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Master´s Programme N0314A250018: Sociology of Contemporary Societies

Academic year: 2022/2023

The study programme Sociology of Contemporary Societies is English language Master´s programme for students interested in gaining in-depth knowledge in sociology and social anthropology. knowledge covering both theories and research methods. It features a strong core of sociology and social anthropological courses in three specialisations from which the student chooses one: 1. Civil Society and Politics; 2. Anthropology of Space and Mobility; 3. Identities, Health and Bodies. In any specialisations students can choose either quantitative or qualitative research methodology as a focus.

The Civil Society and Politics specialisation provides students with a deep understanding of how contemporary complex societies work. Students acquire the theoretical and practical skills in political sociology, anthropology of nationalism, and the nonprofit sector, as well as learn to analyse various aspects of public life systematically.

The Anthropology of Space and Mobility specialisation brings in-depth knowledge of the globalised world, its dynamics, migratory movements, social mobility, which enables these phenomena to be deeply understood and applied in the field of urban planning, migratory politics, as well as analysis of global developments.

The Identities, Health and Bodies specialisation develops the deep-seated knowledge and practical skills required to conduct sociological and social anthropological research in the field of medical anthropology, health sociology, lifestyle studies, sociology of sport, and gender studies.

Academic Supervisor:

Doc. PhDr. Zdeněk Uherek, CSc. Mail

Secretary:

Bc. Lenka Dvořáčková Mail

Language of Instruction:

English

Civil Society and Politics

Course Structure and Study Requirements

Total Credits:	120 ECTS
Compulsory Courses:	68 ECTS
Elective Courses I	minimum 15 ECTS
Elective Courses II	minimum 20 ECTS
Optional Courses	maximum 17 ECTS

Final state Exam in Specialization Civil Society and Politics

1. (JSZ650) Sociology of Contemporary Societies: Questions are based on the content of courses (JSM421) Contemporary social theory and (JSM692) Introduction to Social Research Methodology (oral exam)

2. (JSZ651) Specialization Civil Society and Politics: Questions are based on the content of courses (JSM095) Political Mobilization and Social Movements, (JSM437) Civil Society in Europe, (JSM579)Sociological theories of populism, (JSM430) Nations and nationalism (written exam and subsequent debate on the submitted answers)

3. (JDIP01) Defence of Master Thesis

Anthropology of Space and Mobility

Course Structure and Study Requirements

Total Credits:	120 ECTS
Compulsory Courses:	70 ECTS
Elective Courses I	minimum 15 ECTS
Elective Courses II	minimum 19 ECTS
Optional Courses	maximum 16 ECTS

Final state Exam in Specialization Anthropology of Space and Mobility

2. (JSZ652) Specialization Anthropology of Space and Mobility: Questions are based on the content of courses (JSM578) Anthropology of the EU, (JSM027) Urban Anthropology, (JSM063) Anthropology of Borders and International Migration, (JSM123) Globalization (written exam and subsequent debate on the submitted answers)

3. (JDIP01) Defence of Master Thesis

Identities, Health and Bodies

Course Structure and Study Requirements

Total Credits:	120 ECTS
Compulsory Courses:	69 ECTS
Elective Courses I	minimum 15 ECTS
Elective Courses II	minimum 19 ECTS
Optional Courses	maximum 17 ECTS

Final state Exam in Specialization Identities, Health and Bodies

2. (JSZ653) Specialization Identities, Health and Bodies: Questions are based on the content of courses (JSM047) Social inequalities: ethnicity, gender and age, (JSM562) Medical Anthropology: Illness, Medicine and the Body, (JSM125) Sociology of Health and Illness, (JSM009) Sociology of Sport for MA

3. (JDIP01) Defence of Master Thesis

Compulsory Courses for All Specializations / J#0920

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JSM421	Contemporary Social Theory	Balon	WS	2/0	Examination	9
JSM692	Introduction to Social Research Methodology	Jeřábek Remr	WS	2/2	Examination	9
JSM697	Diploma Seminar I	Uherek	SS	0/2	Course credit	10
JSM698	Diploma Seminar II	Uherek	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	10

