SOC20230 Analytical Sociology

Academic Year 2020/2021

Analytical sociology is a strategy for understanding the social world. It is concerned with explaining important macro-level facts such as the diffusion of various social practices, patterns of segregation, network structures, typical beliefs, and common ways of acting through the micro-level interactions of individuals. This course covers topics such as the whole and the parts, wisdom of the crowds, social influence, success-breeds-success dynamics, prevalence of norms that nobody wants, contagion of crime, social echo chambers, opinion polarization, segregation dynamics and social networks.

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Learning Outcomes:

After completion of this course students will
- Understand the theoretical underpinnings of analytical sociology
- Be familiar with mechanism-based theorizing
- Distinguish between macro-level outcomes and micro-level dynamics
- Be aware about the importance of social dynamics in everyday life

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

15
Autonomous Student Learning

86
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
lectures 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Assignment Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

80
Multiple Choice Questionnaire (Short): Continuous assessment Unspecified n/a Graded No

20

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
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