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Full Course Title:
Course Code:
Course Level/BiH cycle:
ECTS credit value:
Student work-load:
Social Theory
Društvena teorija
SOC 201
I cycle; 3 st year
6
(Table with hours for: Lectures; Exercise; Other; Individual learning)
For the whole semester:
Lectures
Tutorial /
Practical training
45 15
Project
15
Assignment
15
Individual learning
60
Length:
Faculty/School/Department:
Spring 2013
FASS; Social and Political Science
Course leader:
Assist. Prof. Dr. Tuba Boz
Contact details:
Office:
Office hours:
Site:
IUS main campus building
Host Study Program:
Social and Political Sciences
Course status:
Faculty Elective
Pre-requisites: None
Access restrictions:
None
Assessment:
Essay, Presentation, Midterm Exam, Final Exam. e-mail:
Phone:
TOTAL
150 tboz@ius.edu.ba
+387 33 957 404
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Date validated:
Course aims:
Learning outcomes:
Indicative syllabus content:
Learning delivery:
Assessment Rationale:
Assessment Weighting:
Essential Reading:
Recommended readings :
Intranet web reference:
Important notes:
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The aims of this course are to:
1.
To develop students understanding of key sociological approaches, concepts and theories
2.
To extend student’s understanding of the development of the sociology
3.
To enhance student’s critical and analytical thinking
4.
To expand student’s research skills
On successful completion of this course IUS student will be able to:
1.
Explain and apply basic sociological concepts
2.
Relate sociological concepts to different courses
3.
Use sociological knowledge to understand society and everyday life
4.
Develop sociological, analytical and comparative skills
This is an introductory course to social theory. Among the topics to be considered are: Positivism,
Functional, Conflict Theories, Critical Theory, Ethnomethodology, Symbolic Interactionism,
Rational Choice and Feminist Theory.
Interactive lectures, assignments, homework.
Students will develop a multiplicity of skills through various assignments, such as developing their reading and writing skills, communication and presentation skills as well as developing their critical and analytical skills.
Essay 15%
Presentation 10%
Flash Quiz x2 10%
Mid-term Exam 20%
Final Exam 40%
1.
Elliot, Anthony. (2010). The Routledge Companion to Social Theory. London and New
York: Routledge.
2.
Farganis, J. (2008). Readings in Social Theory: The Classic Tradition to Post Modernism.
New York: McGraw-Hill.
3.
Scott, John. (2006). Social Theory: Central Issues in Sociology. London: Sage
Publications
Additional/recommended reading: http://www.ius.edu.ba/Default.aspx?PageContentID=883&tabid=550
Class absences should not exceed 20% of total class time. Students who exceed the limits without a medical certificate or emergency excuse acceptable to and approved by the Dean of the relevant faculty member shall not be allowed to take the final examination and shall receive a mark of N/A for the course. If the Dean approves the excuse, the student will be considered to have withdrawn from the course.
Presentation of assignments
- Your cover page must include:
 Your name
 Essay title

Title of the subject

Your lecture’s name
 Submission date
- Your paper:
 Font: Times New Roman
 Size: 12
 You must use 1.5 spacing

Include page numbers

Staple the pages together
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Quality Assurance:
Course schedule:
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Ensure that you use spell check and then check over your paper yourself again.

Double check over your grammar and expression
 You will use the in-text citations (APA) for your referencing
 You will NOT USE the following or similar websites in your academic writing:
Wikipedia
Answers.com
Yahoo answers
Plagiarism:
Assignments must be the original work of the student. Sources must be acknowledged and cited.
Plagiarism will result in an immediate fail.
Submitting your work
You must submit your work on time in class.
Email your assignment to tboz@ius.edu.ba
In the subject section of the email, you must include:
Your name
Course title
Assessment
Students will be provided written feedback for each of the assignments. Students unsatisfied with the assessment of their written work (position paper and final essay) will have a chance to rewrite them and submit for second examination provided they met the deadlines. Students, who wish to increase the part of the grade coming from in-class participation may be given additional tasks. Students are encouraged to consult their work in progress with the course leader during the office hours or through e-mail communication.
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Week Lesson/Date
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2.
18 February
2013
25 February
2013
3.
4.
Topics to be covered
Introduction to the course, expectations and requirements
What is social theory?
4 March 2013 Classical social theory
11 March 2013 Symbolic interactionism
5.
18 March 2013 Social theory and psychoanalysis
6.
25 March 2013
Structuralist and post-structuralist social theory
7.
8.
9.
1 April 2013 Theories of structuration
8 April 2013 Midterm Exams
15 April 2013 Social theory of the body
Relevant reading
Charles Lemert
Larry Ray.
Emile Durkheim, Anomie and Social Integration.
Philip Manning and Greg Smith
Herbert Blumer. Society as Symbolic Interaction.
Erving Goffman. The Presentation of Self in Everyday
Life
Anthony Elliott
Herbert Marcuse: One-Dimensional Man
Daniel Chaffee
Nicos Mouzelis. Post-structural theories
Anthony Elliott
Pierre Bourdieu. The Field of Cultural Production
Mary Holmes
Dorothy Smith. Women’s Experience as a Radical
Critique of Sociology.
Patricia Hill Collins. Is the personal still political?
Assignments
Midterm Exams
4

Week Lesson/Date
10.
Topics to be covered
22 April 2013 Postmodern social theory
11.
29 April 2013 Identity and social theory
12.
13.
14.
15.
6 May 2013
New media, popular culture and social theory
13 May 2013
Citizenship, cosmopolitanism and human rights
20 May 2013
27 May 2013
Cultural social theory
Social theory and globalization
Relevant reading
Sam Han
Michel Foucault: Discipline and Punish. The Birth of the
Prison.
Jean-Francois Lyotard: The Post-modern condition
Ann Branaman
George Herbert Mead: the Emergent Self
Nick Stevenson
Douglas Kellner. September 11, the media and war fever.
Engin F. Isin and Bryan S. Turner
Angel Valencia Saiz. Globalisation, Cosmopolitanism and Ecological Citizenship
Brad West
Geertz, C. The Interpretation of Cultures .
Omar Lizardo. Pierre Bourdieu as a Post-cultural
Theorist
Eric L. Hsu
Jason L. Powell and Rebecca Steel. Revisiting
Appadurai: Globalizing Scapes in a Global World – the
Pervasiveness of Economic and Cultural Power.
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Assignments
5

Week Lesson/Date
16. June 2013
Topics to be covered
Final Exams
Relevant reading
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Assignments
Final examination
6