SOCI2233-1 : Sociology

Study Programmes 2015-2016

SOCI2233-1

Sociology

Duration :

24h Th

Number of credits :

Bachelor in bioengineering		2

Lecturer :

Jean-François Bachelet

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

In the purpose of a first approach of the sociology by young bio-engineers, the course:
1. Will approach the main characteristics of the classic scientific thought and the way the relations between knowledge and company are determined
2. Will put in parallel the complex nature of the links between man and society on one hand, and the bridges to (re)build between the various domains of knowledge on the other hand.
3. Will propose to the students the major principles which allow the sociologist to be a participating observer while guaranteeing a high degree of scientific quality in the observation
4. Will suggest to the students to adopt an attitude allowing to analyze problematics in the complexity of their technical and social dimensions (stakes, actors, relations of power etc.), as well as to adapt the implementation of solutions according to the intricacy of these two types of contingency.
5. Will insist on the critical use and the relevance of the sociology.

Learning outcomes of the course :

The goal of this course is to introduce non-sociology students to sociological procedures from the view point of engineering students. The transversal concern of the course will be to induce students to deal with the societal problematics their scientific formation fits into, with the help of the intellectual tools of sociology.
After completing the course the student is expected to
By the ends of the course the students should, on the one hand, be able to utilize data collection techniques proper to sociology and, on the other hand, adopt sociological perspectives in analyzing problematics linked to the scientific approach to the living world.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Lectures

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Lectures : 24h