- Docente: Andrea Bassi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SPS/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS (cod. 0904)
Course contents
1. The object of sociology
2. The origins of the discipline
3. The methods of the sociological research
4. Main authors and school of thought
5. Tools of the social inquire
6. Actual problems in sociology
Readings/Bibliography
Bibliography for home study and any further recommended reading materials for the course.
1) Paolo Zurla (2003), Società moderna e discorso sociologico, Angeli, Milano.
2) Alessandro Cavalli (2001), Incontro con la sociologia, Il Mulino, Bologna.
3) Andrea Bassi (2001), Questioni di Metodo. Elementi di epistemologia, metodologia e tecniche di ricerca per le scienze sociali, Longo Editore, Ravenna.
Teaching methods
The lectures will present a general overview of the historical development of the discipline and an illustration of the main approach of the sociological thought. The lectures will be supplemented with practical examples through short videos.
Assessment methods
The final examination
consist of a colloquium that aim to ascertain students'
understanding of the arguments presented during
lectures.
Teaching tools
Video projector, PC, overhead projector.
Office hours
See the website of Andrea Bassi