 15 1 Exam 4 * Class 15 1 Grade

COURSE AIM: To acquaint students with the most important ideas of sociology of nstruktor. To familiarize students with the processes of change taking part on borderlines and to present different examples of mutual cooperation and solving problems in case of borderland societies.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: No special prerequisites

COURSE CONTENTS: Lectures: 1. Concepts of borderland and borderline. 2. Kinds of borderland. 3. Nation and ethnic groups. 4. Multiculturalism. 5. Methodology of research on borderland.

Classes: 1. Borderlands of Poland. 2. Selected borderlands in Europe and in the world. 3. Cooperation in case of multiculturalism. 4. Ethnic conflicts on borderland – examples and examples of solving it. 5. Pathological phenomena on borderlands.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

TEACHING METHODS: Lectures: Explaining and lecturing – teaching through description of examples and case studies. Using elements of discussion during lecture. Classes: Class discussion. Small groups discussion. Case studies description. Discussing the readings.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: A student can define concepts of sociology of a borderland and can apply theories to analyze processes and phenomena taking part on borderland areas. The student knows the concepts of multiculturalism and the features of multicultural societies. The student is able to identify causes and results of social changes on borderlands. The student can critically analyze processes taking part at modern borderlands using theories and data as well. The student can present in written and oral form her/his opinions and knowledge about borderland.

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Final grade is average of exam and classes grade. Individual written exam in form of test. Classes grade is average of: a) active participating in class discussions; b) take-home written paper.

STUDENT WORKLOAD: hours ECTS 1/ participating in lectures and classes 30 1 2/ preparation to the classes 25 1 3/ preparation to exam 20 1 4/ nstruktor hours 5 5/ preparation to a grade 15 1 Altogether hours: 90 ECTS 4

RECOMMENDED READING: Kennard Ann, Old cultures, new institutions: around the new eastern border of the European Union, LIT – Verlag, Berlin 2010. OPTIONAL READING: -

REMARKS: *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-SREL Type of course: compulsory Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska Name of lecturer: Dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska

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Lecture 15 1 exam 4 * Class 15 1 grade

COURSE AIM: To prepare students to sociological analysis of the religion and its role in society

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: No special prerequisites.

COURSE CONTENTS: Lecture: 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, fundamentalism and traditionalism in religion Class: religion in Europe - historical and socio-cultural perspective, paradoxes of the religiousness in Poland and other post-communist countries.

TEACHING METHODS: Lecture with discussion. Case studies. Multimedia learning process – using Power Point presentations, use of filmstrips, recordings etc. Student reports by individuals.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: A student is able to describe functions of religion in individual and social life. He/she is able to aim extra-religious consequences of religion and to describe new religious forms in contemporary world (e.g. civil religion).

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Lecture: Group written examination. Class: Individual assessment based on active participation during the course and a 5-page essay prepared by a student.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

STUDENT WORKLOAD: Hours ECTS 1/ participating in classes and lectures 30 1 2/ preparation to the classes 25 1 3/ preparation to the exam 20 1 4/ instructor hours 5 5/ preparation the essay 10 1 Altogether: 90 ECTS 4

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Berger P., The Sacred Canopy. Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion, 1967. 2. Borowik Irena (ed.), Religions, Churches and Religiosity in Post-Communist Europe, Kraków 2006 3. Bruce S., Fundamentalism, Cambridge 2000. 4. Dobbelaere K., Secularization: An Analysis at Three Levels, Brussels 2002.

OPTIONAL READING: 1. Barker E., New Religious Movements. A Practical Introduction, London 1989. 2. Jenkins P., The next Christendom. The coming of Global Christianity, Pennsylvania State of University 2007.

REMARKS: *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

SURVEY DATA ANALYSIS

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-ADS Type of course: compulsory Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Dorota Szaban Name of lecturer: Dr Dorota Szaban

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Full-time studies 4 Class 30 2 * Grade

COURSE AIM: To carry out practical exercises how to manage with survey data and how to analyze and interpret survey results.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Completed methodology course

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: Students who complete the course will obtain the following qualifications: Knowledge Understanding of problem-based studies based on surveys Knowledge about typical schemes of survey data analysis Knowledge about the basic principles in scientific work e.g. academic honesty

Skills Can conceptualize, plan and organize own research project based on survey data

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

Can demonstrate basic analysis on survey data Communicate the reflections and results of the survey data based project work; orally, graphically and in writing

Competencies Students demonstrate ability to solve the sociological problem using survey data

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Individual assessment based on active participation during the course. Group-Project report plus group oral defense of the project report.

