Society and Culture

Course content

This is an introductory course exploring issues of culture, social institutions and social relations from a sociological viewpoint. It aims to familiarize non-sociology majors (particularly students specialising in political science, economics and international relations) with the fundamental concepts and terminology of sociological analysis. In this context, topics such as culture, socialisation, family, marriage and divorce, gender, ethnicity, stratification and mobility, mass-media, education, religion and urbanisation are covered with the aim of comprehending the “world in change” through a comparative and historical perspective. The course also tries to relate the personal to the social and is particularly sensitive to such pressing concerns of contemporary life as gender issues.