Total ECTS: 38

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JSM692	Introduction to Social Research Methodology				JSB015 JSB529 JSM540
JSM698	Diploma Seminar II	JSM697

Elective Courses I for All Specializations: Research Methods Package / J#0927

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JSM010	Advanced Statistics	Soukup	SS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM032	Applied Social Research	Remr	WS/SS	2/1	Examination	7
JSM312	Electoral, Market, Media and Social Research: Paul Lazarsfeld's Methodology	Jeřábek	WS	2/1	Examination	9
JSM406	Introduction to Data Analysis	Soukup Petrúšek	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM480	Evaluation Research	Remr	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM693	Text, Narrative & Discourse Analysis	Hájek	SS	1/1	Examination	9

Minimum ECTS: 15

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JSM032	Applied Social Research				JSM540

Civil Society and Politics Specialization

Compulsory Courses / J#0921

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JSM095	Study of Political Mobilization and Social Movements	Císař	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JSM430	Nations and Nationalism	Uherek	SS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM437	Civil Society in Central Europe	Frič	SS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM579	Sociological Theories of Populism	Dvořák	WS	1/1	Examination	8

Total ECTS: 30

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code

Course title

Pre-requisite

Co-requisite

Interchangeability

Incompatibility

Elective Courses II / J#092222

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JSM009	Sociology of Sport for MA	Numerato	SS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM016	Sociology of Science and Scientific Knowledge	Maršálek	WS	0/2	Examination	8
JSM047	Social Inequalities: Ethnicity, Gender and Age	Hasmanová Marhánková	SS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM048	Off-site seminar	Grygar	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	3
JSM062	Borders and International Migration	Grygar	SS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM103	Academic Writing	Miller	WS	0/2	macc	6
JSM123	Globalisation	Grygar	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM124	Urban Anthropology	Uherek	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM125	Sociology of Health and Illness	Numerato	WS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM126	Families in Aging Societies	Hasmanová Marhánková	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM127	Research Colloquium	Uherek	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	4
JSM134	Transnational Lives	Uherek	WS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM202	Data Management and Data Mining in R for Social Scientists	Klosek	WS	0/2	Examination	6
JSM257	Climate Change and Sustainability: Worskhop Prague-Konstanz Study Days on Society and Policy Process in the Digital Age	Novotný	SS	0/2	Examination	6
JSM311	Communications Research	Jeřábek Numerato	SS	2/1	Examination	9
JSM477	Sociology of Critique	Smith	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM499	Ethnographic Methods in Practice	Grygar	WS	1/1	Examination	7
JSM530	Bitcoin and its Discontents: Anthropology of the Digital Economy	Tremčinský	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JSM562	Medical Anthropology: Illness, Medicine and the Body	Hrešanová	WS	2/0	Examination	7
JSM578	Anthropology of the EU	Uherek	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM591	Political Psychology	Kudrnáč	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JSM595	Public Sphere in Sociological Thought	Dvořák	SS	1/1	Examination	8

Minimum ECTS: 20

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JSM009	Sociology of Sport for MA				JSB516 JSB528
JSM062	Borders and International Migration			JSM061	JSM134
JSM134	Transnational Lives				JSM062
JSM202	Data Management and Data Mining in R for Social Scientists				JPM764
JSM499	Ethnographic Methods in Practice				JSM590

Anthropology of Space and Mobility Specialization

Compulsory Courses / J#0923

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JSM062	Borders and International Migration	Grygar	SS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM123	Globalisation	Grygar	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM124	Urban Anthropology	Uherek	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM578	Anthropology of the EU	Uherek	WS	2/0	Examination	8

Total ECTS: 32

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JSM062	Borders and International Migration			JSM061	JSM134

