Universität Wien

23.01. Sociology

Mit WS 2007/08 traten neue Studienpläne für das Bachelorstudium und das Masterstudium Soziologie in Kraft. Studierende, die ihr Studium bereits begonnen haben, können dieses selbstverständlich weiter führen und im Rahmen der gesetzlichen Übergangsfristen beenden. Details zu den neuen Studienplänen sowie zu den Übergangsregelungen finden sich auf der Institutsweb-Site http://www.soz.univie.ac.at/

Das Bachelorstudium Soziologie dient dem Erwerb einer allgemeinen Berufsbefähigung auf Basis einer grundlegenden wissenschaftlichen Ausbildung. Das Studium dauert 6 Semester und umfasst 180 ECTS-Punkte.

Das Masterstudium Soziologie vermittelt vertiefende, an die wissenschaftliche Forschung heranführende Kenntnisse. Das Studium baut auf einem fachlichen bzw. fachnahen Bachelorstudium auf und umfasst vier Semester bzw. 120 ECTS.

Im Folgenden sind zunächst die Lehrveranstaltungen des neuen Bachelor- und Masterstudiums angeführt, im Anschluss finden sich die Lehrangebote
des auslaufenden Bakkalaureats- und Magisterstudiums (GEIKU) sowie des Diplomstudiums Soziologie (RESOWI). Zahlreiche Lehrveranstaltungen können sowohl für neue wie für alte Studienprogramme angerechnet werden. Details dazu finden sich im kommentierten Vorlesungsverzeichnis, das von der Institutswebsite heruntergeladen werden kann.

Bei der Bezeichnung Seminarraum 1, 2 und 3 handelt es sich um die Seminarräume am Institut für Soziologie, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1. Stock. HS bezeichnet die allgemeinen Hörsäle der Universität im Universitäts-Hauptgebäude oder NIG.

Alle Lehrveranstaltungen sind anmeldepflichtig. Anmeldungen erfolgen ausschließlich über das elektronische Anmeldesystem des Soziologieinstituts (http://soziologie.bach.univie.ac.at/) und können von jedem PC mit Internetanschluss aus erfolgen. Bei prüfungsimmanenten Lehrveranstaltungen ist eine Abmeldung im Anmeldesystem bis längstens 31.3. möglich, wenn die/der Lehrverstaltungsleiter/in keine andere Frist bestimmt.

A. Bachelor Program in Sociology

1. Introductory Phase

STEP 1 Introduction to the Social Sciences

230072 VO Basics of Social Theory
230073 VO Basics of Theory in Social Sciences
230074 VO Social Sciences and Social Changes: Contemporary Debates

STEP 2 Introduction to Social Scientific Work with Emphasis on Sociology

230076 VO Structure and Development of Mordern Societies - Social Change of the Austrian Society
230077 PS Introduction to Sociology and Scientific Practices

2. Compulsory Modules

2.1. Theory

T1 Principles of Sociological Theory

230078 VO Theoretical Foundations ("Classics of Sociology")
230143 UE Theoretical Foundations ("Reading Classics of Sociology")
230144 UE Theoretical Foundations ("Reading Classics of Sociology") - Social Action and Social Structure
230145 UE Theoretical Foundations ("Reading Classics of Sociology") - From the Discovery of Social Structure through the World Civil War of Ideologists

T2 Specific Sociological Theories and Societal Diagnoses

230080 VO Selected Paradigms of Sociological Theory - Exemplified in the Field of Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
230082 SE Queer Theories in the Social Sciences: African, Asian and Latin American Approaches
230083 SE Pierre Bourdieu
230084 SE Interpretive Paradigm - Meaning and Agency, Interaction and Construction
230085 SE The Sociology of Emotions
230086 SE Theory of Social Systems
230087 WA Diagnoses of Society
230088 WA Diagnoses of Society
230147 WA Diagnoses of Society
230170 SE SE Social Differenciation and Georg Simmel

