SOCI1247-2 : Seminar on science and society

Study Programmes 2016-2017

SOCI1247-2

Seminar on science and society

Duration :

30h SEM

Number of credits :

Master in political sciences : general (120 ECTS) (en Science, Technologie et Société (STS))		5
Master in sociology (120 ECTS)		6
Master in communication (120 ECTS)		4
Master in journalism (120 ECTS)		4

Lecturer :

Laurence Bouquiaux, Frédéric Claisse, Marc Jacquemain

Coordinator :

Frédéric Claisse

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

The seminar will be organised during the second period of the year . Laurence Bouquiaux, Marc Jacquemain and Frederic Claisse are in charge of this seminar.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

This seminar aims to interest students to issues related to science and society relations (from a philosophical, sociological or political point of view).
Problems of nature of scientific work, of influence of science on society, of scientific knowledge of lay people will be studied. Each year a different theme will be chosen.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Students will be in charge of organizing seminars on basis of lectures or readings.
Exact thematic for the academic year 2016-2017 will be based on the bias that affect people's reasoning in situations of uncertainty. The seminar will draw on some texts of Daniel Kahneman, Nobel prize of economy.
More will be said to the students before the beginning of the seminar.

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

All the students have to attent the first course in order to organise the seminar.