Bachelor Sociology (505 [3] - Version 2024)

Introductory and Orientation Period (STEOP) (16 ECTS)

B1 STEOP - Basics of Methodology in the Social Sciences (6 ECTS)

• EXAM Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
• 230001 VO ( STEOP ) B1 STEOP - Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences

B1 Basics of Methodology in the Social Sciences: Approved Lectures Social Sciences

• EXAM Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
• 210001 VO STEOP BAK1.1 Introduction to the Methodology of the Social Sciences
• 240002 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences

B2 STEOP - Subject-Specific Introduction to Sociology (10 ECTS)

• 230002 VO ( STEOP ) B2 STEOP - Introduction to Sociology
• 230003 VO ( STEOP ) B2 STEOP - Research and Application Fields of Sociology

B3 Basics of Social Sciences (14 ECTS)

• 230004 VO ( OV ) B3 Basics of Scientific Work in Sociology - WELCOME TO THE STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY! Guide to starting your studies

B3 Basics of Social Sciences: Approved Lectures Social Sciences

• 220006 VO INSOWI A: VO WITHEGI Theory and History of Science
• 220013 VO INSOWI A: VO SOFRA Current Societal Issues and Social Science Research

B4 Sociological Theories: Basics (12 ECTS)

• 230006 SE B4 Basic Concepts of Sociology
• 230007 UE [ en ] B4 Guided Reading: Classics of Sociological Texts
• 230008 UE B4 Guided Reading: Classics of Sociological Texts

B5 Quantitative Social Research and Statistics in Sociology: Basics (20 ECTS)

• 230020 VO B5 Statistics in Sociology 2 - Lecture
• 230021 XV Tutorial for VO 230020 Statistics in Sociology 2 - Bachelor 2011, Bachelor 2024 und EC
• 230022 VU B5 Introduction to Quantitative Social Research
• 230023 UE B5 Statistics in Sociology 2 - Excercise
• 230024 UE B5 Statistics in Sociology 1 - Excercise

B6 Societal Analyses (12 ECTS)

• 230026 VO B6 Structure and Transformation of Society
• 230027 SE B6 Queer Politics - Current Societal Developments
• 230028 SE B6 Poverty in the risk society: A question of resources? - Current Societal Developments
• 230029 SE B6 Precarity in the world of work - Current Societal Developments
• 230030 SE B6 Ending homelessness by 2030: Austria’s current position in the European context - Current Societal Developments
• 230031 SE B6 Between Comedy and Criticism: Humor in Society and Culture - Current Societal Developments
• 230032 SE B6 Tinder Fatigue - About the uneasiness with digital dating culture - Current Societal Developments
• 230033 SE B6 Migration and Dwelling: Social Dynamics in Heterogeneous Neighborhoods - Current Societal Developments
• 230034 SE B6 Racism as structuring category - Current Societal Developments

B6 Societal Analyses: Recommended Lectures of other Departments

• 233001 UK Wissenschaft, Öffentlichkeit, Demokratie
• 233002 UK Nature, Risk, Society - Science, technology and nature in the Anthropocene
• 233003 UK Values and Evaluations in Science - Werte und Bewertungen (in) der Wissenschaft. Ambivalenzen der Beziehung von Wissen und Werten

B7 Qualitative Social Research (16 ECTS)

• 230035 VU B7 Introduction to Qualititative Social Research
• 230037 UE B7 Reconstructive Social Research and Documentary Method - Methods of Interpretative Social Research (Exercise)
• 230038 UE B7 Grounded Theory - Methods of Interpretative Social Research (Exercise)
• 230039 UE B7 Ethnography - Methods of Interpretative Social Research (Exercise)
• 230040 UE B7 Objective Hermeneutics - Methods of Interpretative Social Research (Exercise)
• 230041 UE B7 Participatory Research - Qualititative Research Methods: Consolidation (Exercise)
• 230042 UE B7 Multilingualism in qualitative research - Focus on interviews - Qualititative Research Methods: Consolidation (Exercise)
• 230043 UE B7 Group Discussion and Focus Group - Qualititative Research Methods: Consolidation (Exercise)
• 230044 UE B7 Did I understand you correctly? Qualitative Interviewing and Transcription Techniques - Qualititative Research Methods: Consolidation (Exercise)