2.2. Methods

M1 Introduction to Empirical Social Research

230089 UE Methoden empirischer Sozialforschung - Übung

M2 Statistical Methods and Mathematics for Sociologists

M3 Discussion and Guided Application of Qualitative Approaches, Methods and Procdures

230093 VO Introduction to Qualitative Methods
230094 SE Qualitative Methods: Grounded Theory I
230095 UE Participant Observation: Sociology of Waste
230096 SE Qualitative Methods: Praxeology I - Concepts and Approaches of Social Practices in Theory and Empirical Research
230097 UE Qualitative Research: Photoanalyses
230098 SE Qualitative Methods: Ethnography I
230099 UE Qualitative Methods: Interviewing
230101 SE Qualitative Methods: Ethnography I
230103 SE Qualitative Methods: Hermeneutics I

M4 Discussion and Guided Application of Quantitative Approaches, Methods and Procedures

230105 VO Quantitative Methods in Social Research
230106 UE Research Practice: Data Collection
230107 UE Research Practice: Data Collection
230109 UE Research Practice: Data Collection
230112 UE Research Practice: Data Collection
230062 UE Table Analysis
230063 UE Itemanalysis, Scaling and Index Construction
230163 VO+UE Structural Equation Models with Longitudinal Data

2.3. Applications

A1 Areas of Sociological Research and Application

230113 VO Applied Sociology - An Overview
230114 PR Penetration into the Ethnic Communities - Function and Dysfunction of Ethnic Communities
230115 PR Psychiatric Examination - As an Example: Mental Institution
230116 PR Insights into Applied Sociological Research
230117 PR Biographical Research: Theory and Research Practices
230159 PR Career Orientation: Socio-Scientific Research
190215 VK Job Orientation for Students I - (Social and Natural Science)

A2 Selected Specific Sociology

230118 VO+SE Social Structure and Inequality
230119 VO+SE Organizational Sociology
230120 VO+SE [ en ] Urban Sociology
230121 VO+SE Sociology of the Arts
230122 VO+SE Sociology of Culture - " The Leisured Classes"
230124 VO+SE Basics of Traffic Sociology
230148 VO+SE Alter, Lebenslauf und Generationen
140316 VO Einführung in die Entwicklungssoziologie
230149 VO Science, politics, and publics: Introduction to Social Studies of Science
230150 KO Science, politics, and publics
230151 UK Observing science from a different perspective

A3 Project Design and Research Laboratory

2.4. Law and Economics

230125 KU Public Law for Sociologists - Introduction to Constitutional-, Administrative- and European Law
230126 KU Volkswirtschaftstheorie
230127 KU Business Administration - Business Aspects of Sociology

2.5. Communicative and Interpersonal Skills

230128 TR Communicative and Social Competences - Overview
230129 TR Projectmanagement
230130 TR Body Language
230131 TR Conflict Management in Teams
230132 TR Group Dynamics
230133 TR Basics and academic Working
190216 VK Communication Culture at Universites and at Work I
230169 TR Team Building

3. Elective Social Science Module

230134 VO+UE Network Analysis
230135 VO+UE Population Sociology
230136 UE Introduction to SPSS
230157 UK Trust, fraud and fabrication: Social Aspects of Knowledge Production
230158 SE [ en ] Values and Facts in Science and Society
190219 VK Basics of Social Network Analysis I
230172 UE Introduction to SPSS

B. Master Program in Sociology

1. Compulsory Modules

AR Master Thesis Seminar

230046 SE Master-Thesis-Seminar
230047 SE Master-Thesis-Seminar
230048 SE Master-Thesis-Seminar
230049 SE Master-Thesis-Seminar
230050 SE Master-Thesis-Seminar
230051 SE Master-Thesis-Seminar
230052 SE Master-Thesis-Seminar
230053 SE Master-Thesis-Seminar
230138 SE Master-Thesis-Seminar
230146 SE Master-Thesis-Seminar
230152 SE Seminar for master and doctoral students of science and technology studies

