Study programme 2015 - 2016
Programme component of Bachelor's Degree in Law à l"Law School
CodeTypeHead of UE Department’s
contact details
Teacher(s)
UD-B1-BDROIT-005-MCompulsory UERESTEIGNE DelphineD920 - Service des Sciences juridiques
    Language
    of instruction
    Language
    of assessment
    HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) CreditsWeighting Term
      Français0000051,5
      AA CodeTeaching Activity (AA) HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) Term
      D-SCJU-125
      D-SCJU-131
      Integrated Assessment: There will be an overall assessment for the entire Programme component (UE) instead of individual assessments for each Teaching Activity (AA)

      Objectives of general skills

      • Understand the development and application of the law in a critical manner in order to activate knowledge to reflect critically and constructively on positive law
        • Identify social and political issues of legal phenomena
        • Place rules in a social context to understand the challenges and choices that stakeholders face
      • Introduce interdisciplinarity in their analysis and perception of the law in order to activate knowledge to reflect critically and constructively on positive law
        • Question the specifics of a legal approach in relation to other human sciences related to law
        • Develop critical thinking skills based on this introduction to humanities

      UE's Learning outcomes

      To help students understand the society they live in and provide them with the conceptual tool necessary to analyse it. Through
      the study of the main currents of sociological thought, the students learn to analyse several social contemporary processes and the most important social evolutions that we have faced recently.
      In a final part, several basic sociological concepts are also presented and specific attention is drawn towards the functionning of complex organizations.

      UE Content

      1. <strong>Sociological knowledge </strong>

      What is sociology?
      Collectivist and individualist paradigms
      Methodological  individualism

      <strong>2. Some pioneers in sociology</strong>

      Karl Marx
      Emile Durkheim
      Max Weber
      Vilfredo Pareto

      3. Social change and social evolutions

      Social Change
      Types of societies
      Globalization

      4. Sociological key concepts

      Social system
      Daily life
      Collective action
      Complex organizations
      Social stratification
      Conflicts

      Prior experience

      Sans objet

      Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - comments

      Not applicable

      Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - type

      • Written examination

      Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - comments

      Not applicable

      Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - type

      • Written examination

      Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - comments

      Not applicable

      Resit Assessment for IT - Term 1 (B1BA1) - type

      • Written examination

      Resit Assessment for IT - Term 1 (B1BA1) - Comments

      Not applicable

      Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

      AA
      D-SCJU-125
      D-SCJU-131

      Mode of delivery

      AA
      D-SCJU-125
      D-SCJU-131

      Required Reading

      AA
      D-SCJU-125
      D-SCJU-131

      Required Learning Resources/Tools

      AA
      D-SCJU-125
      D-SCJU-131

      Recommended Reading

      AA
      D-SCJU-125
      D-SCJU-131

      Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

      AA
      D-SCJU-125
      D-SCJU-131

      Other Recommended Reading

      AA
      D-SCJU-125
      D-SCJU-131
      UE : Programme component - AA : Teaching activity
      (*) HT : Hours of theory - HTPE : Hours of in-class exercices - HTPS : hours of practical work - HD : HMiscellaneous time - HR : Hours of remedial classes. - Per. (Period), Y=Year, Q1=1st term et Q2=2nd term
      Integrated Assessment: There will be an overall assessment for the entire Programme component (UE) instead of individual assessments for each Teaching Activity (AA)