Sociologisk fantasi

26.3.2025 - 31.8.2025

5 sp

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Ämnesstudier

This course shows students how to think about social issues sociologically. Sociological thinking involves a blend of theoretical, methodological and empirical elements. Good sociological research involves coherent theorizing and sound data collection. Many different theoretical and methodological positions exist in sociology today. The course examines some of the major ones. We consider the strengths and weaknesses of each. Emphasis is put on how to read major pieces of sociological theory and research with an eye to understanding what is more or less convincing in their approach to their object of study.

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Tidpunkt

26.3.2025 - 31.8.2025

Utbildningsområden

Samhällsvetenskap

Omfattning

5 sp

1 del

Kod

SOSK-SL212

Förkunskapskrav

Lärandemål

After completing the course, students will know the key research questions and approaches typical of sociology. They will understand how social phenomena are analysed sociologically and know how to consider sociological studies in relation to various theoretical traditions and their typical approaches. Students will also be trained in reading original research and in communicating it.

Aims:
To understand how the overall sociological approach to understanding the world works.
To understand a range of different, but related, types of sociological thinking and ‘imagination’.
To evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of specific types of sociological imagination, including in relation to each other.
To consider the relevance of sociological thinking for understanding and analysing real-world situations.
To reflect on whether particular types of sociological imagination, created in the past, are still relevant today.
To become familiar with the work of major sociological writers.
Objectives:
By the end of the course, a student should be able successfully to carry out the following tasks.
Identify, present, and explain the main features of a specific form of sociological imagination.
Critically assess the strengths and weaknesses of types of sociological imagination.
Apply types of sociological imagination to real-world situations, and to understand the limits of that application.
Consider how relevant various types of sociological imagination are to society today.

Studiematerial

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Kohderyhmä

Jos opintojaksosta järjestetään useampi kuin yksi toteutus lukuvuoden aikana, osa toteutuksista voidaan varata vain sosiaalitieteiden kandiohjelman opiskelijoille. Tällaisissa tapauksissa toteutusten kohderyhmät tarkennetaan vuosittaisessa opetusohjelmassa.

1. Sosiaalitieteiden kandiohjelma, sosiologian opintosuunta

2. Sosiaalitieteiden kandiohjelma

3. Muut opiskelijat

Ajoitus

Periodi 2. Muiden mahdollisten toteutusten ajankohdat määritellään opetusohjelmassa.

Sosiaalitieteiden kandiohjelman tutkinto-opiskelijoiden suositusajoitus 3 opintovuosi.

Toteutus

Suoritustavat: Osallistuminen opetukseen, Tentti, Itsenäinen työskentely

Suoritustavat tarkennetaan vuosittain opetusohjelman yhteydessä.

Arviointimenetelmät ja -kriteerit

The final grade is 100% from the essay grade.

The essay is assessed in terms of how well it uses relevant literature to answer the question.

Oppimista tukevat aktiviteetit ja menetelmät

Group discussion, following a lecture component.

Arrangör

Helsingin yliopisto

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