B8 Applied Sociology (12 ECTS)

• 230050 SE B8 Sociology of Age - Selected Research Areas
• 230051 SE B8 Urban Sociology - Selected Research Areas
• 230052 SE B8 Sociology of Religion - Selected Research Areas
• 230053 SE B8 Sociology of Health - Selected Research Areas
• 230054 SE B8 Sociology of Sports - Selected Research Areas
• 230055 SE B8 Sociology of Youth - Selected Research Areas
• 230058 UE B8 Sociological professional fields - Non-University Institutes, Research Organizations, Think Tanks and NGOs - Sociology in Practice
• 230059 UE B8 Homelessness and Homeless Assistance in Vienna - Sociology in Practice
• 230060 UE B8 Sociology of Social Work A practice field of social science - Sociology in Practice
• 230061 UE B8 Deepening and rediscovering professional fields for sociologists - Sociology in Practice
• 230062 UE B8 Sociology of poverty and (social) aid - Sociology in Practice

B8 Applied Sociology: Recommended Lectures of other Departments

B9 Sociological Theories Consolidation (8 ECTS)

• 230065 VO B9 Sociological Theories: Consolidation - Lecture
• 230066 SE B9 Pierre Bourdieu's theory of social inequality - Sociological Theories: Consolidation (Seminar)
• 230067 SE B9 Hate Crime Sociology: Group identities and Prejudices - Sociological Theories: Consolidation (Seminar)
• 230068 SE B9 Classics of sociology and the relation between society and individual - Sociological Theories: Consolidation (Seminar)
• 230069 SE B9 Max Weber's Interpretive Sociology - Sociological Theories: Consolidation (Seminar)

B10 Quantitative Social Research Consolidation (12 ECTS)

• 230071 UE B10 Multivariate Methods - Exercise
• 230072 UE B10 Multivariate Methods - Exercise
• 230073 UE B10 Data Collection and Data Analysis

B11 Practical Sociological Research Course (12 ECTS)

• 230075 PR B11 Sociological Research Practice 2: Visual Sciology
• 230076 PR B11 Sociological Research Practice 2: Culture, Morality and Class
• 230077 PR B11 Sociological Research Practice 2: Health under the pressure of multiple crises
• 230078 PR B11 Sociological Research Practice 2: Sociology of crime
• 230079 PR B11 Sociological Research Practice 1: Klarna + TikTok. Financial literacy of young adults
• 230080 PR B11 Sociological Research Practice 1: Solving Social Problems - Comparing Their Construction and Management
• 230081 PR B11 Sociological Research Practice 1: Communicative AI and Artificial Companionship
• 230082 PR B11 Sociological Research Practice 1: From finding a partner to everyday family life - Analyses with the Generations & Gender Survey

B12 Practice-Oriented Competences (8 ECTS)

• 230090 UE B12 Sociological Writing and Presenting
• 230091 UE B12 Meaning and social responsibility -The search for meaning as an important social competence - Social and Communicative Competences
• 230092 UE B12 Questions and advice - Expansion of advice and communication skills for sociologists - Social and Communicative Competences
• 230093 UE B12 Conflict Management in teams - Social and Communicative Competences
• 230094 UE B12 Successful communication and conversational skills - Social and Communicative Competences

B13 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis (8 ECTS)

• 230100 SE B13 Bachelor's Seminar

Alternative Extension - Recommended Lectures

• 230018 VO PM2 Population Sociology
• 230019 VO PM1 PM1 Quantitative Empirical Research
• 230504 XV Sociology of politacal Profanity