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Diversity and social change (4971)

  
Coordinating lecturer :Prof. dr. Itamar SHACHAR 
  
Co-lecturer :Prof. dr. Patrizia ZANONI 
  
Member of the teaching team :Mevrouw Elif DINCER 


Language of instruction : English


Credits: 6,0
  
Period: semester 1 (6sp)
  
2nd Chance Exam1: Yes
  
Final grade2: Numerical
 
Exam contract: not possible


 
Sequentiality
 
   No sequentiality
   Mandatory sequentiality bound on the level of programme components
 
 

Prerequisites
  1. The student can read and comprehend academic texts in English
  2. The student can comprehend and communicate scientific arguments in English (in the form of class discussion, oral presentation and academic writing)
  3. The student is familiar with the main theoretical strands, basic concepts, research traditions and historical developments in sociology


Content

Since the early days of sociology, one of the classical interests of the discipline is in how and why social processes of change happen in different societies. Sociologists were often interested in the unique role that organised members of society have in promoting such changes. The course will begin with an introduction to several theoretical frameworks that aim to explain social change. The course will continue by critically analysing central actors of social change, such as corporations and civil society, and critically discussing central forms of organizing for social change, such as social movements, trade unions, NGOs, volunteer groups and cooperatives. Students will be encouraged to implement the course materials to case studies of their own interest.



Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Case session  
Lecture  


Evaluation

Period 1    Credits 6,00

Evaluation method
Written evaluaton during teaching periode25 %
Transfer of partial marks within the academic year
Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic yearSecond examination will not be possible for the peer-feedback. The grade for this element will thus be transferred from the first examination period to the second examination period. There is no option to do this part again.
Reflection assignment
Oral evaluation during teaching period25 %
Transfer of partial marks within the academic year
Presentation
Written exam50 %
Transfer of partial marks within the academic year
Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic yearStudents who do not pass the paper assignment (50% of the final grade) can submit a revised version in the second examination period.
Take-home assignment
Evaluation conditions (participation and/or pass)
Conditions A student is required to achieve at least 10/20 for each part of the evaluation. We define parts of the evaluation as 1) the whole of evaluations during the teaching period and 2) the whole of evaluation(s) during the exam period. Any results on attendance or participation count towards the evaluation during the teaching period.
Consequences A student who receives a grade below 10/20 for either or both parts of the evaluation, will receive the mathematical mean, with a maximum of 9/20, for the course.
Additional information

The case-oriented teaching concept of the Bachelor of Social Sciences programme requires students to have a high level of responsibility, self-direction and interaction. During the case sessions, they will work actively (in groups) on cases or assignments. Also, a proportion of teaching is to be carried out in team/group work, which requires presence and interaction during contact hours or meetings. Attendance during the case sessions and participation (in group work) is therefore highly recommended, and in some cases even mandatory.


Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
Yes
Explanation (English)Second examination will only be possible for the written assignments. There is no second examination option for the oral presentation (25% of the final grade) and for the peer review.
 

Compulsory course material
 

Course materials will be made available to students through Blackboard. Please note that additional course materials could be uploaded to Blackboard throughout the semester.

 

Remarks
 

Additional course materials will be uploaded to Blackboard throughout the semester



Learning outcomes
Master of Transportation Sciences
  •  EC 
  • EC1: The holder of the degree applies knowledge in an independent and self-directed manner. He/she is able to critically plan, guard, manage and evaluate his/her own learning processes and to take care of his/her own (quality) control.

  •  EC 
  • EC6: The holder of the degree is able to communicate and convince others on his/her field of study, both in writing and orally,  addressing  scientists of his/her own or similar fields of study and wide social groups.

  •  EC 
  • EC7: The holder of the degree is able to function as a member of a (multidisciplinary) team and has a good assessment of his/her own role within the team/organization and in the broader social and international context.

  •  EC 
  • EC8: The holder of the degree acts and reflects in an ethical and sustainable way.

 

Bachelor of Social Sciences
  •  EC 
  • The bachelor of social sciences graduate has knowledge of societal structures, processes, issues and technologies shaping the role and functioning of public and private organisations, policy networks, the media and social movements.

     
  •  DC 
  • The student can use her/his/their knolwedge regarding processes of social change to analyse empirical questions and concrete cases that arise within public and private organisations, policy networks, the media and social movements.
      
  •  BC 
  • The student implements her/his/their knolwedge regarding processes of social change to analyse empirical questions and concrete cases that arise within public and private organisations, policy networks, the media and social movements.

    Thestudent can make links between different empirical questions and cases that arise within public and private organisations, policy networ ks, the media and social movements, and between them and wider social processes.
     
  •  DC 
  • The student is familiar with processes of social change and their interrelations with the role and functioning of public and private organisations, policy networks, the media and social movements.
      
  •  BC 
  • The student demonstrates knowledge and understanding of societal structures, processes, issues and technologies within the thematic field of diversity and social change that shape the role and functioning of public and private organisations, policynetwork s, the media and social movements.

