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Quality of Life in Sociology

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:00
Study Course Information
Course Code:SUPK_011LQF level:Level 7
Credit Points:4.00ECTS:6.00
Branch of Science:Sociology; Theory and History of SociologyTarget Audience:Sociology
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Ritma Rungule
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfatrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)16Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures32
Classes (count)4Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes8
Total Contact Hours40
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
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Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Lectures2.00auditorium
2Lectures2.00auditorium
3Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
4Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
5Lectures2.00auditorium
6Lectures2.00auditorium
7Lectures2.00auditorium
8Lectures2.00auditorium
9Classes1.00auditorium
10Lectures2.00auditorium
11Classes1.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
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Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
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Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Abbott L.Ferris. The Quality of Life Concept in Sociology, The American Sociologist/Fall. 2004
2B.Bela, T.Tisenkopfs. Dzīves kvalitāte Latvijā. Stratēģiskās analīzes komisija. Rīga: Zinātne. 2006
3М.Б. Лига. Качество жизни как основа социальной безопасности, 2006
4M.Joseph Sirgy. Handbook of Quality-of-Life Research: An Ethical Marketing Perspective by Social Indicators Research Series, Volume 8., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands. 2001
5M.Joseph Sirgy. Handbook of Quality-of-Life Research: An Ethical Marketing Perspective by Social Indicators Research Series, Volume 8., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands. 2001
6Phillips David. Quality of life, Routledge, London and New York. 2006
Additional Reading
1Mario Bunge, WHAT IS A QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATOR? Social Indicators Research 2 (1975) 65-79
2Beck Wolfgang, Laurent I.G. van der Maesen, Fleur Thomex, Alan Walker. Social Ouality: A Vision for Europe. Kluwer Law International. 2001
3Soren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick, Niels Jorgen Andersen, Quality of Life Theory I. The IQOL Theory: An Integrative Theory of the Global Quality of Life Concept, TheScientificWorldJOURNAL,(2003) 3, 1030-1040
4Veenhoven, Ruut, Quality of Life Research, 2007
Other Information Sources
1Social Indicators Research Series
2Pārskats par tautas attīstību