RSO-32806 Advanced Social Theory
Course
Credits 6.00
| Teaching method | Contact hours |
| Individual Paper | |
| Lectures | 18 |
| Literature study | |
| Tutorial | 16 |
| Self-study |
| Course coordinator(s) | dr. D Weenink |
| Lecturer(s) | dr. ir. CEP Jansen |
| prof. dr. P Richards | |
| dr. AJAM Schuurman | |
| prof. dr. ir. G Spaargaren | |
| prof. dr. LE Visser | |
| dr. D Weenink | |
| Examiner(s) | dr. D Weenink |
Language of instruction:
English
Assumed knowledge on:
RSO-10306; ENP-22806; Social Science Bachelor
Contents:
This course enables students to select an inspiring theoretical framework for social scientific research. The course consists of lectures and discussion groups on influential approaches and issues in social scientific theorizing. This is an advanced course which is part of the Research Master Variant in the MSc programmes MID (Specializations A and C) and MME (Specialization B).
Learning outcomes:
After having completed the course successfully, students are expected to be able to:
- distinguish important approaches and debates in contemporary social scientific theory;
- indicate the opportunities and limitations of these approaches;
- position social scientific work in these approaches and debates;
- relate these approaches to specific social scientific research topics or societal issues.
Activities:
Weekly lectures on fundamental ideas, debates and authors that are related to approaches in social scientific theorizing. Weekly discussion groups in which students actively review and discuss key texts. Students write an assignment in which they show their ability to view a specific social scientific problem from different theoretical perspectives. Furthermore, students read articles, participate in discussions and present a review of a key text.
Examination:
- essay assignment;
- written exam;
- oral presentation.
Literature:
Contemporary Sociological Theory, 2nd Edition, 2007 Calhoun et al, Blackwell Publising.