Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course will focus on the definition of 2 main concepts of sociology: Interest and Value. The classical sociology and Machiavelli have created the concept of interest: the idea of a calculation, related to the idea of adaptation to a situation. The concept of value sends back to a community of strong and shared feelings. We shall present the analyses of Machiavelli, Montesquieu, de Tocqueville and Weber of this subject.
The contemporary sociology proposes the words of strategy and collective identity to encircle theses same ideas. Basis for the course: the book of Crozier dedicated to an analysis of the French administration: "the bureaucratic phenomenon".
To conclude the course, conférences will be presented. They will refer to the emergence of the "digital society"
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Understand a strong constituent reasoning about sociology: the link between the interests and the values through the study of some big works of sociology, from Machiavelli to Crozier.
This understanding will be tested with help of a comparison of the authors or approaches: it is thus important not to limit yourself to the systematic statement of an author, nor to a unique point of view, but to be able to compare, connect similar points of the course together.
N.B.: You shall be able to place the authors and the historic facts in a chronological order.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
none
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
see french version
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Second semester
The private lessons are optional and are considered as a revision of the course and organised in questions/answers sessions.
To know when, where and about what the examination will be, please consult the notice board.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
O. Kuty et Dubois C., de la Valeur à la norme, Editions De Boeck, 2019
The texts about the conférences will be psoted on Myulg.
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Writen examination with open questions and multiple choice
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
additional documents distributed before or after the sessions
Contacts
F. Schoenaers
Items online
conference 2
text conference 2
power point conference 1