Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Understand the fundamentals (theories and tools) in human and social sciences
• Identify and explain the basic theoretical trends in various fields of human sciences (law, economics, management, history, psychology, etc.) and their applications.
• Understand the social environment and the way it works, as well as the role played by different social, economic and political agents
• Sociology and Anthropology option : Understand the fundamentals in the field of sociology and anthropology
• Have a critical view of theories, concepts and methods specific to sociology and anthropology.
• Avoid the pitfalls of ethnocentrism, sociocentrism and chronocentrisme.
• Master knowledge from disciplines within social and human sciences.
• Identify and explain the basic theories in political sciences and social sciences.
• Understand the tools and methods adapted to these disciplines.
• Apply transferable skills, such as analysis and critical thinking, thoroughness, independence, and teamwork
• Demonstrate a critical mind, ethical values and independent judgment issues of human and social sciences.

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of the class, the students will be able to: 

-   describe the evolution of the anthropological and sociological science in function of its political and historical context; 
-   give examples of operating fields for anthropology and sociology; 
-   summarize the theoretical input of founding authors of the disciplines; 
-   define basic concepts in anthropology and sociology;
-   illustrate the diversity of behaviors and motivations of human societies and social groups through case studies;
-  participate actively in work and dicussion group (10 tot 15 first year students with a third year student, the tutor);
-  read and understand a sociological or anthropological paper, to summarize informations, to presente and discute these with group members -write a structured work, in accordance with academic norms.    

Content of UE

Beginnings of anthropology, operating fields of the discipline, characteristics and methods, anthropology as a translation of the world, the total social fact, theories and founding authors, mistakes of anthropologists, rites of passage, marriage, kinship and locality, birth rites and name giving, reproductive fluids, purity and representations, the anthropologie of art, ethnopsychiatry and applied anthropology, the culturality of emotions, orality and writing, bodily techniques.

Peer tutoring sessions Under the responsability of third year student and the professor supervision : getting to know other students, methodological advices, sharing of experience, group work about sociological or anthropological paper, assessed presentation and written work in accordance with instructions (academic norms) -tutor assistance-    How sociologists do think social order? By what kind of concepts? By The perspective of groups' interests (objective ones or subjective) or by the micro or macro social relations? We will explore these diverse sociologies by their concrete researches. It implies to present the data (documents, statistics, etc.) they mobilize. Students will be familiarized to sociological practice by the work of major authors.     

Prior Experience

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q1

• Presentation and/or works
• Oral examination
• Quoted exercices

Q1 UE Assessment Comments

Sociologie: 50% Anthropologie: 35% Apprentissage de la formation: 15%

Type of Assessment for UE in Q2

• Presentation and/or works
• Oral Examination
• Quoted exercices

Q2 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Presentation and/or works
• Oral examination
• Written examination
• Quoted exercices

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Sociologie : 50% Anthropologie: 35% Apprentissage de la formation: 15%

Type of Resit Assessment for UE in Q1 (BAB1)

• Presentation and/or works
• Oral examination
• Written examination
• Quoted exercices

Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)

Anthropologie: 35% Sociologie: 50% Apprentissage de la formation: 15%