Study programme 2014 - 2015 [New Decree on Higher Education]*
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
  • RESTEIGNE Delphine
Language
of instruction
Language
of assessment
HT(*) HE(*) HTP(*) HR(*) HD(*) CreditsWeighting Term
  • Français
Français455.001.502nd term
AA CodeTeaching Activity (AA) HT(*) HE(*) HTP(*) HR(*) HD(*) Term
D-SCJU-125Sociologie - partie 130.00
D-SCJU-131Sociologie - partie 215.00
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.
Trough 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. Sociological knowledge

What is sociology?
Collectivist and individualist paradigms
Methodological  individualism

2. Some pioneers in sociology

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

A.A.Type of Teaching Activity/Activities
D-SCJU-125
  • Course
D-SCJU-131
  • Course

Mode of delivery

A.A.Mode of delivery
D-SCJU-125
  • Face to face
D-SCJU-131
  • Face to face

Required Reading

A.A.Required Reading
D-SCJU-125Note de cours - Syllabus de sociologie - Manigart Philippe & Resteigne Delphine
D-SCJU-131Note de cours - Syllabus de sociologie - Manigart Philippe & Resteigne Delphine

Required Learning Resources/Tools

A.A.Required Learning Resources/Tools
D-SCJU-125Not applicable
D-SCJU-131Not applicable

Recommended Reading

A.A.Recommended Reading
D-SCJU-125
D-SCJU-131

Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

A.A.Recommended Learning Resources/Tools
D-SCJU-125Sans objet
D-SCJU-131Sans objet

Other Recommended Reading

A.A.Other Recommended Reading
D-SCJU-125Not applicable
D-SCJU-131Not applicable
UE : Programme component - AA : Teaching activity
(*) HT : Hours of theory - HE : Hours of in-class exercices - HTP : hours of practical work - HD : HMiscellaneous time - HR : Hours of remedial classes.Integrated Assessment: There will be an overall assessment for the entire Programme component (UE) instead of individual assessments for each Teaching Activity (AA)