Goals and Tasks of the Discipline, its place in the academic process

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MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

KAZAKH ABLAI KHAN UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND WORLD LANGUAGES

“Approved”

by Pro-rector on learning process

_____________Doctor of Ped.sc. Chaklicova А.Т.

“_______”_______ 2012 academic year

SYLLABUS

on the subject “Sociology”

The code of subject –Soc 1104

Specialty:5B020726 “Interpreter”

Chair: International Relations

Faculty: Translator

Academic year

Form of Study- Full time

Course – 1

Semester – 1

Discipline's load in credits: 2

Overall - 90 hours:

Сlassroom hours - 60 hours:

Students' independent work

with a teacher (SIWT) - 30 hours

Lectures - 15 hours

Practicals - 15 hours

Students' independent work (SIW) - 30 hours

Examination – 1 semester

ALMATY – 2012

Syllabus was made up on the basis of the state typical program "Sociology" (SSE RK 3.08.278-2006) on the specialty “Interpreter” and typical program "Sociology"

Syllabus was worked out by candidate of sociological sciences, teacher of International relations department Aliya A. Kaliyeva

This program was discussed at the meeting of the Chair of International Relations
“22” august 2012. Protocol №1

Head of the Chair ___________ Doctor of Political Sciences Sapanov S.Zh.

Certified at the meeting of the Educational-Methodical Council of the
Faculty “25” august 2012. Protocol №1

Dean of the faculty __________Doctor of Philosophical Sciences Raev D.S.

“Approved” at the meeting of the Scientific-Methodical Council
“25” august 2012. Protocol №1

Head of the SMC ___________

INTRODUCTION

Goals and Tasks of the Discipline, its place in the academic process.

The discipline "Sociology" is a component part of the fundamental course of humanitarian disciplines, called for increasing the limits of comprehension the social processes, taking place in modern society.

Sociology as the major element of social sciences analyses the main global social problems of contemporaneity and supposes the decision of questions, linked to social processes and phenomena of modern time.

Goals of the discipline are as follows:

- assimilating lectures materials on Sociologyin English;analysing a special literaturein English;

- getting abilities for realising a logical analysis and discuss on the main problems of modern Sociology and socialrelationsin English;

- to possess the ability for a clear and exact expression of ideas and thoughts in English, etc.

Prerequisites, necessary for studying the course 'Sociology':

For a successful mastering and perceiving of the given discipline student must have knowledge, given and taken during the studying such subjects as History, Philosophy, cultural and other social sciences.

Postrequisites of the discipline:

Economics, Regional studies, Contemporary Problems of International Relations etc.

The following main questions are examined in the course of "Sociology":

Subject, method, functions and conformities to natural laws of Sociology; main stages in the development of social thought;

- Social ideas and views of thinkers of the West;

- Social ideas and views of thinkers of Central Asia and the East;

- Basic paradigms of Sociology;

- Society: approaches, conceptual models and specificities;

The problems of socialization, its theories and specificities;

- The significance of culture; basic agents of social relations;

- The problems of development of a society in Kazakhstan.

	I. The Contents of the Discipline. 1.l. Academic subject of the discipline:
Weeks
THEMES	Lectures	Practicals	Students' independent work with a teacher (SIWT)	Students' independent work (SIW)
	Midterm № 1
	Sociology as a science
	Society as the main category of Sociology
	Origins of Sociology
	The Sociological Perspective
	Methods of research in Sociology Doing Sociological Research
	Sociological Theory. Old and new directions
	Sociation Socialization
	Structuration
	Midterm № 2
9-10	Identity and Trust
	Social Institutions: from functions to practices Groups & Organizations
	Social organization of a work
13-14	Culture
	Social problems of capitalism
	In all	15 hours	15 hours	30 hours	30 hours

Plan of Practicals

			Form	Deadline	Maximum
№	Theme	Contents	of Control	(week)	Point
	Sociology as a science	The difference between micro-sociology and macro-sociology. A paradigm in Sociology	Essay, report, information
	Origins of Sociology	Social ideas of Emile Durkheim Social ideas of Max Weber	Essay, report, information
	The Sociological Perspective	The sociological imagination and core sociological concepts, including social structure, social institutions, social change, social interaction, and diversity.	Essay, report, information
	Doing Sociological Research	Sociologists' design and conduct research using the scientific method.	Essay, report, information

Socialization	The socialization process, the consequences, agents, and theories of socialization, resocialization, and socialization across the life course	Essay, report, information
Culture	The characteristics and elements of culture, the diversity within and between cultures, how sociologists study and interpret cultures, and how cultures change.	Essay, report, information
Groups & Organizations	The types of groups, social influence in groups, formal organizations and bureaucracies, including diversity within organizations, and theoretical perspectives on groups and organizations.	Essay, report, information

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