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2019　Sociology B

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Academic unit or major
Humanities and social science courses
Instructor(s)
Noda Megumi 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon1-2(W241)  Thr1-2(W241)  
Group
-
Course number
LAH.S207
Credits
2
Academic year
2019
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2019/3/18
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course of lectures focuses on sociological perspectives that explain the relation between personal problems and social issues. The aims of the course are 1)understanding basic concepts, terms, theories, and methods of sociology, 2)learning sociological perspectives on familiar topics with specific examples and concrete data.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand the basic concepts, terms, theories, and methods of sociology.
2) Acquire the sense of "sociological imagination".
3) Explain the social problems in present-day Japan from a sociological point of view, using examples and data logically.

Keywords

society, sociology, modernity, individualization

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills ✔ Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Every class is provided in a lecture style as a following course schedule.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Guidance of classes, introduction of sociology Understand the meaning and importance to learn sociology.
Class 2 Methods of sociology -1 Learn the research methods and basic stance of sociology as a social science.
Class 3 Methods of sociology -2 Learn and consider the method of sociology, especially about internal observation of society and being a “value-free” science.
Class 4 Sociological imagination -1 Understand the definition and meaning of 'sociological imagination'.
Class 5 Sociological imagination -2 Acquire further understanding of 'sociological imagination' through the example of E.Durkheim and M.Weber.
Class 6 Socialization and self Learn a definition and basic theories of 'socialization' and 'self'.
Class 7 Role, norm, and deviance Learn definitions and basic theories of 'role', 'norm', and 'deviance'.
Class 8 Interactions between 'individual' and 'social' Learn sociological perspectives on the interaction between human agency and social structure.
Class 9 History and society Understand the importance of historical perspectives in sociology.
Class 10 Sociology and 'modernity' Understand the sociological perspectives on 'modernity'.
Class 11 Relativization of 'here now' Understand the stance of sociology that researchers are required to get awareness of the particularities (or strangeness) of their own society.
Class 12 How to explain social change Learn the perspectives on social change, understanding definitions and meanings of 'reflexive modernity' and 'individualization'.
Class 13 Individualization and second modernity Understand developmental individualization in second modernity.
Class 14 Problems of individualized society Acquire further understanding about individualized society, learning Z.Bauman's criticism.
Class 15 Consider 'sociological imagination' again Understand the importance of sociological imagination in present-day individualized societies.

Textbook(s)

There are no prescribed textbooks in particular. Course materials and documents will be distributed each time by OCW-i.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Reference books will be introduced in a relevant class. (For spontaneous study)

Assessment criteria and methods

Term-end exam: 90%
Reaction papers at every class: 10%

Related courses

  • LAH.S107 ： Sociology A
  • LAH.S308 ： Sociology C

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Nothing in particular.

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