Learning objectives
At the end of the course, the students should have acquired knowledge and skills related to the general sociology, the sociology of the environment and territory and the sociology of cultural and communication processes. In particular, they should be able to:
- Adopt a sociological view of social phenomena that is useful in their profession;
- Use sociological language to describe and analyse social phenomena, as such as public health problems and the threats posed by the effects of globalisation and climate change;
- Analyse consciously and critically the reality around them and the contexts (social, economic and cultural) in which they live and work;
- Communicate well in order to prevent and solve critical and conflictual relationships in working contexts
Prerequisites
None
Course unit content
This course aims to provide basic conceptual, theoretical and methodological tools for the study and analysis of contemporary social phenomena.
The first module (General Sociology) is dedicated to the introduction of the main sociological concepts, themes and approaches, as well as to the introduction of the main specific concepts of the sociology of health.
The second module (Sociology of the Environment and Territory) will focus on the human-environment relationship and risk, also in the light of the interdisciplinary theoretical perspective of One Health.
The third module (Sociology of the Cultural and Communication Processes) is devoted to the definition of communication, its function and the importance of social relations and interactions.
Full programme
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Bibliography
See the individual module page for study materials.
The slides used during the lectures are an integral part of the teaching material. They are uploaded to the Elly platform by the lecturer. None of the materials provided may be shared outside Unipr (on sites such as StuDocu, Docsity, etc.) without the permission of the lecturer.
Teaching methods
Teaching will be in Italian and will include
- face-to-face lectures with the help of slides;
- class discussions aimed at checking the students' continuous learning and stimulating the application of the acquired knowledge.
Assessment methods and criteria
Students will have to sit an exam in Italian, after registering on the Unipr Esse3 platform according to the official exam calendar of the Department. It will be a single written exam for the whole integrated module. It will consist of a 140-minute exam with 7 open-ended questions: 3 for the first part of the module, 2 for each of the following two parts. The open-ended questions are general in nature and are intended to assess not only the concepts acquired by the students, but also their ability to think critically and the appropriateness of their language.
Other information
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