Culture Sociology
Academic Study board for cand.-negot. studies
Teaching language: English
EKA: H770015102
Assessment: Second examiner: None
Grading: 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Bachelor
Course ID: H770015101
ECTS value: 5
Date of Approval: 07-02-2020
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Archive
Course ID
ECTS value
Course Title
Number of lessons
Course Responsible
Lecturer
| Name | Department | City | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Woodward | iawo@sam.sdu.dk | Institut for Marketing & Management | Odense |
| Konstantinos Lianidis | kostas@sam.sdu.dk | Institut for Marketing & Management | Odense |
Overall description learning objectives
The described goals with regard to knowledge, skills and competencies are supported by the specific teaching and working methods described below. At the same time, the teaching and working methods are organised in accordance with the form of examination, as described under Examination Regulations, which is considered to constitute the most appropriate framework for testing the student's achievement of the subject's objectives.
Learnings objectives - Knowledge
After completing the course, the student must:
- Be able to document familiarity with the most basic sociological and cultural analytical concepts
- Be able to document familiarity with the most basic sociological and cultural analytical problems, including
- being able to explain the nuances between various sociological concepts, as well as
- being able to explain why sociological theories are important when analysing social interactions, cultural differences and social change.
Learning objectives - Skills
After completing the course, the student must:
- Be able to capture relevant information and apply relevant concepts in the analysis of specific issues related to social relations, cultural differences and social change, and
- Be able to explain to others what can be contributing – from a cultural sociological point of view – to a given social or cultural situation and
- Be able to explain how this situation possibly may be affected, with reference to what was learned.
Learning objectives - Competences
After completing the course, the student must:
- Be able to benefit from relevant information to analyse the socio-cultural situations (s)he is involved in, i.e. that the student must, among other things:
- Be able to understand his/her role and the roles of others within an organisation
- Be critical and analytical of one’s own and others’ opinions about culture and society
- Be able to handle cultural differences and social change, as well as
- Be able to acquire relevant cultural sociological knowledge on an ongoing basis.
Content
Based on a general introduction to the sociological tradition as well as to basic cultural analytical issues, the students are introduced to significant parts of the cultural sociological system of concepts and ideas.
The core sociological concepts that are introduced and explained mainly relate to: the social bond, symbolic interactions, social groupings, social authority forms, social roles, status and classes, the relationship between individual and group, values and norms, alienation, anomie and deviation.
After a thorough introduction to the concept of culture and its history in relation to the development of society, cultural categories and cultural analytical issues are introduced and discussed, such as: modernity and tradition, social change, cultural differences, identity and lifestyle, ethnicity, gender, generation and changes in the family, urban development, technological development, integration and differentiation.
Forms of instruction and work
The teaching takes the form of lectures. Before each lecture, students must read the literature specified in the syllabus, for which they must make notes. Students are encouraged to form study groups. Practical activities are offered, some of them based on films, newspaper articles or excerpts from short stories. Students are encouraged to make observations in the public space and to take a fresh look at their past experiences.
The teaching is organised in such a way that it supports the humanities model for active learning and activating teaching, cf. the programme regulations item Didactic, pedagogical basis and contact with the research environment. At the start of the course, the lecturer informs the students about how the teaching and learning activities are organised.
The teaching in the subject activates the student in the following teaching rooms/study rooms:
- Teaching rooms where the lecturer has planning responsibility and is present
- Study rooms where the lecturer has planning responsibility but is not present
- Study rooms where students have planning responsibilities and the lecturer is not present
Supplementary information for the completion of the lessons – the (on average) 2 weekly lessons are conducted as a 2-hour joint lecture.
Workload
5 ECTS is equivalent to 140 working hours. The working hours are distributed between the activities described in the humanities model and listed under Forms of instruction and work as well as the exam including the preparation of this. The university teacher will provide an indicative distribution of the workload at the beginning of the course.
Teaching language
Syllabus
Examination regulations
Examination requirements
Name
Examination requirements
Timing
At the end of the semester.
Tests
Final examination
EKA
H770015102
Name
Final examination
Description
Written test under supervision.
Form of examination
Written examination on premises
Assessment
Second examiner: None
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Student Identification Card - Exam number
Language
English
Duration
4 hours.
Examination aids
All aids are allowed, except Internet.
Assignment Release
Hand-out on SDU´s digital platform. Submission date is published as part of the overall list of examinations.
Assignment Submission
Submission on SDU´s digital platform required.
ECTS value
5
Additional information
Assessment criteria:
Considering the method of assessment and the current study level, specific emphasis will be put on the extent to which the student´s performance meets the learning objectives as well as to what extent the student masters the general competence objectives mentioned in the currculum, section Aim of Programme, including any professional profile and specialistions, particularly no. 1-12 and 14-15 that the course pays special attention to.
The grade will be awarded according to the extent of the fulfilment of the learning objectives as described in the Grading Scale Order (karakterbekendtgørelsen).]
Several students may contribute to the assignment: No.
Reexamination takes place in the same way as the ordinary examination.
Timetable for the course
Further information
Courses offered
| Offer period | Offer type | Profile | Education | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2022 | Mandatory | BA negot Engelsk, 180 ECTS, Optag 2021 | Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business, Language and Culture (English), Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business, Language and Culture (German) | Odense | |
| Fall 2022 | Mandatory | BA negot Tysk, 180 ECTS, Optag 2021 | Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business, Language and Culture (English), Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business, Language and Culture (German) | Odense | |
| Fall 2022 | Optional | Marketing og Brand Management - Odense | Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Administration | Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | |
| Fall 2022 | Optional | International Business - Odense | Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Administration | Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | |
| Fall 2022 | Optional | Generel Erhvervsøkonomi - Esbjerg Kolding Odense Slagelse | Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Administration | Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | |
| Fall 2022 | Optional | Marketing, Branding og Kommunikation | Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Administration | Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | Fall 2022 | Exchange students |