Module
Name
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Module
Contents
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CP
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Module 1:
Sociology Preparatory Course
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Students acquire
initial orientation, practical experience and knowledge related to:
- A basic understanding of what
social science and sociology are
- The diversity of sociological
theories and research and their applications
- The fundamental skills needed
for studying
- Social science work
techniques
In these
courses, students acquire first skills in:
- Distinguishing between
different sociological traditions and applying them to current examples
- Differentiating between
everyday knowledge and scientific knowledge
- Reading and understanding
social science texts and writing their own
- Identifying and using the
most important sources of information in the social sciences
Students
must produce proof of participation in the lecture and a tutorial on academic
work. The module ends with a term paper.
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10
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Module 2:
Fundamentals of the Social Sciences
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Students
acquire knowledge about:
- Social history and history of
ideas
- Concepts of social thinking
- Generation of sociological
knowledge
Students
acquire the ability to:
- Analyse texts and contexts
- Classify and critically
reflect on key positions
- Present and discuss complex
arguments
Students
must produce proof of active participation in two undergraduate seminars. The
module ends with a written test or a term paper.
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10
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Module 3:
Fundamentals of Empirical Social Research
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- Key fundamental concepts,
fundamental problems and quality criteria of empirical social research
- Ethical questions of
empirical social research
- Typical phases and elements
of the empirical research process
- Methodological and
paradigmatic principles of the interpretative/reconstructive and the
deductive/statistical tradition of empirical social research
- Fundamentals of sample
selection
- The most important data
collection methods in empirical social research, especially surveys,
text analysis and observation
- The systematic categorisation
of standardised, part-standardised or non-standardised data collection
methods within the methods portfolio of empirical social research
- An overview of relevant data
analysis and evaluation methods, especially in the area of interpretative
and reconstructive social research
- Selected classical studies in
empirical social research
Students
must produce proof of active participation in two undergraduate seminars or
lectures. The module ends with a written test or a term paper.
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10
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Module 4:
Statistics
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By
completing this module, students acquire fundamental knowledge in the area of
descriptive and inferential statistics, especially with regard to:
- Fundamentals of probability
theory
- Univariate distribution
analysis: measures of position, dispersion and central tendency, as well
as graphical representation of distributions
- Methods of bivariate and
multivariate statistics: correlational indicators for variables with
different scale levels and their interpretation; PRE indicators
- Inferential statistics: hypothesis
tests and confidence intervals with different scale levels
- Simple bivariate and
multivariate analysis techniques, especially linear regression
Students
must produce proof of active participation in an undergraduate seminar or
lecture on a scale of four semester hours per week or in two undergraduate
seminars or lectures on a scale of two semester hours per week each. The
module ends with a written test or a term paper.
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10
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Module 5:
Sociological Theories
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Students
acquire knowledge related to:
- The different types and
schools of sociological theory formation as well as sub-disciplines of
sociology
- The structure and systematics
of the distinctions between macro/micro, action/system, individual/society
Students
acquire the ability to:
- Explain social phenomena and
problems from a theoretical perspective
- Apply sociological concepts
and make use of their information content
- Analyse historical and
contemporary theoretical texts under consideration of selected questions.
Students
must produce proof of active participation in two undergraduate seminars. The module ends with a written test or a
term paper.
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10
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Compulsory
Electives: From Modules 6 to 10, students choose three. In one of the compulsory elective
modules, they attend only one undergraduate seminar. Students choose
themselves the module in which they wish to attend only one undergraduate
seminar. Students must complete one of the end-of-module examinations as an
oral examination (30 minutes). The other two end-of-module examinations in
the compulsory electives (Modules 6 to 10) must be completed as a written
test or a term paper.
