Studying at the University of Verona

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Type D and Type F activities

I 12 crediti liberi a scelta dello studente (ambito “D”) hanno lo scopo di offrire allo studente la possibilità di personalizzare il proprio percorso formativo permettendo di approfondire uno o più argomenti di particolare interesse legati al proprio percorso accademico.
Per garantire questo fine, si invitano gli studenti a rispettare le seguenti indicazioni per il completamento di tale ambito:
  •  almeno un’attività formativa erogata come esame universitario (con relativo voto in trentesimi) - è possibile scegliere fra i vari insegnamenti del proprio CdS non sostenuti in precedenza, anche quelli dell'altro curriculum, fra i vari insegnamenti degli altri CdS di I° livello afferenti al Dipartimento di Scienze Umane ed anche fra i vari insegnamenti dei CdS di I° livello ad accesso libero erogati dall'Ateneo di Verona;
  • massimo 6 cfu relativi a competenze linguistiche (oltre a quelli previsti dal PdS);
  • massimo 6 cfu relativi a competenze informatiche (oltre a quelli previsti dal PdS);
  • massimo 4 cfu di tirocinio, (oltre a quelli previsti dal PdS); 
  • massimo 6 cfu di attività laboratoriale/esercitazioni (compresi quelli previsti nei PdS per l’ambito) di regola viene riconosciuto 1 cfu ogni 25 ore di attività; 
  • massimo 6 cfu di attività seminariale/convegni/cicli di incontri/formative in genere (sia accreditata dal Dipartimento di Scienze Umane che extrauniversitaria) – di regola viene riconosciuto 1 cfu ogni 8 ore di partecipazione e/o 2 giornate salvo diversamente deliberato;
  • non vengono valutate attività svolte in Erasmus non inserite nei Learning Agreement.
 Altre informazioni sono reperibili nella Guida per i crediti liberi che è possibile trovare qui.

COMPETENZE TRASVERSALI
Scopri i percorsi formativi promossi dal  Teaching and learning centre dell'Ateneo, destinati agli studenti iscritti ai corsi di laurea, volti alla promozione delle competenze trasversali:
https://talc.univr.it/it/competenze-trasversali
 

 
Prima parte del primo semestre From 9/27/21 To 11/6/21
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° What paradigms beyond the pandemic? D Paola Dal Toso (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° The ethics and aesthetics of the image D Gianluca Solla (Coordinator)
Seconda parte del primo semestre From 11/15/21 To 1/12/22
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° What paradigms beyond the pandemic? D Paola Dal Toso (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratorio “Calendario di Memoria Civile – Giornata della Memoria” D Olivia Guaraldo (Coordinator)
2 A CuCi From 2/14/22 To 3/26/22
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Introduction to robotics for humanities students D Paolo Fiorini (Coordinator)
Prima parte del secondo semestre From 2/14/22 To 3/26/22
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Restorative Justice D Cristina Lonardi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego, a hundred years later: social bond and new forms of subjectivation. D Matteo Bonazzi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Gnoseology and Metaphysics Workshop 2025 D Davide Poggi (Coordinator)
Seconda parte del secondo semestre From 4/4/22 To 6/4/22
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Partecipated justice and reforms. The settlement of conflicts with people and for people D Cristina Lonardi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Gnoseology and Metaphysics Workshop 2025 D Davide Poggi (Coordinator)

Sociology and analysis of social dynamics  (2021/2022)

Teaching code

4S02401

Teacher

Luigi Tronca

Coordinator

Luigi Tronca

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SPS/07 - GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

Period

Sem. 1A, Sem. 1B

Lessons timetable MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding 1. To know and to understand the main concepts of sociology, paying special attention to strategies and main subjects of sociological research and referring particularly to Italian society features. 2. To present a systematic introduction to techniques of structural analysis, known also well as techniques of social network analysis, first presenting their theoretical roots and secondly dealing with the relational concept of social phenomena. 3. To examine some subjects particularly relevant in education. These concepts will be presented through the analysis of some empirical researches that show to the students some operational strategies for the practical use of the social network analysis.
Applying knowledge and understanding 1. To define the most important concepts and issues for sociology, with methodological proficiency, command of terminology and with special reference to those regarding the fields of action of the educational services. 2. To use the acquired theoretical approaches to read social phenomena and be able to effectively define the most important characteristics of relational contexts, including social networks, and then to use the acquired abilities to make autonomous use of data regarding social contexts and analyse the characteristics of social networks, in particular in the educational field. 3. To use the acquired abilities, in terms of strategies for analysis and obtaining information, to confidently study the social aspect of educational phenomena.

Program

To achieve the learning outcomes, the course will take shape over the following three-part syllabus:


First part:

1. Introduction to sociology.
2. Culture.
3. Social structure.
4. Socialization.
5. Social interaction.
6. Organizations.
7. Deviance and social control.
8. Community and urban life.
9. Inequality, stratification and social classes.
10. Ethnic inequality.
11. Gender and inequality.
12. Age and inequality.
13. Family.
14. Education.
15. Religion.
16. Economy and society.
17. Political system.
18. Population dynamics.
19. Collective behaviour and social movements.
20. Social and cultural change.


Second part:

1. Definition and utility of social network analysis.
2. Theoretical roots of social network analysis.
3. Social relation and its operationalization.
4. Methods for the data collection and organization.
5. Graphic representation of data.
6. Graph Theory.
7. Matrix representation of data.
8. Centrality and centralization.
9. Methods and techniques for partition of graphs.
10. Methods for reduction of graphs.
11. Positions, roles and structural equivalence.
12. Limits and prospects of development for social network analysis.


Third part:

1. The relational paradigms of social research: relational sociology, and social network analysis.
2. The joint use of the research methodologies.
3. The relational analysis of amoral familism.
4. The relational analysis of school social capital.


The syllabus will be presented analytically in lectures. All topics in the syllabus can be found in the following reference texts:
1) For the first part of the syllabus: N.J. Smelser, Manuale di sociologia, Bologna, il Mulino, 2011 (all).
2) For the second part of the syllabus: A.M. Chiesi, L’analisi dei reticoli, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 1999 (except the Appendix).
3) For the third part of the syllabus: L. Tronca, Sociologia relazionale e social network analysis. Analisi delle strutture sociali, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2013 (all).

Bibliography

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Examination Methods

The examination aims to check the skills acquired by students. The content of the syllabus will be assessed. The examination consists of a written test with thirty-one multiple-choice questions potentially concerning any of the syllabus content. A mark will be given out of thirty. The examination is conducted in the same way for attending and non-attending students.

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