Part I
Course Duration: One Semester
Credit Units: 3
Level: B3
Medium of Instruction: English
Medium of Assessment: English
Prerequisites: Nil
Precursors: Nil
Equivalent Courses: Nil
Exclusive Courses: Nil
Part II
Course Aims:
This course aims to enhance students to describe and analyze sociological theories and their applications.
Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
No. | CILOs | Weighting |
1. | Describe and analyse major theoretical paradigms of sociology; | 35% |
2. | Compare and contrast different theoretical paradigms of sociology; and | 35% |
3. | Describe and analyze the applications of sociological theories in social issues. | 30% |
Teaching and learning Activities (TLAs)
(Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to facilitate students’ achievement of the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course)
CILO No. | TLA1 | TLA2 | TLA3 | Hours/course
(if applicable) |
CILO 1 | P | P | P | |
CILO 2 | P | P | P | |
CILO 3 | P | P | P | |
TLA1: Lectures
Instructor will give lectures to introduce the major sociological theories and applications.
TLA2: Student Presentations & Class Discussions
Students will give group presentations on selected sociological theories and applications. These presentations will facilitate further class discussions.
TLA3: Individual Projects
Individual student will submit one book review and one term paper for this course. Selection of book and term paper topic should fall in line with the student’s interests and the scope of the course. The book review will be submitted by the student to formulate a feasible term paper topic by the first half of the course. With the instructor’s inputs, the students will continue to work on the term paper.
Assessment Tasks/Activities
(Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to assess how well the students achieve the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course)
CILO No. | Type of Assessment Tasks/Activities | Weighting | Remarks |
CILO 1-3 | AT1: Individual Term Paper | 30% | |
CILO 1-3 | AT2: Book Review | 20% | |
CILO 1-3 | AT3: Student Group Presentations | 20% | |
CILO 1-3 | AT4: Examination | 30% | |
AT1: Individual Term Paper (30%)
A term essay to interrogate a topic that the student will formulate through the book review and group presentation. The topic should be endorsed by the instructor.
AT2: Book Review (20%)
A book review should be submitted. Individual students are encouraged to review a book relevant to the course and make use of the book review to explore a topic and formulate a reading list that they are going to work on for the term paper.
AT3: Student Group Presentations (20%)
Student groups will be scheduled to present a topic of interests. These presentations are expected to facilitate more class discussions. The students are welcome to group themselves up in accordance with similar topics of interests so that they could also connect the presentation with book review and term paper.
AT4: Examination (30%)
Examination questions will be designed in accordance with the topics covered by student presentations, book reviews and term paper preparations with reasonable modifications.
Grading of Student Achievement:
Refer to Grading of Courses in the Academic Regulations (Attachment) and to the Explanatory Notes to establish grading standards.
Standards (A+AA-…F). Grading is based on student performance in assessment tasks/activities.
Part III
Keyword Syllabus:
Positivism, interpretivism, structural-functionalism, symbolic interactionism, transactionalism, Marxism and neo-Marxism, structuralism and post-structuralism, post-modernism.
Applying sociological theories in social issues, e.g., culture, conflict, religion, security, governance, crime, globalization, transnationalism, development, and politics.