Learning outcomes
The student is guided to view social problems and social scientific approaches to them. The lectures and the book give the basic elements of social scientific knowledge. The student gets acquainted with the social scientific way to structure the modern world and with the concepts that different fields of study use participating in the current discussion.
Contents
Students attend lectures (4h) and read one book from study materials list. Students write an essay based on the lectures and the book. The essay will be supervised by the following teachers (to be confirmed):
Political Science and International Relations: Tiinä Rättilä
Women's Studies: Suvi Keskinen
Social Policy: Teija Hautanen
Journalism and Mass Communication: Iiris Ruoho
Teaching methods
Essay (lectures 4h and literature)
Modes of study
Essay based on the lectures and the book.
Evaluation
Pass/fail.Recommended year of study
1. year autumnStudy materials
Bauman, Sygmunt: Community seeking safety in an insecure world. Cambridge Polity 2001, or
Webster, Frank: Theories of the Information Society (3rd ed.) Routledge 2006, or
Webster, Frank: Theories of the Information Society (2nd ed.) Routledge 2002.
