Subject:	Humanities (HUM), Sociology (SOC)
Number:	1133, 1231
Language of Instruction:	Spanish
Prerequisites:	Analysis of Modern Socity and its Historical Evolution

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 45 contact hours, 3 semester credits

Availability

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Session	Dates	Price
Fall Semester 2009 - Language and Electives	Late August - Mid December 2009	TBA
Academic Year 2009-2010 - Language and Electives	Late August 2009 - Late June 2010	TBA

Full Description

OBJECTIVES
To offer the student a profile of today’s society, its tendencies and problems: an in-depth analysis of the processes and institutions essential to social life.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Social structure: definition, composition, characteristics and dimensions. Social classes. Stratification. Demography. Information society. Social media. Family. Education. Religious behaviour. Marginality and poverty.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
LUCAS MARÍN, A: Sociología: una invitación al estudio de la realidad social. Trotta, Madrid 2004.
GIDDENS, A: Sociología. Alianza, Madrid 1997.

METHODOLOGY
Lectures and class presentations (offering a critical analysis of reality in modern society in light of the theoretical concepts of Social Structure).

EVALUATION
Exams, class presentations and critical analysis of readings. Class attendance is valued.