Ecology and society

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Course ID:	3502-ANG-25-OG
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:	Ecology and society
Name in Polish:	Ecology and society
Organizational unit:	Institute of Sociology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty prowadzone w językach obcych Courses in foreign languages General university courses General university courses General university courses in the social sciences
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:	English
Type of course:	foreign languages general courses
Short description:	Environmental crisis is posing a growing challenge to established ways of life, politics, and social sciences. During the course, various responses to this challenge will be discussed and analysed. We shall look at how the relationship between nature and society is being (re)framed within social theories, sciences and policies. Special attention will be paid to controversies (GMO, energy sources, carbon trade), different currents of political ecology, as well as the framing of the global warming by governments, businesses and social movements. At the end of the course we shall look at the changing relationship between humans and non-human animals.
Full description:	nvironmental crisis is posing a growing challenge to established ways of life, politics, and social sciences. During the course, various responses to this challenge will be discussed and analysed. We shall look at how the relationship between nature and society is being (re)framed within social theories, sciences and policies. Special attention will be paid to controversies (GMO, nuclear risk, fuel poverty, carbon trade), different currents of political ecology, as well as the framing of the global warming by governments, businesses and social movements. At the end of the course we shall look at the changing relationship between humans and non-human animals. 1. Ecology and social theory: Ulrich Beck, Bruno Latour, Niklas Luhmann, Maria Mies, Donna Haraway 2. Framing the global warming: climate science and denialism, geopolitics of global warming, states vs. social movements, „just transition”, 3. Political ecology: climate wars, conservationism vs. environmentalism, green growth vs. de-growth, ecology and development, global vs. local solutions 4. Humans and non-humans
Learning outcomes:	K_W01 Knows and understands basic concepts of various sub-domains of sociology (e.g. sociology of family, health, work, religion, economy, education, etc) K_W03 Is aware of ongoing theoretical and methodological disputes conducted in modern sociology; is reflective and critical of various positions K_W05 Has in-depth knowledge about regional, domestic and international institutions and the problem of European integration K_W16 Has in-depth knowledge about major international and domestic sociological research pertaining to selected areas of social reality or sub-domains of sociology K_W27 Has in-depth knowledge of the 19th, 20th and 21st ideas and social processes which have shaped the face of the modern world K_U04 Can critically select information and materials for academic work, using various sources in Polish and a foreign language as well as modern technologies K_U16 Knows how to interpret the role of culture in the life of the individual and society K_U17 Can relate an academic text to the problems of social life and its empirical studies K_U18 Can identify the kinds of research in which the scientific texts read can be applicable K_U19 Can prepare a presentation of a selected problem or study in Polish and in a foreign language K_K01 Can initiate, plan, organize and manage work of a task team K_K02 Can propose a solution to a problem that requires an interdisciplinary research approach K_K05 Can gather, find, synthesize and critically assess information about social sciences K_K07 Can justify the choice of sources K_K10 Independently sets directions of personal development and further learning K_K14 Takes responsibility for planned and performed tasks
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	- assignments for each meeting - active participation in discussions Students are allowed to miss up to three meetings during the course. Weekly tasks are assessed taking into account clarity of the argument, use of knowledge from mandatory readings and keeping deadlines. In case of a belated completion of the course, the same requirements apply.

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