2019/2020
BA-BSOCO1832U Theories of Contemporary Society I
| English Title |
| Theories of Contemporary Society
I |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc in Business Administration and
Sociology
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| Course
coordinator |
- Anders Sevelsted - Department of Management, Politics and
Philosophy (MPP)
- Mathias Hein Jessen - Department of Management, Politics and
Philosophy (MPP)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- Philosophy and ethics
- Sociology
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
01-07-2019
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| Learning objectives |
On successful completion of the course, the
student should be able to:
- account for the central assumptions and analyses in the texts
in the curriculum
- analyse similarities and differences between how the theories
covered in the curriculum conceptualise key features of
contemporary societies, especially regarding the interplay between
societal conditions and economic activities
- apply the theoretical perspectives introduced in the course to
present and analyse concrete empirical phenomena in contemporary
societies
- discuss strengths and weaknesses of the approaches introduced
in the curriculum – on their own terms, in comparison, and in
relation to empirical analysis
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| Examination |
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Theories of
Contemporary Society I:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Size of written product |
Max. 5 pages |
| Assignment type |
Essay |
| Duration |
72 hours to prepare |
| Grading scale |
7-point grading scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and external examiner |
| Exam period |
Winter |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
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Description of the exam
procedure
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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The course builds on Fundamentals of Social Theory and aims to
provide the student with knowledge about (1) how different types of
social relations are described and analysed within contemporary
social science, with a special emphasis on the analysis of social
differences in time and space, and (2) skills to identify and
assess the influence of the social context on corporate and
organisational activities, based on selected theoretical
positions
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| The course consists of three types of sessions
for each theory that is introduced: Lectures, examples of empirical
application and/or further theoretical developments, and workshops
focused on the students’ active appropriation of the
theory. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| The students will receive continuous feedback
through the discussions during lectures and applied sessions, just
as feedback on the student products during the workshops will be
discussed and commented |
| Student workload |
| Lectures |
36 hours |
| Preparation |
182 hours |
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Last updated on
01-07-2019
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