Sociological Theory is not an encyclopaedia of who is who, who is with whom and who wrote what? Instead, it is an ensemble of collective intellectual labour. We deploy the concept of intellectual labour to highlight the dynamic interplay between learning and teaching, which characterizes every good practice of university education. The modules that are offered by members of our team are not designed to inculcate students with “facts” or “opinions”. Instead, our mission is to develop a  collective of multiple perspectives and modes of thought, that are able to critically engage with, supplement and enhance each other. Our main learning outcomes are focused on the acquisition of know-how to think and communicate sociologically, which always includes a combination of logic and experienced-based empirical evidence.

Our modes of learning and teaching, such as lectures, seminars and group tutorials, are intended to be interactive, with an emphasis on independent learning, mutual support and teamwork. Most courses are offered in hybrid form, i.e., simultaneously off line and on line, enabling students with, for example, mobility issues, health issues or care responsibilities to attend classes that they would otherwise have missed. Upon request, all courses are supported by individual tutorials.

Our modes of assessment cover the basic forms of written exams, oral exams and course work. In all these cases, the emphasis is on constructing critical modes of thought that can be applied to very concrete, real world phenomena, which students are encouraged to research and analyse themselves, using the tools and skills that they have acquired during their courses. Written exams can for example be “open book”, reducing the need to learn a large quantity of facts by heart, instead encouraging students to think in terms of logical associations (e.g. lateral thinking).  Oral exams are typically conversations about themes and issues that the students themselves select. Course work is always based on topics that the students themselves have selected and researched.

Bachelor

• Introduction to Sociology (5 CP)

• Introduction to Sociological Theory (5 CP)

• Sociology of Politics and Cultural Sociology (5 CP / 10 CP)

• Sociology of Media and Culture (5 CP / 10 CP)

• Key aspects of Sociological Theory (5 CP / 10 CP / 15 CP)

• Practice Course “Theoretical Social Research” (15 CP)

• Sociology of Education I (5 CP)
• Sociology of Education II (5 CP)

• Religion, Culture, Society II (Political Science, Sociology, European Ethnology) (5 CP)

• Societal Studies (Sociology for Teacher Training) (1o CP)

Master

• Advanced Sociological Theories (5 CP / 10 CP)
• Advanced Sociology of Politics and Cultural Sociology (5 CP / 10 CP)
• Advanced Sociology of Media and Culture (5 CP / 10 CP)
• Advanced Practice Course “Theoretical Social Research” (10 CP)

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