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| SOCI0568-1 | Sociology
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Bachelier en sciences humaines et sociales | | 6 |
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| Bachelier en sociologie et anthropologie | | 6 |
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| One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Sociology and Anthropology | | 6 |
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| Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures, Classics, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures, Classics, 3rd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in Information and Communication, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures, German, Dutch and English, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in History of Art and Archeology, General, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in History, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in modern languages and literatures, general orientation, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in History of Art and Archeology, Musicology, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies, 3rd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in philosophy, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Lecturer : | Mohamed Nachi |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The sociology course (4 hours, 6 credits) falls within the first year of the Bachelors programme on sociology and anthropology and the Bachelors programme in human and social sciences. It aims to build the foundations for sociological reasoning and to introduce students to the most important theoretical paradigms.
The sociology course is related to the course on Additional Issues in Sociology (30 hours + 30 hours, 6 credits), with a view to encouraging students to take a 'different' approach to daily social realities. Students will thus be encouraged to use their observation and critical reasoning skills on current topics and situations drawn from everyday life. They will be encouraged to adopt and cultivate methodical cynicism towards common sense propositions, received ideas, socio-psychological urban myths and ideological statements. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course aims to develop the following competences :
1) The ability to extract factual information from journalistic texts, witness statements or other written material ;
2) The ability to criticise an analytical approach to social facts and to identify its sociological nature;
3) The ability to deconstruct common sense propositions which are presented as evidence, preconceived ideas, convictions, etc.;
4) The ability to question contemporary events or social incidents by using the theoretical tools addressed during class and covered in the written material.
Students should conduct the following tasks :
1°) Draft written reports summarising responses to different problems presented in the course notes
2°) Correct written reports by integrating comments given as feedback in such a way as to complete, amend or rewrite the initial answers.
3°) Draft a written analysis of societal issues presented in the syllabus. In this report, students should use the concepts and sociological theories which have been developed during class.
4°) Draft a written critical evaluation of a text proposing an analysis of a social incident. In this report, the student must show how the proposed analysis is or is not sociological.
5°) Draft a written critical evaluation of attempts at sociological analysis of social events. In this report, students should demonstrate the fact that the propositions formulated contain errors.
Examples of questions likely to come up in the exams will be given at the end of the course notes. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Fluency in French.
A basic understanding of the history of Western society since the 18th century. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course will be based on a syllabus made available to students at Point de Vue, University of Liège at Sart Tilman.
The aim of the course is to :
- present a few major theories in sociology ;
- present concepts which are central to theoretical schools of thought ;
- to move towards a commentary and critical analysis of individual work conducted by the students.
Individual pieces of work will be based on resolving four major problems or current issues presented in the syllabus. They aim to enable students to apply the theoretical elements seen during class.
This individual work will be corrected and students will be provided with feedback. Given the large class sizes, feedback will be collective. Individual feedback will only be given in the event of significant difficulties by a student. In this case, the student will be asked to make an appointment with the course teacher. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures; problem solving, correcting answers and collective feedback during class. Students are obliged to be present, given the approach taken. However, material has been designed to facilitate or support distance learning. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| 1) Availability of a syllabus
2) Individual exercises conducted during class
3) Individual work conducted outside class.
4) Collective analysis of exercises and individual pieces of work. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Each student's work will be assessed on the basis of 160 points split as follows :
60 points : drafting the work asked during class
For this work, the content will only be subject to a summative evaluation. The points will be given to students who have conducted the work and submitted it within the set timescales and following the given instructions.
100 points : written questions.
The quality of sociological contributions to written questions will be assessed taking into account the following criteria (in decreasing order of importance) ;
- the accuracy and precision of the sociological content (the concepts used are correctly understood and defined) ;
- the integration of different concepts upsed in a comprehensive analysis (the assessment will be better if students have managed to combine different concepts, rather than present a series of statements without any obvious connection.
- the style and originality of the analysis.
When a student fails (receives a grade of 10/20 or less), the student's overall contribution will be graded the same. In other words, passing the written exam is compulsory in order to pass the Sociology exam. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Teacher: M. NACHI - Office 0/48 - Tel.: 04/366.36.07 - E-mail: M.Nachi@ulg.ac.be
Secretary: Mrs M. SALERNO - Tel.: 04/366.31.61 |
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| Items online : |
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| Soci0568 : Sociologie - Mohamed Nachi - Portefeuille de lecture |
| Portfolio of reading material, also on sale in Point de Vue. |
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