300662 Sociology of health and illness (S) (SoSe 2023)
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This seminar analyzes and criticizes the complex relationships between social factors
and health and illness. We will discuss major topics in the field of sociology of health
and illness within political, economic, and cultural context. Example topics are:
definitions of health, factors influence death, disease and illness, the social
construction of health and illness, the "sick role" and medicalization, as well as current
dilemmas from the field of reproductive genetics, egg frizzing and posthumous
reproduction. We will try whenever possible to place issues in a global context, but we
will focus mainly on views from Germany and Israel.
Students are welcome to explore these topics in their seminar papers. In preparation
for the seminar paper, we will also discuss various methodological and ethical
challenges in collecting quantitative and qualitative da
Teaching staff
Dates ( Calendar view )
| Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period | |
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| weekly | Fr | 9-13 (s.t.) | X-E1-107 | 23.-30.06.2023 | |
| one-time | Fr | 12-13 | X-E0-214 | 07.07.2023 | |
| block | Fr | 09-12 | X-E0-236 | 07.07.2023 | |
| weekly | Mi | 9-13 | T0-145 | 12.-26.07.2023 |
Subject assignments
| Module | Course | Requirements | |
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| 30-M-Soz-M8a Soziologie der globalen Welt a | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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| Seminar 2 | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information | |
| 30-M-Soz-M8b Soziologie der globalen Welt b | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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| Seminar 2 | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information | |
| 30-M-Soz-M8c Soziologie der globalen Welt c | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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| Seminar 2 | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information |
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Course Requirements
Over the course, students will be expected to fulfill the following requirements:
1. Power-Point oral presentation of a planned research project (the
presentation can be done either alone or together in pairs).
The presentation should focus on a theoretical question related to the course
or a substantive sociological health issue of interest to you. Students will
present their planned project in class for 15 minutes (25/7, 30/7). (For details
see appendix no. 1
2. Seminar Paper (the paper can be done either alone or together in pairs).
Length of 20 double-spaced pages, excluding title page, references, and the
appendixes (deadline submission 30/9/2019).
Students will select a topic in relation to the subjects of the course, learn the
current state of knowledge, collect data (quantitative or qualitative) and analyze
them. (For details see appendix no. 2).
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- Faculty of Sociology
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