F Area of Specialization

Area of Specialization: Health and Organization

230028 VO+SE Health an Gender
230029 SE Health and Organizations: The Setting-Approach in Health Promotion

Area of Specialization: Culture and Society

230026 SE Colonization of Living Environments - The Conceptualization of Cultural Sociology in the Works of Habermas

Area of Specialization: Social Gerontology, Lifespan and Family Research

230022 VO Family and Ageing in Postmodern Society
230023 VO+SE Age and Quality of Life - Theoretical Concepts and Empirical Results
230024 SE Fathering and Male Identity
230164 SE Families in Transition

Area of Specialization: Social Structure and Social Integration

230019 VO+SE Migration and Complexe Insecurity
230020 SE [ en ] Urban Sociology - A Global View
140272 VO Lecture Series: Migration and Global History - Migration patterns and dynamics in selected world regions, c. 1850 to the present
140319 VO Lecture Series: Tourism and Development - Entwicklung durch Tourismus oder Tourismus als Folge von Entwicklung?
230173 SE Measurement of Poverty and Social Exclusion

M Applied Methods and Research Strategies

230014 VO+UE Specific Multivariate Methods of Analysis in the Social Sciences
230015 VO+UE Multivariate Methods - Statistical Analysis of Categorical Data
230016 VO+UE Advanced Methods - Comparative Quantitative Empirical Sozial Research - Cross-national/Curltural Survey Research
230017 SE [ en ] Ethnography
230018 SE Interpretive Picture Analysis - A Methodical Approach
230031 VO [ en ] Ethnography
210219 SE [ en ] Diss, H: Testing Causal Hypotheses in Social Sciences
210220 SE Diss, H: Design, Evaluation and Analysis of Questionaires for Survey Research
210221 SE Diss, H: Empirical Research of the Social Capital Theory

T Sociological Theory: Comparison, Application and Construction

230011 VO+SE Basic Problems of Sociological Theories
230013 VO+SE Social Inequalities

2. Compulsory Elective Modules

EF Focus on an Area of Specialization

230037 SE City and Gender - Space Production of Feminist Public Sphere and Social Movements
230038 SE Sociology of Police
230040 SE Genderperspectives on Family Violence
230041 VO+SE Social Gerontology, Life Course, Intergenerational Relations
230149 VO Science, politics, and publics: Introduction to Social Studies of Science
230150 KO Science, politics, and publics
230151 UK Observing science from a different perspective
230160 SE Indicators of social Sustainability in Tourism - Explorative Research in two Regions in Peru
230155 SE Imag(in)ing practices in science
230156 SE [ en ] Forms of Knowledge Related to the Body - Knowledge about the Body in Medicine and Nutrition
230154 UK Technology in everyday life - Everyday technologies

EM Focus on Methods

230032 VO+UE Methods of Evaluation
230033 VO+UE Online-Research: Network Analysis
230034 PR Quantitative Methods: Index
230035 PR Triangulation of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Sociology
230036 PR Qualitative Methods: Interviewing
230104 PR Coaching of Methods for Diploma- and Master-Theses

ET Focus on Sociological Theory

230030 VO+SE History of Sociological Theories

PM Project Management

230043 SE Project management
190218 VK Interdisciplinary Research : from Project Planning to Evaluation
230171 SE Projectmanagement

SM Elective Social Science Module

WK Knowledge Communication

230044 SE Knowledge Communication - Scientific Writing of Thesis

A. Bachelor Programme (Branch of Study: Human and Cultural Sciences)

First Year

1.1. Introduction to Sociology

1.2. Basics of Sociology

1.3. Statistics for Sociologists I

1.4. Training of Key Competences I

230132 TR Group Dynamics

Second Year

2.1. Sociological Theories

2.2. Sociological Methods

230094 SE Qualitative Methods: Grounded Theory I
230096 SE Qualitative Methods: Praxeology I - Concepts and Approaches of Social Practices in Theory and Empirical Research
230098 SE Qualitative Methods: Ethnography I
230101 SE Qualitative Methods: Ethnography I
230103 SE Qualitative Methods: Hermeneutics I
230106 UE Research Practice: Data Collection
230107 UE Research Practice: Data Collection
230109 UE Research Practice: Data Collection
230112 UE Research Practice: Data Collection
230062 UE Table Analysis
230063 UE Itemanalysis, Scaling and Index Construction
230163 VO+UE Structural Equation Models with Longitudinal Data

