Duration
45h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit 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 learning unit
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 intermediairies of the labour market, professional groups. 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.)
Recommended or required readings
In terms of didactic support, students will rely mainly on a set of texts compiled during classes
Assessment methods and criteria
The assessment of the students' work will consist of an oral exam based on the course
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Jean-François Orianne Sociologie de l'action publique et des problèmes du travail Boulevard du Rectorat 7 4000 Liège Bâtiment B31 / Bureau: 1.99 Tel: 04/366.30.49 jforianne@ulg.ac.be