2013/2014
BA-1FST Fundamentals of Social Theory
English Title |
Fundamentals of Social
Theory |
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Language |
English |
Exam ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
Type |
Mandatory |
Level |
Bachelor |
Duration |
One Semester |
Course period |
Autumn |
Time Table |
Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
Study board |
Study Board for BSc in Business Administration and
Sociology
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Course
coordinator |
- Maja Lotz - Department of Business and Politics
(DBP)
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Main academic
disciplines |
- Philosophy and philosophy of science
- Economic and organizational sociology
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Last updated on
20-09-2013
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Learning objectives |
On completion of this course, the
student should have acquired: 1) knowledge about central arguments
in classical social theory; 2) skills to identify the historical,
political, economical and social contexts that the theories refer
to, and the student should be able to:
- account for the main theoretical positions covered in the
curriculum and reflect about their respective strengths and
weaknesses,
- identify essential similarities and differences between these
theoretical positions,
- place these theoretical positions and concepts in a historical
and societal context, and
- reflect about the relevance of these theoretical positions with
regard to analysing and understanding the social
reality.
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Course prerequisites |
The courses 1FST, 1IES, 1ME, and 1BA
have one intergrated exam. The exam is 30 ECTS. You can only
participate in 1FST if you also register for the other courses:
1IES, 1ME, and 1BA . |
Examination |
Integrated
examination in social theory, economic sociology, managerial
economics and accounting:
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Examination form |
Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. |
Individual or group exam |
Individual |
Size of written product |
Max. 5 pages |
Assignment type |
Report |
Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
Preparation time |
No preparation |
Grading scale |
7-step scale |
Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
Exam period |
December/January |
Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Both make-up examination and
re-examination takes places according to the same regulations as
the regular examination. However, the following supplementary rules
apply: 1) The make-up examination for a student who has submitted a
complete exam portfolio but not participated in the oral
examination – due to illness – will be based on the exam portfolio
already submitted. 2) A student who fails the regular examination
due to the quality of the exam portfolio should submit a revised
exam portfolio.
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Description of the exam
procedure
The primary purpose of the 1st semester exam, which is an oral
exam based on a portfolio, is to make the student adopt an
interdisciplinary approach to the four 1st semester courses,
instead of only perceiving the individual courses from their own
point of view. Consequently, the main focus at the oral exam is the
integration of several academic disciplines and sets of learning
objectives.
The secondary purpose of the exam is to make the student reflect
about his/her own learning process, the result of the knowledge and
skills acquired from participating in class and working on
assignments throughout the 1st semester.
Prior to the oral exam the student must submit an exam portfolio,
which consists of an individual 5-page interdisciplinary exam
assignment together with three of the approved semester
assignments. The examiner decides which three semester
assignments to resubmit and informs the student in advance.
- The oral examination is based on the four papers of the
exam portfolio.
- The oral examination is an individual examination of 30
minutes, including the examiners’ discussion and awarding of the
grade. The grade awarded must reflect an overall assessment of
the papers in the exam portfolio and the performance at the oral
examination.
- The examination is internal, and assessment is carried out by
two internal examiners: teachers from two of the four first
semester courses.
Learning objectives for the exam
At the oral examination, the student should, on the basis of the
papers in the 1st semester exam portfolio, demonstrate ability to
relate to each other the four courses in the first semester and
their learning objectives. Specifically, the student should
demonstrate that (s)he:
- has achieved the learning objectives for the four first
semester courses (see below)
- is able to think across the four subjects and reflect about
similarities and differences between the academic disciplines that
the courses build upon, and
- is reflective about his/her learning process in the four 1st
semester courses, as reflected in the exam
portfolio.
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Course content and
structure |
Aim: To introduce the student to
fundamental questions and key concepts in social theory, from the
classics onwards. There will be two assignments during the
semester: one individual max 3 pages, and one in groups max. 10
pages. |
Teaching methods |
Lectures, exercise classes,
case-based teaching. The first semester is focused around the
students' creation of their work portfolios, consisting of
individual assignments. |
Further Information |
Social Theory |
Last updated on
20-09-2013