Duration
45h 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 Sociology of Employment course aims to train students in the sociological analysis of forms of employment and employment statutes
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
It is highly recommended that students have followed an earlier course on introduction to sociology. If this is not the case, the student should attempt to catch up by reading a sociology manual, such as Orianne J.-F. (2019), Petit précis de théorie sociologique, De Boeck Supérieur, Paris/Bruxelles.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
The course, focus on the sociology of employment and unemployment, presents and is structured around three theoretical approaches:
- the cognitive approach, centred on the reference systems of employment policies;
- the institutional approach, open to international comparison between the different employment systems;
- the pragmatic approach, which depends on the processes for implementing employment policies.
Recommended or required readings
In terms of didactic support, students will rely mainly on a set of texts compiled during classes
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
The assessment of the students' work will consist of an oral exam, based on the course
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Jean-François Orianne
Sociologie de l'action publique et des problèmes du travail
Bâtiment B31 / Bureau: 1.99
Tel: 04/366.30.49
jforianne@uliege.be
Association of one or more MOOCs
Items online
Sociology of Employment
Reading portfolio