6 ECTS credits
156 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4009534FNW for working students in the 1st semester
at
a (F) Master - specialised level.
- Semester
- 1st semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Enrollment Requirements
- Studenten die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten geslaagd zijn voor 'Cultuursociologie'.
Inschrijven voor dit opleidingsonderdeel is enkel mogelijk voor werkstudenten. Dagstudenten kunnen enkel registreren voor opleidingsonderdelen waarvan de code eindigt op een R.
- Taught in
- Dutch
- Faculty
- Faculty of Economic & Social Sciences & Solvay BS
- Department
- Sociology
- Educational team
- Bram Spruyt
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
-
9 contact hours Lecture
59 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
107 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
- Getting acquainted with contemporary cultural research
- Adopting a critical scope on contemporary cultural research in terms of its social, scientific and theoretical relevance
- Learning to evaluate the empirical quality of contemporary cultural research
- Translating the findings of cultural research into recommendations
- Strong emphasis lies on oral presentation of scientific findings and revelations
Each year a number of topics are discussed. The selected topics invite discussion about theory development, empirical research and the relevance of sociological research to societal debates and policy.
In the past, following themes were discussed: The meaning of post-tradition, individualization versus the symbolic society; structuration and destructuration of taste, Rationalist and symbolic approaches of feelings of insecurity, cultural explanations of ethnocentrism.
See study guide (Pointcarré) for more details concerning the content and practical organization of this course.
- Additional info
At the start of the lessons, a list of literature will be handed out.
- Learning Outcomes
-
General competencies
After the course, students should be able to:
- situate the themes in the context of cultural and sociological theories and research traditions
- discuss and evaluate research in a critical way
- situate research results within the societal debates
- translate the research findings into policy formulations
- Grading
-
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 30% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Written Exam
with a relative weight of 30
which comprises 30% of the final mark.
Note: In second examination period the evaluation is a 100% written exam
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Participation Seminar
with a relative weight of 10
which comprises 10% of the final mark.
Note: Participation in seminar
- Performance Disputant
with a relative weight of 30
which comprises 30% of the final mark.
Note: Performance as disputant
- Presentation Presenter
with a relative weight of 30
which comprises 30% of the final mark.
Note: Presentation as presenter
- Additional info regarding evaluation
First examination period: evaluation based on participation in seminar, assignments, written test and oral presentations.
Second examination period: 100% written test.
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Sociology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Social Sciences: politieke wetenschappen en sociologie (90 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)