DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

The department of Sociology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens offers a comprehensive undergraduate programme that combines theoretical and empirical orientations, covering a wide range of sub-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary issues.

The programme includes three types of courses:

• 24 core courses that are mandatory.
• 13 mandatory-elective courses offered by the department.
• 3 elective courses from other departments (of the faculty or other faculties of the university).

The core courses for the academic year 2022-2023 are the following:

1. Fundamental Issues of Sociological Theory and Social Research I
2. Introduction to Social and Human Sciences
3. Principles of Political Economy
4. Introduction to Political Science
5. Social and Political History of Europe (18^th-21^st centuries)
6. Fundamental Issues of Sociological Theory and Social Research II
7. Introduction to Political and Social Philosophy
8. Methods and Techniques of Quantitative Research I
9. Sociology in Greece
10.  Social and Political History of Greece (18^th-21^st centuries)
11.  History of Sociological Theories I
12.  Economic Sociology
13.  Political Sociology
14.  History of Sociological Theories II
15.  Sociology of Culture
16.  Theories of Gender and Gender Discrimination
17.  Epistemological and Philosophical Foundations of Sociology I
18.  Theories of Social Reproduction
19.  Social and Cultural Anthropology
20.  Epistemological and Philosophical Foundations of Sociology II
21.  Science, Technology, Society
22.  Sociology of Law: Theoretical Premises and Research Techniques
23.  Methods and Techniques of Quantitative Research II
24.  Methods and Techniques of Qualitative Research

The mandatory-elective courses are distributed among 8 Thematic Units. Each student must choose at least three courses from a specific Thematic Unit.

The mandatory-elective courses offered during the academic year 2022-2023 are the following:

1^st Thematic Unit: Economy and Society

1. Economic Development and Stratification
2. Sociology of Globalisation
3. Sociology of Work
4. Digital labour
5. Sociology of Migration and Post-colonial Theories

2^nd Thematic Unit: Science, Technology, Society

1. Knowledge and Information Society
2. Political Economy of the Internet. Specific Issues of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
3. Sociology of the Internet
4. Social Theories of Scientific Knowledge
5. Risk Society and Environment

3^rd Thematic Unit: Politics and Society

1. Political & Social Representation
2. Social Movements
3. State and Society
4. Political Communication
5. Theories of Democracy

4^th Thematic Unit: Law and Society

1. Critical Social Theory for Law, Democracy and Rights
2. Social Inequalities and Law
3. Sociology of Deviant Behaviour and Surveillance Technologies
4. Biomedicine, Bioethics and Biopower

5^th Thematic Unit: Culture

1. Theory of Ideology
2. Society, Media and Public Opinion
3. Theory and Sociology of Art
4. Sociology of Religion

6^th Thematic Unit: Social Reproduction

1. Sociology of Education
2. Sociology of the Family
3. Sociology of Health
4. Sociology of Leisure and Tourism

7^th Thematic Unit: Gender, Body and Sexuality

1. Social Policies for Gender Equality
2. Gender-based Violence
3. Sociology of the Body
4. Sexuality and Power

8^th Thematic Unit: Social Anthropology

1. Sociology of Emotions
2. Anthropology, Performing Arts and Digital Technologies
3. Performance and Contemporary Popular Music
4. Ethnography and Cultural Mediation

Elective courses are offered from other departments of the Faculty of Economic and Political Sciences, such as the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, the Department of Communication and Media Studies; and from other faculties, such as the Department of Law, the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, and the Department of Music Studies. The courses offered during the academic year 2022-2023 are the following:

1. Comparative Social Policy
2. Contemporary Political Theory
3. Electoral Sociology
4. Psycho-Sociology of the Media
5. Sociology of the News
6. Criminal Suppression – Penitentiary Law
7. Gender and Sports
8. Sociology of Sports
9. Ethnographic Approaches of Performative Arts
10.  Performance and Digital Technologies

Bachelor’s Dissertation

The students of the department have the option to prepare a Bachelor’s Dissertation during their 8^th and last semester. For those who choose this option a Seminar for the Preparation of Dissertations is offered at the 8^th semester.

☛ TEACHING PROGRAMME FOR THE WINTER SEMESTER OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-2025