Type of programme

Undergraduate

Programme title

Single Major Undergraduate Study programme in Sociology

Institution

Proposed by

University of Split

Participating

institutions

Department of Sociology

Duration

3 years

ECTS

180

Admission requirements

Secondary school diploma and passed state graduation exam

Learning outcomes and competences

(1)  baccalaureus (BA) of sociology qualified for the graduate study;

(2) there is a possibility to find employment among numerous vocational, mostly analitical jobs, in a wide range of social areas and activities

Access to further studies

to all graduate studies in Croatia and abroad, as well as to other social graduate studies 

Qualification awarded

B.A. (baccalaureus) of Sociology

1st semester (undergraduate)

Code

Course Title

Teaching*

  L +  S  + E +  R

ECTS

SOS101

Social Structure 1

30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS102

Social Dynamics

30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS103

Basic Sociological Concepts

30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS104

Methodological Approaches and Orientations

20 + 40 +  0  + 30

5

SOS105

Introduction to Computing

15 + 15 + 15 +   0

3

SOS106

Statistics in Sociology 1

15 + 15 + 15 +   0

3

SOS107

Sociological Research Workshop **

Work with Mentor

4

Σ

140+250+30 + 30

                     450

   30

* Teaching:  L+S+E+R = lecture + seminar + exercises + research work

   The number of hours of teaching refers to all of the teaching realized in one semester.

** Sociological Research Workshop will be organized and realized under the leadership of a mentor (professor with academic title). Students are allowed to choose a mentor according to their interests, wishes and affinities. Special web pages will be designed in order to enable the students to get information about the possibilities of choosing a professor according to their research interests, methodological concepts and other similar information.

The mentor elected by the students will supervise them during the whole semester, working individually and on a special concrete project with them. This could refer to empirical market projects conducted over a period of not more than 90 days. In the case of great interest or if the project is not conducted during this period because of objective reasons (such as for example special customer's, sponsor's or donator's requirements), the topic of the reseach workshop can be extend to the next semester, but it can not last more than two semesters. It is recommended that every mentor works with his/her students until the end of the undergraduate study and BA thesis. Students are also alowed to change their mentor after the second semester during the undergraduate study, but this must be explained in written form and sent to the Council of the programme to be reconsidered. Because of the fact that this workshop is imagined as an interactive research workshop its aim is to allow students to meet each other and to work together as a team, but primarily it generates a selection of the best and most active students whose work will be published in coauthorship with their mentor or they will publish it together as a team, or individually. In this context we have already come to an agreement with three publishers, from Split, Zagreb and Rijeka and three research libraries (Social, Sociological and Methodological). They will primarily publish empirical studies, but there will also be numerous methodological and theoretical studies. Different ways of presenting results will also be offered in such research workshops. For this purpose we will organize meetings, discussions, press conferences and similar types of public relations. We will also initiate interdisciplinary research projects and different kinds of meetings for the university at large.

2nd semester (undergraduate)

Code

Course Title

Teaching *

 L +  S  + E +  R

ECTS

SOS201

Social Structure 2

30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS202

Social Changes

30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS203

Sociological Methods

20 + 40 +  0  + 30

5

SOS204

Introduction to the Logic of Social Sciences

30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS205

Statistics in Sociology 2

15 + 15 + 15 +   0

3

Elective Course

30 + 15 +  0  +   0

3

 SOS206

Sociological Research Workshop 2

Work with Mentor

4

Σ

155+250+15 +  30

                       450

   30

3rd semester (undergraduate)

Code

Course Title

Teaching *

  L +  S  + E  +  R

ECTS

SOS301

Micro Perspectives in Sociological Theories

30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS302

Contemporary Methodological Paradigms in

Sociology 1

20 + 40 +  0  + 30

5

SOS303

Sociology of Education

30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS304

Sociology of Science 

30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS305

Internet Services

15 + 15 + 15 +   0

3

Elective Course

30 + 10 +  0  +   0

2

Elective Course

30 + 10 +  0  +   0

2

SOS306

Sociological Research Workshop 3

Work with Mentor

3

Σ

185+255+15 + 30

                      485

   30

4th semester (undergraduate)

Code

Course Title

Teaching *

 L +  S  + E  +  R

ECTS

SOS401

Macro Perspectives in Sociological Theories

30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS402

Contemporary Methodological Paradigms in Sociology 2

20 + 40 +  0  + 30

5

SOS403

Educational Perspectives in New Integrations

30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS404

Sociology of Work

30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS405

Computer Laboratory

15 + 15 + 15 +   0

3

Elective Course

30 + 10 +  0  +   0

2

Elective Course

30 + 10 +  0  +   0

2

SOS406

Sociological Research Workshop 4

Work with Mentor

3

Σ

185+255+15 + 30

                     485

   30

5th semester (undergraduate)

Code

Course Title

Teaching *

  L +  S  + E  +  R

ECTS

SOS501

Sociology of Space

 30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS502

Qualitative Methodology

 20 + 40 +  0  + 30

5

SOS503

Contemporary Sociological Theories

30 + 15 +  0  +   0

3

Elective Course

30 + 10 +  0  +   0

2

Elective Course

30 + 10 +  0  +   0

2

Elective Course

30 + 10 +  0  +   0

2

Elective Course

30 + 10 +  0  +   0

2

SOS504

Research Work 1*

   0 +  0  +  0  + 50

5

SOS505

Sociological Research Workshop 5

Work with Mentor

4

Σ

200+155 + 0  + 80

                        435

   30

* The research work is primarily organized according to the student's free choice and it is his/her individual work. It is possible that it coresponds, thematically (theoretically and methodologically), to any other course already attended in this programme (mandatory or elective), but it is not necessary. The mentor's supervision is essential in this work, especially if a student wants to realize it as a kind of preliminary work for his/her BA thesis. The mentor, in cooperation with the authors (students) of the best works, will prepare the work for publication.

6th semester (undergraduate)

Code

Course Title

Teaching*

   L +  S  + E  +  R

ECTS

SOS607

Sociology of Consumption

 30 + 60 +  0  +   0

5

SOS602

Postmodernism as Social Theory

 30 + 15 +  0  +   0

3

Elective Course

30 + 10 +  0  +   0

2

Elective Course

30 + 10 +  0  +   0

2

Elective Course

30 + 10 +  0  +   0

2

Elective Course

30 + 10 +  0  +   0

2

SOS603

Research Work  2

  0 +  0  +  0  + 50

5

SOS604

Sociological Research Workshop 6

Work with Mentor

5

SOS605

      BA thesis *

-------------

3

SOS606

      Final Examination**

-------------

1

                                                                                                      Σ

 180 +115 + 0 + 50

                       345

   30

  * The BA thesis is a student's individual work which he/she writes/creates under the supervision of his/her mentor(s) (a professor with an academic title). This work might be the product of a long-period of research (empirical) conducted during the 5th semester. The BA thesis may also be theoretical and methodological.

** The final examination is the public defense of the BA thesis made by the student which refers to the themes the student deals with in his/her work.