Sociology of gender

General data

Course ID:	3500-CPS-SOCPŁ
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0314) Sociology and cultural studies The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Sociology of gender
Name in Polish:	CPS: Socjologia płci
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Sociology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	A student should have knowledge based on the introduction to sociology and contemporary Polish society courses.
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	Classes are intended for students interested in the issues of sociology of gender as a separate subdiscipline of sociology.
Full description:	The lectures will present the most important issues and problems that sociology of gender currently deals with. The course participant will learn in detail the main issues of modern sociology of gender - sex / gender distinction, gender roles, gender relations, gender regimes, gender order and society, as well as gender identities. During the course, we will look at how social institutions such as family, school or work are gendered, what categories of femininities and masculinities are and how they are constructed, how language and gender discourses are shaped, and how it changes in time.
Bibliography:	„Społeczeństwo Genderowe” M. Kimmel „Socjologia płci. Płeć w dużej skali” R. Connell „50 key concepts in gender studies” “Gender w społeczeństwie polskim” K. Slany i in.
Learning outcomes:	Has basic knowledge about social structures and selected social institutions, and their interrelations Is aware of social differentiation and existing social inequalities, as well as their impact on the life of individuals and the functioning of social groups Has basic knowledge about the types of social ties and the rules that govern them Understands the social nature of relationships between individuals, social groups and social institutions Has basic knowledge about the mechanisms of social group dynamics and interdependencies between groups and individuals Has basic knowledge of major foreign, international and domestic sociological research Has basic knowledge of the norms and rules governing social structures and institutions Is aware of the processes occurring in Polish and global society and their consequences for social attitudes and institutions Can use basic theoretical categories to describe social changes in modern societies Can conduct a simple analysis of the consequences of the processes occurring in modern societies
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Exam

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