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Wersja polska

Course code: BIS10013f12
Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: SOCIOLOGY
Major: Bioinformatics
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr Michał Lubicz Miszewski
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: The student understands the essence of sociology as a science of society, - student has a general knowledge in terms of the elementary concepts of sociology, and the basic concepts and theories that make up the sociology of scientific apparatus, - knows the most basic methods of social research - knows the basic types of macro and microstructures of social, - has knowledge of the most important phenomena occurring in a global society today. Skills: Student can identify sociology as a science and replace its precursors - can critically look at the sociological knowledge itself as one of the possible structures to explain the social world - he/she is able to describe and name the components of the social system and to characterize the basic social community - can describe the concept of nation , states and civilizations in terms of sociology - is able to correctly interpret the results of surveys - use their knowledge of test methods for self-constructing a questionnaire.

Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): Student is able to complement and improve the acquired knowledge and skills - able to communicate with the environment in order to share knowledge of sociological - can work in groups, undertaking various roles and take responsibility for their own work and others.

Prerequisites: he isn't regarding

Course content: Sociology as a humanistic science, Society as a subject of sociology, Definitions and types of social groups, Sociological analysis of a state, Political parties, conditions for democracy, Sociological notions of nation, Collision of civilisations according to Huntington, Globalization, Culture, Socialization and social control, Family as a basic division of socialization.

Recommended literature: Giddens A. (2006) Socjologia, PWN, Warszawa Szacka B. (2002) Wprowadzenie do socjologii, Oficyna Naukowa, Warszawa Sztompka P. (2002) Socjologia. Analiza społeczeństwa, Znak, Kraków

Assessment methods: Compulsory written or orall exam

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