Sociology

The aim of the course is to offer the basic knowledge needed to develop the ability to understand the main classical and contemporary sociological theories and to reflect critically on the historical and social genesis of contemporary societies as well as social mechanisms and social structure with particular reference to the globalized Western world. Alongside the knowledge and the basic comprehension both theoretical and applied, the capacity of critical reading of the social reality is encouraged, and didactic methods are adopted which favor learning and linguistic communication skills specific to sociology and scientific-social subjects more generally.

The expected learning outcomes relate to the development of basic sociological knowledge and the capacity for critical understanding of sociological texts, with particular reference to the classics of sociology. Students must also demonstrate the ability to apply the acquired knowledge to understand the main emerging phenomena of contemporary Western societies as indicated in the course. It is expected that thanks to shared reading in class of classical texts students will develop critical skills applicable to the analysis of contemporary society and that thanks to final workshops for sharing questions emerging from the course contents they will improve their ability to communicate what they have learned.