ECTS - PWSZ im. Witelona w Legnicy

The Witelon University of Applied Sciences in Legnica – Field: Nursing
ECTS credits
1
1. Course title
Sociology
2. Course contents
Lecture and self-education
Sociology as a science. Methods and techniques of the social research. Development of the sociological ideas. Inner
diversity of the sociology. Current sociology. Natural, economical and cultural conditions of the social life. Human as a
social being. Culture and its impact on the social life; the health culture. Social diversification, social inequality and
social mobility in Poland. Family as a group and a social institution. Marriage and family in Poland, Europe and in the
world. Pathologies in family life. Impact of disease on the family and social life. Sociology of the medicine. Cultural
conditions of health and illness. Behaviours and attitudes in health and illness. Medical institutions. Social relation
patient – medical personal. Dying and death as a social and cultural problem.
3. Prerequisites
General knowledge from the high school
4. Learning outcomes
The goal of the lecture is the presentation of different social communities, primarily showing the diversity of processes,
which have an affect on their rising, functioning and evolution. The practical goal of the laboratory is the training of
abilities useful by the building of ties in a social group, by the creation of workplaces, appeasement of social tensions or
solving of problems the modern communities have to deal with.
5. Recommended reading
1) Giddens A., Socjologia. Warszawa: Wn Pwn 2004.
2) Kubów A., Socjologia. Zarys Problematyki I Podstawowe Pojęcia. Poznań: Forum Naukowe 2006.
3) Kawczyńska-Butrym Z., Taranowicz I., Majchrowska A., Wybrane Elementy Socjologii Dla Pielęgniarek.
Lublin: Wydawnictwo Czelej 2000.
4) Majchrowska A., Wybrane Elementy Socjologii. Podręcznik Dla Studentów I Absolwentów Wydziałów
Pielęgniarstwa I Nauk O Zdrowiu. Lublin: Wydawnictwo Czelej 2003.
5) Sztumski J., Wstęp Do Metod I Technik Badań Społecznych. Katowice: Śląsk 1999.
6. Type of course
Obligatory
7. Teaching team
Department of Sociology and Social Communication
8. Course structure
Form Number of hours Semester year
Lecture
Classes
Laboratory
Project
Seminar
30 I 1
Other/Self education 15 I 1
Total students’ workload 30 I 1
9. Assessment methods
Lecture – credit with mark; self education – thesis written by the student concerning one of the issues included on the
list given by lecturer (pass without mark)
10. Language of instruction
Polish
ECTS Course Catalogue 2010/2011
645