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SOCS234 Sociological Theory and Practice

10 cp
Prerequisites SOCS100 Introduction to Sociology
Incompatible SOCI234 Sociological Theory and Practice
Teaching Organisation A variety of teaching formats will be used including lectures, workshops, and seminars.

This unit aims to introduce students to a comprehensive range of theories and methodologies in the social sciences, and to enhance the students understanding of the relationships between theory, methodologies and methods in the social research process.

This unit focuses on the major theoretical traditions in sociology, which can be grouped or classified in several different ways: classical/contemporary, macro/ micro- sociological; action/systems; interpretive/structural; power/ meaning.

These perspectives will be considered in relation to their historical and social contexts. They will also be considered in relation to their use in grounding different research approaches. Different theoretical approaches lend themselves to different methodologies and methods. In contemporary sociological practice, a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodologies may be combined.

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