STUDENT WORKLOAD: hours ECTS 1/ participation in classes/lectures 30 1 2/ preparation to the classes 25 1 3/ preparation a Project 20 1 4/ instructor hours 25 1 Altogether: 90 ECTS 4

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. E. Babbie, Basic of the social research. 1999 2. Ch. Frankfort-Nachmias, D. Nachmias, Metody badawcze w naukach społecznych, Poznań 2001. OPTIONAL READING: 1. G. Churchil A.,Badania marketingowe. Podstawy metodologiczne, Warszawa 2002. 2. T. Pilch, Zasady badań pedagogicznych, Warszawa 1998. 3. G. Wieczorkowska, P. Kochański, K.Eljaszuk, Statystyka. Wprowadzenie do analizy danych sondażowych i eksperymentalnych, 4. J. .Wachnicki, J. Górniak, Pierwsze kroki w analizie danych, SPSS Polska, Kraków 2000. 5. M., Lisowska-Magdziarz Analiza zawartości mediów. Przewodnik dla studentów, Kraków 2005.

REMARKS: *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-TPS Type of course: optional Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr Dorota Bazuń Dr Dorota Bazuń, Name of lecturer: Dr hab. Mariusz Kwiatkowski

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COURSE AIM: To present different theories of sociology and how they can be used as explanation of social phenomena.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: No special prerequisites

COURSE CONTENTS: 1. Selected classical sociological theories and their influence on modern thought. 2. Contemporary social theories: functionalism and neofunctionalism, social exchange theory, postmodernism, symbolic interactionism and its’ versions: ethnomethodology, dramaturgical perspective, conflict theory, critical theory, feminist theories, structuration theory, P. Bourdiu’s social theory. 3. Selected theories of sub-disciplines of sociology.

TEACHING METHODS: Class discussion. Small groups discussion. Multimedia learning process – using Power Point presentations, use of filmstrips, recordings etc. Textbook assignments.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: A student knows the most important theoretical foundations of sociology. The student is familiar with classical and contemporary theoretical terms. The student can analyze past, contemporary social situations using sociological terms and definitions.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Active participation is defined as reading course literature and taking part in group discussions. A grade will be awarded also for a 5-page home-taken essay on the lecturer given topic.

STUDENT WORKLOAD: hours ECTS 1/ participating in classes 30 1 2/ preparation to the classes 20 1 3/ preparation the essay 25 1 4/ instructor hours 15 1 Altogether: 90 ECTS 4

RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Turner J. H., The Structure of Sociological Theory, Wadsworth 1998. 2. Ritzer G., The McDonaldization of Society, Pine Forge Press, 2011. OPTIONAL READING: 1. Ritzer George, Frontiers of Social Theory. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. 2. Giddens A., Sociology, Cambridge, 2006.

REMARKS: The course can be advised especially to students who are not studying sociology but other social sciences. *Means that the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETIES IN POST - COMMUNIST COUNTRIES

Course code: 0314-WP-SOC-TSPK Type of course: optional Language of instruction: English Director of studies: Dr hab. Mariusz Kwiatkowski Name of lecturer: Dr hab. Mariusz Kwiatkowski

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COURSE AIM: The aim of the course is to present the most important social, political, economy problems of transformation process in post-communist countries (especially Poland).

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: No special prerequisites

COURSE CONTENTS: 1. Features and the most important causes of collapsing communist system. 2. Problems of young democracies in post-communist countries. 3. Civil society and it’s problems in the countries. 4. Economy transformation problems. 5. Strategies in the process of adjusting to new rules of social order. (shock, anomy, trauma, success). 6. Polish transformation compare to transformation process in other countries in Europe.

TEACHING METHODS: Discussing selected readings during classes.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Student knows theories and data about the most important dimensions of transformation processes. Student can analyze the process of transformation and can identify the most important features of social, economy and institutional change. Student knows the role of third sector in the process of developing social institutions and solving social problems.

Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology Institute of Sociology Subject area of studies: SOCIOLOGY

LEARNING OUTCOMES VERIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:

6-page take-home paper, lecturer-decided topic and active participation in classes (defined as reading course literature, participating in minimum 80% of course sessions, and contributing to the discussion session).

STUDENT WORKLOAD: Student workload: hours ECTS 1/ participating in classes 30 1 2/ priparing to the classes 45 2 3/ priparing a paper 15 1 Altogether: 90 ECTS 4