2.3. Sociological Fields of Practice - Special Sociologies

230118 VO+SE Social Structure and Inequality
230119 VO+SE Organizational Sociology
230120 VO+SE [ en ] Urban Sociology
230121 VO+SE Sociology of the Arts
230122 VO+SE Sociology of Culture - " The Leisured Classes"
230148 VO+SE Alter, Lebenslauf und Generationen

2.4. Practice Guidance, Part I

2.5. Statistics for Sociologists II

Third Year

3.1. Applied Research

230054 FPR Research Practice I
230055 FPR Research Practice I
230056 FPR Research Practice I
230058 FPR Research Practice II
230060 SE Restructuring Complex Organizations

3.2. Training of Key Compentences II

3.3. Practice Guidance, Part II

230059 PB Practice Guidance Part 2: Evaluation and Reflection

Recommended Free Elective Courses

230092 UE Table Analysis
230095 UE Participant Observation: Sociology of Waste
230097 UE Qualitative Research: Photoanalyses
230099 UE Qualitative Methods: Interviewing
230124 VO+SE Basics of Traffic Sociology
230125 KU Public Law for Sociologists - Introduction to Constitutional-, Administrative- and European Law
230126 KU Volkswirtschaftstheorie
230127 KU Business Administration - Business Aspects of Sociology
230135 VO+UE Population Sociology

Sociological Theories

Sociological Methods

190219 VK Basics of Social Network Analysis I
230134 VO+UE Network Analysis
230136 UE Introduction to SPSS
230172 UE Introduction to SPSS

Sociological Practice Fields - Special Sociologies

070195 KU Interdisciplinary Research I : from Project Planning to Evaluation

Theories of Science and Scientific Research

Additional Free Elective Courses

070189 VO Sozialgeschichte - Geschichte des Konsumierens in Österreich im (späten) 19. und 20. Jahrhundert

C. Diploma Programme Sociology (Branch of Study: Law, Social Sciences and Economics)

First Stage of the Degree Programme

1.1. Theories and Applications

1.2. Methods

1.3. Optional Courses in Law and Economics

1.3.1. Economics

1.3.2. Business Administration

1.3.3. Public Law, Labour and Social Law

1.3.4. Political Science

Second Stage of the Degree Programme

230635 PS Sociological Practice - special topics: - - migration - -

2.1. Theories and Applications

230037 SE City and Gender - Space Production of Feminist Public Sphere and Social Movements
230038 SE Sociology of Police
230040 SE Genderperspectives on Family Violence

2.2. Methods

230062 UE Table Analysis
230063 UE Itemanalysis, Scaling and Index Construction
230106 UE Research Practice: Data Collection
230109 UE Research Practice: Data Collection
230112 UE Research Practice: Data Collection
230163 VO+UE Structural Equation Models with Longitudinal Data

2.3. Elective Courses in Law and Economics

230125 KU Public Law for Sociologists - Introduction to Constitutional-, Administrative- and European Law
230126 KU Volkswirtschaftstheorie
230127 KU Business Administration - Business Aspects of Sociology

Third Stage of the Degree Programme

3.1. Theories and Applications

040523 EK KFK IndM: Labour Relations and HRM I
040526 VK KFK IndM: Labour Relations and HRM II
230026 SE Colonization of Living Environments - The Conceptualization of Cultural Sociology in the Works of Habermas

