Digital Sociology
Undergraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 15
- Teaching semesters
- Spring
- Course code
- SOS120
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Teaching language
- English
- Resources
- Schedule
- Reading list
Course description
Objectives and Content
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will have achieved the following outcomes:
Knowledge
- Understand how the terms 'digitalization' and 'digital capitalism' are used in social scientific debate and public discourse
- Understand and be able to compare theories on the relationship between technological, social and environmental change with reference to specific social fields such as intimate relations, political communication, diasporic networks, and social activism
Skills
- Work together with peers to gather, analyze, and relate digital data to sociological theories.
- Analyze how social domains such as intimate relations, political communication, diasporic networks, and social activism are impacted by and shape digital technologies.
- Critically assess claims of social transformation due to digitalization.
General competencies
- Be able to relate classical and modern sociological theories to debates on the process of digitalization
- Be able to evaluate methodological rigor in the use of digital methods
ECTS Credits
Level of Study
Semester of Instruction
Required Previous Knowledge
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures (10-12 x 2 hours) = 20-24 hours
Seminars (10-12 x 2 hour) = 20-24 hours
Group work (student led, to work on a group project to make a presentation) 1 x 10-12 hours) = 10-12 hours
Self-directed study (reading for lectures, seminar preparation, exam preparation= 344-350 hours
Total hours = 400
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
Completion of compulsory term paper (1500 words +/- 10%, excluding the title page, table of contents, references, tables, and attachments)
The term paper must be approved before the student can take the exam.
Approved compulsory work requirements are valid in the exam semester and the following exam semester
Forms of Assessment
Digital home exam (3 days, 3000-word limit +/- 10%, excluding the title page, table of contents, references, tables, and attachments ).
The exam will be given in the language in which the course is taught.
The exam answer can be submitted in Norwegian, Swedish, or Danish. It is also possible to submit in English.
Grading Scale
Assessment Semester
Assessment in teaching semester.
A retake exam is arranged for students with valid absence according to § 5-5 in the UiB regulations.
If there is a retake exam, this will be available for students with the follow results/absences:
- Medical certificate/valid absence
- Interruption during the exam
- Fail/failed
If you have the right to take a retake exam and a retake exam is arranged for students with valid absences, you can sign up yourself in Studentweb after January 15/August 1.