Social Differentiation and Cultural Diversity 02.06-S2-EN-SD

Course content:

A. Lectures:

1. Social Inequalities
2. Stratification Systems and Theories
3. Race, Ethnicity and Nationality
4. Gender Inequalities
5. Migrations and Mobilities
6. Religions
7. Identities and Otherness

B. Class:
1. Sketching the Inequalities - Sociological Imagination Workshop
2. Social Inequalities: Who Gets What and Why?
3. Stratification Systems and Theories
4. Studying Stratification
5. Race, Ethnicity and Nationality
6. Gender Inequalities
7. Migrations and Mobilities
8. Final papers - preparation
9. Religions
10. Identities and Otherness
11. Case study (visiting lecturer)
12. Managing Diversity - Theorizing Public Space
13. Final papers – discussion

Field of study

Intercultural Communication MA Programme in Sociology

Supplementary literature

Discover Society – selected papers from: http://discoversociety.org/

Student workload

ECTS credits: 5 • participation in lectures: 15h • participation in classes: 30h • preparation to classes: 45h • preparing final paper: 60h Total 150h = 5 ECTS

Study level

Studia drugiego stopnia

Education profile

(in Polish) studia stacjonarne

Type of course

obligatory courses

The semester in which the subject is carried out

Mode

(in Polish) Realizowany w sali

Requirements

brak

Learning outcomes

Knowledge
Student:

• ought to have a sound knowledge of the structural inequalities and cultural differences and their consequences
• know the relationship of the individual and the social structures

Skills

Student:

• can use scientific knowledge to describe her position in society and in relation to the others (inc. other groups and cultures)
• understands how scientific knowledge can be disseminated in a popular manner, remaining academic relevance

Social competences

Student:

• can analyze her personal experiences using sociological theory and is able to present her standpoint from the sociological perspective
• understands the relationship between the theoretical knowledge and social practice
• is aware of her structural position in the society

Assessment criteria

• Evaluation of the in class activity
• Evaluation of the final paper

The final papers are structured in a way that students must apply the theoretical concepts of different dimensions of social and cultural diversity to their structural position in the societies (and in relation to different cultures). The basic criteria are: ability to discuss different dimensions of social inequalities and to discuss their position in society in these dimensions. The more sound the theoretical background and conceptual discussion, the more thorough and insightful the application of those theories to the author's own case – the higher the grade.

Bibliography

Ken Plummer, Society - the Basics, Sage 2010
Henry L. Tischler, Introduction to sociology, 2007
Tony Bennett, Mike Savage, Elizabeth Silva, Alan Warde, Modesto Gayo-Cal and David Wright, Culture, Class, Distinction, London 2009
David Held and Henrietta L. Moore, CULTURAL POLITICS IN A GLOBAL AGE Uncertainty, Solidarity and Innovation, Oneworld, 2007
Fabio Rojas, Theory for Working Sociologist, IUP, 2018
Erving Goffman, Gender Advertisements, Harper 1978

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