3.3.1. Sociological Theories

230011 VO+SE Basic Problems of Sociological Theories

3.3.2. Applied Sociology (Fields of Practice)

230019 VO+SE Migration and Complexe Insecurity
230020 SE [ en ] Urban Sociology - A Global View
230022 VO Family and Ageing in Postmodern Society
230023 VO+SE Age and Quality of Life - Theoretical Concepts and Empirical Results
230024 SE Fathering and Male Identity
230028 VO+SE Health an Gender
230029 SE Health and Organizations: The Setting-Approach in Health Promotion
230041 VO+SE Social Gerontology, Life Course, Intergenerational Relations
230118 VO+SE Social Structure and Inequality
230119 VO+SE Organizational Sociology
230120 VO+SE [ en ] Urban Sociology
230121 VO+SE Sociology of the Arts
230122 VO+SE Sociology of Culture - " The Leisured Classes"
230124 VO+SE Basics of Traffic Sociology
230148 VO+SE Alter, Lebenslauf und Generationen
230164 SE Families in Transition
230173 SE Measurement of Poverty and Social Exclusion

3.3.4.1. Political Sociology

040523 EK KFK IndM: Labour Relations and HRM I
040526 VK KFK IndM: Labour Relations and HRM II

3.3.4.2. Technical Sociology

3.3.4.3. Sociology of Work and Economics

040523 EK KFK IndM: Labour Relations and HRM I
040526 VK KFK IndM: Labour Relations and HRM II

3.3.4.4. Social Structure Research

3.3.4.5. Socialgerontology

3.3.4.6. Sociology of Developing Countries

3.3.4.7. Sociology Curriculum Vitae

3.3.4.8. Sociology of International Relations

3.3.4.9. Urban Sociology

3.3.4.10. Sociology of Migration

3.3.4.11. Sociology of Leisure, Sports and Tourism

3.3.4.12. Traffic Sociology

3.3.4.13. Sociology of Culture

3.3.3. Research Laboratory

230064 PR Research Lab: Housing Culture and Living Styles in the Life course
230065 PR Research Lab: Sociology of Vienna
230071 PR Research Lab: Design and Implementation of an Online Student Panel

3.3.4. Seminar for Diploma Candidates

3.2. Methods

210219 SE [ en ] Diss, H: Testing Causal Hypotheses in Social Sciences
210220 SE Diss, H: Design, Evaluation and Analysis of Questionaires for Survey Research
230014 VO+UE Specific Multivariate Methods of Analysis in the Social Sciences
230015 VO+UE Multivariate Methods - Statistical Analysis of Categorical Data
230016 VO+UE Advanced Methods - Comparative Quantitative Empirical Sozial Research - Cross-national/Curltural Survey Research
230017 SE [ en ] Ethnography
230018 SE Interpretive Picture Analysis - A Methodical Approach
230032 VO+UE Methods of Evaluation
230033 VO+UE Online-Research: Network Analysis
230043 SE Project management
230171 SE Projectmanagement

3.3. Courses in Law and Economics

Free Elective Courses

230070 SE Sociology of Tourism
230172 UE Introduction to SPSS

Research Privatissimum

040512 SE Research Privatissimum in Sociology
230137 SE Doctoral Thesis Seminar
230139 SE Doctoral Thesis Seminar
230140 SE Doctoral Thesis Seminar
230141 SE Doctoral Thesis Seminar
230142 SE Doctoral Thesis Seminar
230167 SE Doctoral Thesis Seminar
230168 SE Doctoral Thesis Seminar

D. Humanistic Branch of Study (Old Diploma Programme)

First Stage of the Degree Programme

1.1. Basics of General Sociology and Empirical Social Research

1.2. Basics of Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Second Stage of the Degree Programme

2.1. Sociological Theories

2.2. Special Sociologies

2.3. Empirical Social Research

2.4. Courses for Diploma and Doctoral Candidates

2.5. Gender Kolleg

B. Master Programme (Branch of Study: Human and Cultural Sciences)

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