1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Seminar	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Course objectives: Introduction to the basic terminology of social changes.

Course content:
- Introduction - presentation of the program, literature, methods, deadlines,exams (2 hours)
- Basic types of social changes: demographic, family, stratification, education,
religious and others (3 hours)
- Theories of social changes (3 hours)
- Social development and growth. (2 hours)
- Evolution and revolution; progress and regress (2 hours)
- Innovation and modernization (2 hours)
- 1st colloquium (1 hour)
- Transition and Transformation (3 hours)
- Changes in local community and global society; social change and globalization (3 hours)
- Globalization and the doubts it raises (2 hours)
- Globalization and environmental problems (2 hours)
- Recent studies of social changes (2 hours)
- 2nd colloquium (1 hour)
-Final lecture and evaluation. (2 hours)

1. Define the basic concepts in the field of social changes.
2. Interprete the historical context of social changes.
3. Analyze the social changes and its aspects.
4. Explain the social changes in a transitional society (Croatia).

1. Sociologija: Teme i perspektive, Haralambos, M.; Holborn, M, Zagreb: Golden marketing., 2002.
2. A Globalizing World? Culture, Economics, Politics, Held, D. (ed.), London: Routledge., 2000.
3. Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, McMichael, P, London: SAGE Publications., 2004.

Mandatory course - Regular studij - Sociology