General Sociology II

Code:

SOCI038

Acronym:

SGER2

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Sociology
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Sociology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
SOCI	83	SOCI - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Aims
Introduction to globalisation
Analysis of the elements of some social institutions
Analysis of the main rearrangements of contemporary Portuguese society

Competences

Successful students should be able to:

Analyse the current dynamics of globalisation
Analyse the elements of some social institutions
Apply their knowledge to contemporary and social dynamics
Research, select and analyse information
Communicate the knowledge in a written and oral way, and study autonomously

Program

1. Modernity and Globalisation
2. Processes and Social institutions: social production and reproduction:
2.1. Economy, work and organisations
2.2. Gender, family and marriage
2.3. Education, school and youth
2.4. Mass media
3. Portuguese society: recent trends and challenges

Mandatory literature

ALMEIDA, João Ferreira (Coord.); Introdução à Sociologia, Univ. Aberta, 1994
COSTA, António Firmino da ; O que é a Sociologia?, , Difusão Cultural , 2006
DURAND, J.P., WEIL, R., ; Sociologie Contemporaine, Vigot, 1989
FERREIRA, J.M. Carvalho et al, ; Sociologia, , McGraw-Hill, 1995
FERRÉOL, G., NORECK, J.P., ; Introduction à la Sociologie, Armand Colin , 1990
GIDDENS, Anthony ; O mundo na era da globalização, Presença, 2007
GIDDENS, Anthony; Sociologia, FCG, 2004
GONÇALVES, Carlos Manuel, org.; A Região Norte de Portugal: mudanças e continuidades na contemporaneidade, Instituto de Sociologia da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2008. ISBN: FCT-POCI/SOC/57600/2004
JAVEAU, Claude ; Lições de Sociologia, Celta. , 1998
LOFF, Manuel; PEREIRA, Maria da Conceição Meireles (orgs.); Portugal - 30 anos de democracia: (1974 - 2004): Actas do colóquio realizado na Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto , Universidade do Porto, 2006. ISBN: 20069728025475
PERNES, Fernando, coord. ; Século XX – Panorama da cultura portuguesa, Afrontamento/Fundação Serralves, 2002. ISBN: 972-36-0584-8
RITZER, George, ed. ; Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell Publishing Reference Online., Blackwell Publishing Reference Online, 2008. ISBN: 9781405124331
SANTOS, Boaventura de Sousa, org. ; Globalização: fatalidade ou utopia? , Edições Afrontamento, 2001. ISBN: 972-36-0569-4
SILVA, Augusto Santos ; A sociologia e o debate público. Estudos sobre a relação entre conhecer e agir, Edições Afrontamento, 2006. ISBN: 972-36-0807-3
VIEGAS, José Manuel Leite; COSTA, António Firmino da, orgs.; Portugal, que modernidade?, Celta Editora, 1998. ISBN: 9789727740109

Software

Não se aplica

keywords

Social sciences > Sociology > Societal behaviour
Social sciences > Sociology > Social changes

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Trabalho escrito	30,00		2012-07-16
	Exame	2,00		2012-07-16
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	74	2012-07-16
	Total:	74,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the Assessment Regulations apply to Courses 1. Cicle the Faculty, the evaluation includes a pre-requisite compliance with the attendance. The student meets this requirement does not exceed the maximum number of absences of 25% of TP and 25% of OT.
Components of evaluation:
. individual written report of a thematic nature developed during the semester;
. final exam (consisting of a written and oral if necessary);
. work in the sessions of tutorials.

Calculation formula of final grade

Weighting of each element to the final course: individual work written with 20% final exam, and if necessary oral, 70% work in orientation sessions tutorial with 10%. Obtaining a grade equal to or less than 8 points in one or more of the evaluation involves moving the student to the times of resource or special, fully realizing the evidence below.

Examinations or Special Assignments

In the Resit or Special exam period, the exam will consist of an individual written test (and oral, if required), and of an individual written assignment on one of the subject themes, to be presented after the date of the written exam.
Weighting criteria for each element in the final grade of the course unit: written exam, and oral, if required, - 75%; individual written assignment - 25%.
All assessment components are compulsory.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students who are exempted, by law, from attending classes, and who wish to take the distributed assessment with final exam, have to submit written reports to replace the work normally done in tutorials. Students must schedule the dates with the lecturer responsible.

Classification improvement

The improvement of grades takes place in the periods and according to the FLUP Assessment Regulations. It includes sitting a new final exam (weighting of 75% in the final grade) and a new individual written assignment (weighting of 25% in the final grade).