Introduction to Sociology

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NiveauBachelor

Studiejaar2026-2027

Beschrijving

Course goals

After completing this course students can:

Think ‘like a sociologist’, being able to develop, apply, and evaluate sociological questions, theories, and methods.
Summarize key sociological concepts, theories, perspectives, methods, and stylized findings.
Understand and present scientific articles, on the level of a beginning academic professional, to a general audience.

Relationship between assessment and learning goals:

The final grades will be a weighted average of four components:

Midterm exam (25% of final grade). Related to learning goals 1, 2 and 3.
Final exam (35% of final grade). Related to learning goals 1, 2 and 3.
Presentation (25% of final grade). Related to learning goal 3.
Essay (15% of final grade). Related to learning goals 1 and 2.

Content

This course is an introduction to sociology. It treats sociology as a science and a profession, emphasizing scientific questions, theories, methods, findings, and their applications. It covers a wide range of topics and social phenomena, such as inequality, crime, immigration and ethnicity, intergroup hate, misperceptions, polarization, religion, gender, and modernization. During the course, students will be introduced to a useful set of sociological ‘tools’ and ‘principles’, which helps them to think like a sociologist and to describe and understand social phenomena in a scientific way. Furthermore, students will get an introduction to key sociological concepts, theories, perspectives, methods, and stylized findings.

Format
The class meets twice each week for two hours. Classes are devoted to student presentations, discussion, lectures.

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