Questions in Contemporary Sociological Theory II

Code:

MSOCI012

Acronym:

QTSC2

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MSOCI	20	MSOCI - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The objectives are to
1. Analyse the main theoretical structural features of the discipline.
2. Make / build concepts based on acquired knowledge, implementing when possible, the capacity for critical analysis, in order to create a dynamic learning starting in the classroom, extending later to social reality through possible field research.
3. Apply the concepts acquired / learnt in the analysis of social phenomena in contemporary society.

Program

1. Contemporary sociological theory: Main issues under debate
2. Consumption and sociology: Theories and practices
3. Sociological approach of emotions

Mandatory literature

Barbalet, J. M.; Emotion, Social Theory, and Social Structure: A Macrosociological Approach. , Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001
Barbalet, J. M.; Emotions and Sociology. , Oxford, Blackwell Publishing , 2002
Baudrillard, Jean ; A Sociedade de Consumo, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1981
Bauman, Zygmunt ; Vida de Consumo, Buenos Aires, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2008
Bourdieu, Pierre ; La Distinction. Critique Sociale du Jugement, Paris, Les Éditions de Minuit, 1979
Cruz, Isabel; Entre estruturas e agentes: padrões e práticas de consumo em Portugla Continental, FLUP, 2009
Damásio, António ; O Erro de Descartes: emoção, razão e o cérebro humano, SãoPaulo, Companhia das Letras, 1996
Elias, Norbert ; A Sociedade dos Indivíduos: A questão cardeal da sociologia,, Lisboa, Dom Quixote, 2004
Duarte, Alice ; Experiências de Consumo: estudos de caso no interior da classe média, Porto, Universidade do Porto, 2009
Featherstone, Mike ; Cultira de Consumo y Posmodernismo, Argentina, Amorrortu Editores, 2000
Lopes, J. Teixeira ; “Razão, corpo e sentimento na teoria social contemporânea”, repositorio.up.pt, 2002
Magalhães, Dulce; Vinhos: Arte e manhas emconsumos Sociais. A apreensão de uma prática sociocultural em contexto de mudança, Afrontamento, 2010. ISBN: 987-972-36-1097-0
Simmel, Georg ; Cuestiones Fundamentales de Sociologia, Barcelona, Gedisa, 2002
Simmel, Georg ; Fidelidade e Gratidão e outros Textos, Lisboa, Relógio d’Água Editores, 2004
Simmel, Georg ; Fragmento sobre o Amor e outros Textos,, Lisboa, Relógio d’Água Editores, 2004
Veblen, Thorstein ; Théorie de la Classe de Loisir, Paris, Gallimard, 1970

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical (TP) classes – lectures and analysis of program contents followed by thematic debate on their applicability to the current state of affairs in Portugal.
Tutorial supervision (OT) sessions – preparation, drafting and discussion of a short essay to be submitted by each student individually, based on a number of subject topics.

Software

Não se aplica

keywords

Social sciences > Sociology > Societal behaviour

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Exame	2,00		2011-07-29
	Trabalho escrito	31,00		2011-07-29
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	73	2011-04-29
	Total:	73,00

Eligibility for exams

Admission to Exams
. Written and oral exam, if required
. Individual thematic written report
. Attendance in theoretical-practical classes and tutorial supervision sessions
. Work developed in tutorial supervision sessions
Students are required to complete all assessment components, regardless of student status.

Calculation formula of final grade

Weighting of each assessment component towards the final mark for the course unit: final exam (50%); individual written report (30%); attendance to theoretical-practical sessions and guidance mentoring (5%); work under the guidance mentoring sessions, including the final outputs (45%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Students who are legally exempt from class attendance are required to contact the lecturer as soon as classes start in order to establish the corresponding assessment procedures.

Classification improvement

Students can only improve the marks obtained in the final exam or by rewording the thematic report, or both. The marks obtained in other assessment criteria (see ‘Admission to Exams’) will be kept even in the cases of students wishing to improve their overall final mark. Students may improve their marks within a year following the date in which they have successfully completed the course unit: in the final assessment period of that academic year or, otherwise, in the final exam period of the following academic year. Students wishing to improve their mark in the year following the academic year in which the course units were successfully completed will have to follow the programs and assessment methods prevailing in the previous academic year.