Module Modern Society - Winter Term

• why is it useful and necessary for Social Workers to think in a sociological way? We do not think and act just as individuals, but as members of society.
• Being socialized, educated and enculturated in a modern world gives us an idea of freedom but in the same moment also an idea of dependency
• Analysing society is necessary to both understanding the dynamic processes of social change and questioning it´s inescapability

Lecture "The sociological view on modern societies"

please choose 1 out of 3 options in this area of competence

• Students know the diversity of socio-scientific explanatory approaches and are familiar with sociologic and political scientific features of modern societies.
• They know historic and present development directions of sociologic and political scientific thinking. Students obtain insights into traditional theories and subject disourses in sociology and political science and develop their critical understanding.
• Students will achieve an integrated understanding of how social & political processes are related.
• They actively can percept and analyze formation of problems to resolve them effectively.

Lecture "Sociological view on modern societies"

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• This seminar gives an introduction in public health.
• Students will learn about social determinants of health and theories that explane health inequalities. Furthermore we will discuss ways to reduce this inequity using projects of the german cooperation network "Equity in Health".

Lecture "The sociological view on modern societies"

please choose 1 out of 3 options in this area of competence

• Students develop a critical attitude towards the social importance of categories of difference (gender, culture, social injustice, health), their coming into existence, reproduction and resulting structures of power