Academic year/semester: 2024/25/2

ECTS Credits: 4

Available for: All OU students

Lecture hours: 1
Seminarium:0
Practice: 2
Laboratory: 0
Consultation: 0

Prerequisites: -

Course Leader: Dr. Máté Molnár

Faculty: Keleti Károly Faculty of Business and Management, 1084 Budapest, Tavaszmező utca 17.

Course Description:
The course aims to introduce students to the main themes and questions of sociology.

Competences:
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Topics:
1. What is Sociology?
2. Socialization
3. Family
4. Education
5. Health
6. Poverty, Social Exclusion and Welfare
7. Religion, Crime and Deviance
8. Race, Ethnicity and Migration
9. Stratification and Class
10. The Environment, Globalization, Global Inequalities
11. Government and Politics, The Media
12. Organizations and Networks
13. Work and Economic Life
14. Test

Assessment: To get a grade it is compulsory to visit the lectures. There will be an attendance register, the level of absence cannot exceed the level written in TVSZ. Students are requested either to write a position paper (essay) or to give a ± 5 min. oral presentation on self selected tasks approved by the lecturer during the semester. The paper must be between 2500 – 3000 words long (without reference list.), and should be sent in electronically. A written, test-type exam will be held on the last week. Recording of the lectures in any electronic form is not allowed. A written, test-type exam will be held on the last week. Evaluation: up to 16 p (40%) = 1 17 to 20 p (50%) = 2 21 to 24 p (60%) = 3 25 to 32 p (80%) = 4 33 to 40 p (100%) = 5 Attention, please! The requirements to fulfil the semester may change due to the possibility of changes in the educational form (off-line to on-line and vice versa).

Exam Types:

Written Exam

Compulsory bibliography: Giddens, Anthony (2006): Sociology – 5th Edition , Cambridge, Polity Press

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