GLOBAL SOCIETY
GRADO EN ESTUDIOS GLOBALES/GLOBAL STUDIES
Curso 2024/2025
1. Subject Information
(Date last modified: 09-05-24 13:18)- Code
- 109000
- Plan
- 290
- ECTS
- 6.00
- Type
- Basic
- Year
- 1
- Duration
- First semester
- Language
- ENGLISH
- Area
- SOCIOLOGÍA
- Departament
- Sociología y Comunicación
- Virtual platform
Professor Information
- Profesor/Profesora
- Zakaria Sajir
- Group/s
- Único
- Centre
- Fac. Derecho
- Office
- 415
- Office hours
- Please send an email for convening office hours
- Web address
- http://campus.usal.es/~acpa/
- zakaria.sajir@usal.es
- Phone
- -
2. Association of the subject matter within the study plan
Curricular area to which the subject matter pertains.
FB: Formación Básica (Basic Training)
Purpose of the subject within the curricular area and study plan.
Mandatory
Professional profile.
Undergraduate students
3. Prerequisites
None specials
4. Learning objectives
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This course is designed to immerse students in the multifaceted field of Global Society, presenting a panorama of its current debates, challenges, and transformations. While not exhaustively covering all facets, the course aims to equip students with analytical tools, both theoretical and empirical, that they'll use to critically engage with global phenomena.
Main goals:
● Grasp foundational concepts and theories central to understanding global societal structures and their evolution. ● Analyze and discuss the diverse challenges, from environmental concerns to digital divides, that global societies face. ● Develop a critical understanding of both opportunities and threats presented by globalization. ● Acquire tools for empirical analysis that provide insights into various global societal phenomena. |
● Engage constructively in debates and discussions, formulating informed perspectives on global issues
5. Contents
Theory.
- Mapping Main Concepts
- Is culture an ally of globalization?
- Human interaction in global society
- Methodological Tools to analyze global society
- Global inequalities: concepts, theories, and social policies
6. Competences acquired
Basic / General.
CB1 CB2 CB3 CB6
Transversal.
A1, A2, A3, A4, A5
7. Teaching methods
There is no teaching but the student may arrange office hours based on needs.
8. Anticipated distribution of the use of the different teaching methods
9. Resources
Other bibliographic references, electronic or other types of resources.
Turner, Bryan (ed.), (2010). The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Juergensmeyer, M., Sassen, S., Steger, M.B. & Faessel, V. (Eds.) (2019). The Oxford handbook of global studies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Mathews, Ribeiro, G. L., & Vega, C. A. (2012). Globalization from Below: The World’s Other Economy. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
10. Assessment
Assessment tools.
Essay on a topic to be agreed with the Professor