Elective Courses II / J#092422

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JSM009	Sociology of Sport for MA	Numerato	SS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM016	Sociology of Science and Scientific Knowledge	Maršálek	WS	0/2	Examination	8
JSM047	Social Inequalities: Ethnicity, Gender and Age	Hasmanová Marhánková	SS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM048	Off-site seminar	Grygar	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	3
JSM095	Study of Political Mobilization and Social Movements	Císař	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JSM103	Academic Writing	Miller	WS	0/2	macc	6
JSM125	Sociology of Health and Illness	Numerato	WS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM126	Families in Aging Societies	Hasmanová Marhánková	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM127	Research Colloquium	Uherek	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	4
JSM134	Transnational Lives	Uherek	WS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM311	Communications Research	Jeřábek Numerato	SS	2/1	Examination	9
JSM430	Nations and Nationalism	Uherek	SS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM437	Civil Society in Central Europe	Frič	SS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM477	Sociology of Critique	Smith	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM499	Ethnographic Methods in Practice	Grygar	WS	1/1	Examination	7
JSM530	Bitcoin and its Discontents: Anthropology of the Digital Economy	Tremčinský	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JSM562	Medical Anthropology: Illness, Medicine and the Body	Hrešanová	WS	2/0	Examination	7
JSM579	Sociological Theories of Populism	Dvořák	WS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM591	Political Psychology	Kudrnáč	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JSM595	Public Sphere in Sociological Thought	Dvořák	SS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM689	International Migration	Jelínková	WS	1/1	Examination	7

Minimum ECTS: 19

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JSM009	Sociology of Sport for MA				JSB516 JSB528
JSM134	Transnational Lives				JSM062
JSM499	Ethnographic Methods in Practice				JSM590

Identities, Health and Bodies Specialization

Compulsory Courses / J#0925

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JSM009	Sociology of Sport for MA	Numerato	SS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM047	Social Inequalities: Ethnicity, Gender and Age	Hasmanová Marhánková	SS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM125	Sociology of Health and Illness	Numerato	WS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM562	Medical Anthropology: Illness, Medicine and the Body	Hrešanová	WS	2/0	Examination	7

Total ECTS: 31

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JSM009	Sociology of Sport for MA				JSB528 JSB516

Elective Courses II / J#0926

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JSM016	Sociology of Science and Scientific Knowledge	Maršálek	WS	0/2	Examination	8
JSM048	Off-site seminar	Grygar	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	3
JSM062	Borders and International Migration	Grygar	SS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM095	Study of Political Mobilization and Social Movements	Císař	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JSM103	Academic Writing	Miller	WS	0/2	macc	6
JSM123	Globalisation	Grygar	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM124	Urban Anthropology	Uherek	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM126	Families in Aging Societies	Hasmanová Marhánková	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM127	Research Colloquium	Uherek	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	4
JSM128	Understanding Identity and Belonging	Testa	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM134	Transnational Lives	Uherek	WS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM202	Data Management and Data Mining in R for Social Scientists	Klosek	WS	0/2	Examination	6
JSM311	Communications Research	Jeřábek Numerato	SS	2/1	Examination	9
JSM430	Nations and Nationalism	Uherek	SS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM437	Civil Society in Central Europe	Frič	SS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM477	Sociology of Critique	Smith	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM499	Ethnographic Methods in Practice	Grygar	WS	1/1	Examination	7
JSM530	Bitcoin and its Discontents: Anthropology of the Digital Economy	Tremčinský	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JSM578	Anthropology of the EU	Uherek	WS	2/0	Examination	8
JSM579	Sociological Theories of Populism	Dvořák	WS	1/1	Examination	8
JSM591	Political Psychology	Kudrnáč	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JSM595	Public Sphere in Sociological Thought	Dvořák	SS	1/1	Examination	8

Minimum ECTS: 19

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JSM062	Borders and International Migration			JSM061	JSM134
JSM134	Transnational Lives				JSM062
JSM202	Data Management and Data Mining in R for Social Scientists				JPM764
JSM499	Ethnographic Methods in Practice				JSM590