OVERVIEW

The course aims to provide the student with the basic categories of sociological analysis

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide the student with the basic categories of sociological analysis needed to understand contemporary reality through the illustration of concepts used by sociology (culture and society, groups, organizations, family, deviance, inequality, education, mobility, migration, Economy, work, power) and analyzing globalization and its influence on everyday life

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

To illustrate the concepts used by sociology (culture and society, groups, organizations, family, deviance, inequalities, education, mobility, migration, economy, work, power), analyze globalization and its influence on everyday life

TEACHING METHODS

Front lectures in attendance, with possibility of participation in thematic seminars on the topics discussed, aulaweb.

In case of impossibility to realize front lessons due to the Covid-19 emergency, it will try, compatibly with the evolution of the situation, to organize face-to-face meetings with small groups

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course provides the basics of sociology, focusing in particular on the following topics:

What is the object of sociology? The formation of modern society; The texture of the social fabric; Culture, identity, socialization; Language and communication. Standards, Deviance and Crime, Layering, Social Classes and Social Mobility, Gender and Age Differences, Breeds, Ethnicities and Nations, Family and Marriage, Education and Education, Economics and Society, Labor, Manufacturing and Consumption, Politics and Administration, Population and Social Organization in Space.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Specific materials in English for foreign students will be provided by the professor. Foreign students must contact the professor at the beginning of the course.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

STEFANO POLI (President)

DORIANO SARACINO

LUCA ONNIS (President Substitute)

VALERIA SILVIA PANDOLFINI (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

I semester

Class schedule

GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written and oral. Students who intend to take the exam must sign up for “scritto e orale” (“written and oral”) in the appeals indicated in the exam session. Preliminary signing up to examination is compulsory.

In case of impossibility to realize the exam in attendance due to the Covid-19 emergency, the exam will be realized in oral form through the Teams platform

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam will be realized in written mode (5 open questions, 4 in the manual and 1 in the reading book), with possible oral integration if requested by the professor or the student for further assessment of the preparation.

In case of impossibility to realize the exam in attendance due to the Covid-19 emergency, the exam will be realized in oral form through the Teams platform (5 open questions, 4 regarding the manual and 1 regarding the reading book)

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

All students are invited to periodically consult the page of this course on the AulaWeb e-learning portal (accessible from the University site or at: http://www.aulaweb.unige.it/). All information and materials related to this course are provided exclusively on that site.