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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Grao en Terapia Ocupacional |
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| Sociology |
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| Identifying Data | 2023/24 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Sociology | Code | 653G01202 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Second | Basic training | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Topic 1 - Sociology as a scientific discipline. Concept and object. | 1.1 - What is sociology? A theoretical approach to the concept of sociology. 1.2 - Benefits and challenges of the sociological perspective. |
| Topic 2 - The theoretical origins of sociology and its main schools of thought. | 2.1 - Émile Durkheim and the functionalist paradigm. 2.2 - Karl Marx and the sociology of conflict. 2.3 - Max Weber and the theory of action. |
| Topic 3 - Sociology as a science. Methods and techniques of qualitative research applied to health. | 3.1 - Introduction to methodology in sociology. Distinction between qualitative and quantitative approaches. 3.2 - In-depth interviews. 3.3 - Focus groups. 3.4 - Participant observation. 3.5 - Phases of a research project. |
| Topic 4 - Socialization |
4.1 - What is the process of socialization? 4.2 - Primary socialization, secondary socialization, resocialization. 4.3 - Agents of socialization: family, school, peer group, media. 4.4 - Differential socialization based on social class, gender, and ethnicity. |
| Topic 5 - Social stratification, inequalities, and exclusion | 5.1 - Historical forms of social stratification. 5.2 - Social class according to Marx. 5.3 - Weber and social stratification. 5.4 - Recent theories of stratification. 5.5 - Inequality in post-industrial society. |
| Topic 6 - The social construction of health and illness. | 6.1 - Health and gender. 6.2 - Health and ethnicity. 6.3 - Health and social class. 6.4 - The physical environment and its influence on health. |
| Topic 7 - Population dynamics. | 7.1 - Population and growth. 7.2 - Demographic transitions. 7.3 - Aging of the population. 7.4 - Dependent population and their care needs. |
| Topic 8 - Social policy and social services. | 8.1 - The genesis of the welfare state. 8.2 - A "Mediterranean model" of welfare in Spain. 8.3 - Classification of social services. 8.4 - Unmet social needs through social policy. The role of the third sector. 8.5 - The new challenges of the welfare state. |
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