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Changing Society: Dimension of Social Change

Instructor:

Michael Florian

Course Format:

2 hours Lecture

Period:

Winter Semester

Language:

German

Recommended Previous Knowledge:

None

Contents:

What changed at all? Premodern, modern and postmodern societies.

Sociological concepts of social change

Speech, scripture and the world wide web: different communication media and social change

Globalization

 

 

Learning Outcomes:

 

Knowledge: Basic knowledge of different concepts of social change. Historical examples of change in society.

Competence of Methods: Critical assessment of laymen theories as well as of sociological literature. Improvement of presentation skills

Competence of Systems: Reflection on questions like ‘where do we stand now and where are we going’? Sociological perspective on social change.

Social Competence: Discussions. Development of social skills by team work.

 

Reading Resources:

• A. Giddens: Soziologie, 2. Aufl., Nausner & Nausner, Graz u.a. (1999)
• H. Joas (Hg.): Lehrbuch der Soziologie, 2. Aufl., Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt/Main (2003)

Performance Record:

Written examination

Workload:

70 hours total

Further Information:

www.tu-harburg.de/tbg und neu unter http://www.imi.tu-harburg.de/de/team/michael-florian

Contact:

florian@tuhh.de

Credit points of this module can be found in the course plan for the corresponding course of study.