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SOCIOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES

Students will gain in-depth knowledge of the state of the present-day field of sociology including its theory and research methods. SCS's curriculum focuses on major social processes and offers opportunities for students to develop skills such as data collection, analysis and interpretation while at the same time carrying out solid sociological research. The programme is taught by members of the Institute of Sociological Studies (ISS FSV UK).

Students will choose one specialization:

1. Civil Society and Politics

2. Anthropology of Space and Mobility

3. Identities, Health, and Bodies.

Graduates from the SCS programme will possess certain scholarly advantages including current knowledge of the major social issues, as well as a comprehensive view of contemporary sociological theory. With understanding of both quantitative and qualitative sociological research methods, graduates can competently conduct sociological research and cooperate effectively on both analytic and problem-solving tasks, allowing them to work as a researcher, an expert, an analyst or a project manager in either the public sector, non-profit organisations, or in private companies. Our graduates are also well prepared to continue further their academic career.

COURSE STRUCTURE AND STUDY REQUIREMENTS

Karolinka (see the year of your enrollment)

COMPULSORY COURSES for all specialization

  • Contemporary Social Theory
  • Introduction to Social Research Methodology
  • Diploma Seminar I a II.

COMPULSORY COURSES Civil Society and Politics

  • Study of Political Mobilization and Social Movements
  • Civil Society in Central Europe
  • Sociological theories of populism
  • Nations and Nationalism

COMPULSORY COURSES Anthropology of Space and Mobility

  • Borders and International Migration
  • Anthropology of the EU
  • Urban Anthropology
  • Globalization

COMPULSORY COURSES Identities, Health and Bodies

  • Sociology of Sport for MA
  • Social Inequalities: Ethnicity, Gender and Age
  • Sociology of Health and Illness
  • Medical Anthropology: Illness, Medicine and the Body

ELECTIVE COURSES group 1

Students of all specializations need to take at least two courses from this group.

 

  • Statistics in SPSS
  • Text, Narrative and Discourse Analysis
  • Advanced Statistics in SPSS and AMOS
  • Applied Sociological Research
  • Electoral Market, Media and Social Research: Paul Lazarsfeld's Methodology
  • Evaluation Research

ELECTIVE COURSES group 2

Students of all specializations need to take at least three courses from this group.

 

  • Academic Writing
  • Anthropology of the EU
  • Borders and International Migration
  • Civil Society in Central Europe
  • Communications Research
  • Families in aging societies
  • Globalization
  • Medical Anthropology: Illness, Medicine and the Body
  • Nations and Nationalism
  • Social Inequalities: Ethnicity, Gender and Age
  • Sociological theories of populism
  • Sociology of Critique
  • Sociology of Health and Illness
  • Sociology of Science and Scientific Knowledge
  • Sociology of Sport for MA
  • Study of Political Mobilization and Social Movements
  • Urban Anthropology
  • Workshop Prague-Constance (Konstanz) Study Days