Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• 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

Learning Outcomes of UE

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.

Content of UE

1. <b>Sociological knowledge </b>

What is sociology?
Collectivist and individualist paradigms
Methodological  individualism

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

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

Type of Assessment for UE in Q2

• Written examination

Q2 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Written examination

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable