SOCI2241-1 : Sociology of work

Study Programmes 2015-2016

SOCI2241-1

Sociology of work

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in labour sciences (120 ECTS)		3
Master in sociology and anthropology (60 ECTS)		3
Master in labour sciences (60 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Jean-François Orianne

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 :

The Sociology of Work course aims to train students in the sociological analysis of work activities and situations and professional relations

Learning outcomes of the course :

By the end of the course, students will be able to :

Identify the controversies in the literature
Understand the concepts, methodological principles and the many facets of research.
Apply these concepts and principles to the analysis of empirical cases
Establish links between different theoretical, methodological and empirical elements
Criticise or evaluate certain theoretical and/or normative positions
Produce a tightly worked argument on a theoretical question

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

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

The course is organised around the presentation and discussion of several themes central to the sociology of work: qualification, identities, collective negotiation, professional training, and middlemen in the labour market. The objective here is to discover the principal concepts and paradigms of the sociology of work based on the concrete problems that drive them (division, integration, regulation, etc.)