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Module 6:
Social Structure and Social Inequality
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Students
acquire knowledge related to:
- Theories and empirical
findings on social inequality
- Important features of the
social structure of the Federal Republic of Germany and other societies
- Central dimensions of social policy
- Profession-related aspects of
the topics, concepts and methods treated in the module
In these
courses, students acquire the ability to:
- Describe social inequality
- Deal critically with theories
of social inequality research
- Interpret and analyse results
from social inequality research
- Recognise subject-related
problems
- Develop theory-led questions
and work on them independently
- Reflect on the relevance of
the topics, concepts and methods in the module for their later career
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7 or 13
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Module 7:
Culture, Subject, Identity
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Students
acquire knowledge related to:
- Constitutional theory's
justification of the opposition between society and the individual
- Historicity, social
conditionality and development of subjectivity, identity and biography
- The function and effect of socialisational
interactions and institutions as well as the subjective appropriation of
social conditions
- The social conditionality of
the socialisation phases in childhood and adolescence
- The significance of
interaction in the performative creation and consolidation of social
order as well as the connection between language, action and knowledge
in its social forms and functions
- The dynamics in the
production of social unconsciousness and its functions for stabilising
social conditions
- Profession-related aspects of
the topics, concepts and methods treated in the module
Students
acquire the ability to:
- Identify the common and
divisive features of different approaches and present them in a differentiated
way
- Compare various factual
claims and theories in the subject area and assess their empirical
content in a critical and reflexive manner
- Systematise, structure and
present research results and theoretical contexts
- Reflect on the relevance of the
topics, concepts and methods in the module for their later career
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7 or 13
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Module 8:
Economics and Technology – Work and Organisation
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Students
acquire knowledge related to:
- The social principles of
markets and their coordination
- Capitalism theories
- The correlation between class
and social inequality
- Forms and regulation of
social work and changes to it
- Structure and dynamics of
organisations
- The social embedding of the
capitalist economy and the modus operandi of economic entities in a
global context
- Analysis of sociotechnical
systems
- Interconnections of
organisations, groups and personality structures
- The relationship between production
and reproduction, methods of labour and technology research as well as
organisational analysis
- Methods of innovation and entrepreneurship
research as well as the comparative institutional analysis of markets,
economic systems and economic cultures
- Profession-related aspects of
the topics, concepts and methods treated in the module
Students
acquire the ability to:
- Compare and analyse the
structure and dynamics of various types of work and organisation
- Reflect on class as a
structural category in its relationship to other structural categories
- Understand and explore the
genesis and transformation of techniques and technologies
- Understand the institutional
embedding of companies and markets
- Comprehend the correlation
between work and identity and understand the significance of work and
profession for social localisation
- Understand and reflect critically
on the dynamics of economic life in a global context
- Recognise complex
differential structures in social order
- Reflect on economic
structures and processes from the perspective of social inequalities
- Test methods from economic,
organisational and technical sociology and sociology of work
- Present work and research
results clearly
- Reflect on the relevance of the topics,
concepts and methods in the module for their later career
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7 or 13
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Module 9:
Gender, Migration, Knowledge Production
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Students acquire
initial orientation and knowledge related to:
- The various theories in the
specialised fields listed above and their history
- The analysis of the social
construction of gender and sexuality
- The analysis of the social production
of migration
- The analysis of the manifest
and latent forms of social categorisation as well as their implications
for the processes of social privilege and disadvantage
- The identification of forms
of social production of difference(s) and their social negotiation
- The identification of the
interactions between various dimensions of difference (e.g. between “gender"
and “ethnicity")
- The analysis of the
production, circulation and appropriation of (scientific) knowledge
- Profession-related aspects of
the topics, concepts and methods treated in the module
Students
acquire the ability to:
- Read and understand key
scientific texts from the theoretical fields listed above
- Compare and critically
analyse important theories
- Develop and work on
theory-led questions
- Compile various types of text
(summaries, essays, term papers, etc.)
- Reflect on the relevance of
the topics, concepts and methods in the module for their later career
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7 or 13
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Module 10:
Advanced Methods
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By
completing this module, students acquire advanced knowledge in the methods of
empirical social research, especially with regard to:
- Detailed conceptual and
practical application-oriented knowledge of important data collection
methods in empirical social research, in particular surveys, text
analysis and observation
- Important data analysis and
evaluation methods, such as content analysis, analysis of narrative
data, hermeneutic methods, classification and regression analysis
methods in social science statistics
- Common computer-aided
techniques and application software used in interpretative/reconstructive
and quantitative/statistical social research
- Important data sources and
institutions in empirical social research
- Practical
application-oriented knowledge of specific data collection and data
analysis methods within the framework of an undergraduate seminar with a
research training character
- Profession-related aspects of
the topics, concepts and methods treated in the module
Students
acquire the ability to reflect on the relevance of the topics, concepts and
methods in the module for their later career.
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7 or 13
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Compulsory
Modules
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Module 11:
Specialisation
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Students
deepen their thematic, methodological or theoretical knowledge in one of the
five compulsory electives, or alternatively they choose courses from one of
the faculty's overall research priorities.
In this
module, teaching can be particularly research-oriented, which sharpens
graduates' academic profile. The advanced courses serve to guide students in
terms of content in preparation for their bachelor's dissertation.
Students
acquire the ability to:
- Focus and work on specific
topics
- Start their own research
processes and reflect on their position alongside others in the research
field
Students
must produce proof of active participation in a seminar or colloquium.
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8
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Module 12:
Internship
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Students
familiarise themselves with professional fields and test the respective
knowledge and skills they have acquired during their studies. They acquire
skills and competences relevant to professional practice as well as knowledge
about the practical requirements in the chosen field.
An
internship is a training-oriented attendance phase in a practical field,
which is reflected in the Internship Report. Duration: At least 270 hours.
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9
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Completion
of Studies
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Module 13:
Dissertation
Colloquium
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Students undertake
the following:
- Plan the completion of their
studies and prepare for their dissertation
- Focus on a narrowly defined
sociological problem
- Develop their research
question
Students
acquire the ability to:
- Conceptualise and reflect on
a research process in its main stages
- Present their research
convincingly
Students
must produce proof of active participation in a colloquium. The module ends
with a presentation and oral discussion of the dissertation.
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8
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Module 14:
Final Module
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Students compose
their dissertation on a narrowly defined sociological problem of their own
choice.
Processing
time: 9 weeks
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