  •  EC 
  • The bachelor of social sciences graduate has knowledge of the main theoretical strands, basic concepts, research traditions and historical developments within the field of the social sciences and can interpret these developments from a social-scientific multidisciplinary perspective.

     
  •  DC 
  • The student is familiar with the main theoretical strands, basic concepts, research traditions and historical developments in the thematic area of diversity and social change.
      
  •  BC 
  • The student demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the main theoretical strands, basic concepts, research traditions and hi storical developments in the thematic area of diversity and social change.

    The student can analyse concrete casesand s ocial phenomena using her/his/their knowledge of the main theoretical strands, basic concepts, research traditions and historica l developments in the thematic area of diversity and social change
      
  •  BC 
  • The student demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the main theoretical strands, basic concepts, research traditions and hi storical developments in the thematic area of diversity and social change.

    The student can analyse concrete casesand s ocial phenomena using her/his/their knowledge of the main theoretical strands, basic concepts, research traditions and historica l developments in the thematic area of diversity and social change
     
  •  DC 
  • The student can interpret the main theoretical strands, basic concepts, research traditions and historical developments in the thematic area of diversity and social change from a sociological and a social-scientific multidisciplinary perspective.
      
  •  BC 
  • The student demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the relations between the main theoretical strands, basic concepts, resea rch traditions and historical developments in the thematic area of diversity and social change and central approaches andtheore tical strands withing sociology and the social sciences more broadly
      
  •  BC 
  • The student demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the relations between the main theoretical strands, basic concepts, resea rch traditions and historical developments in the thematic area of diversity and social change and central approaches andtheore tical strands withing sociology and the social sciences more broadly
  •  EC 
  • The bachelor of social sciences graduate is aware of the own role as a social scientist and the own position within a multi-layered, diverse society.

     
  •  DC 
  • The student can reflect on her/his/their role as a social scientist in relation to contemporary and future processes of social change in diverse contexts.
      
  •  BC 
  • The student demonstrate reflexivity and critical thinking regarding her/his/their role as a social scientist in relation to cont emporary and future processes of social change in diverse contexts.

    The student can communicate this reflexiveprocess in written and oral forms.
     
  •  DC 
  • The student is familiar with the role that social scientists have played and are currently playing in processes of social change within diverse contexts and societies.
      
  •  BC 
  • The student demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the role that social scientists have played and are currently playing in processes of social change within diverse contexts and societies.

    The student can reflect upon and draw lessons fromt he role that social scientists have played and are currently playing in processes of social change within diverse contexts and s ocieties.
      
  •  BC 
  • The student demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the role that social scientists have played and are currently playing in processes of social change within diverse contexts and societies.

    The student can reflect upon and draw lessons fromt he role that social scientists have played and are currently playing in processes of social change within diverse contexts and s ocieties.
  •  EC 
  • The bachelor of social sciences graduate can share scientific information effectively and collaborate with others to achieve a goal. To this end, they have the skills to communicate in a correct, structured, accessible and convincing way. They are also able to work in a flexible and constructive way in a multidisciplinary and diverse team.

     
  •  DC 
  • The student can collaborate in a multidiscplinary and diverse team in order to share scientigic information effectively.
      
  •  BC 
  • The student takes an active part in an oral presentation of scientific information that is presented in a correct, structured, a ccessible and convincing way.

    The student contributes to team work in order to produce an oral presentation ofscientif ic information that is presented in a correct, structured, accessible and convincing way.
      
  •  BC 
  • The student takes an active part in an oral presentation of scientific information that is presented in a correct, structured, a ccessible and convincing way.

    The student contributes to team work in order to produce an oral presentation ofscientif ic information that is presented in a correct, structured, accessible and convincing way.
     
  •  DC 
  • The student can share scientific information in a correct, structured, accessible and convincing way, in written and oral form.
      
  •  BC 
  • The student produces an academic text that is correct, structured, accessible and convincing.

    The student takes an acti ve part in an oral presentation of scientific information that is presented in a correct, structured, accessible andconvincing way.
      
  •  BC 
  • The student produces an academic text that is correct, structured, accessible and convincing.

    The student takes an acti ve part in an oral presentation of scientific information that is presented in a correct, structured, accessible andconvincing way.
 

  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
Offered inTolerance3
3 ba major Bestuurskunde (democratie) met minor Sociologie (diversiteit) J
3 ba major Communicatiewetenschappen (digitalisering) met minor Sociologie (diversiteit) J
3 ba major Sociologie (diversiteit) met minor Bestuurskunde (democratie) J
3 ba major Sociologie (diversiteit) met minor Communicatiewetenschappen (digitalisering) J
Exchange Programme Business Economics J
Exchange Programme Social Sciences J



1   Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.12.2, section 2.
2   Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.15.1, section 3.
3   Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.16.9, section 2.