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Sociology of Family and Policy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:48
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUPK_018 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology | Target Audience: | Sociology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ritma Rungule | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
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| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 16 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 32 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
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| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 2 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 3 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 6 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 7 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
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| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
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| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bernardes J. (1997) Family Studies: an Introduction. Routledge. | ||||||||
| 2 | Bogenschneider, K. (2006). Family Policy Matters: How Policy Making Affects Families and what Professionals can Do (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. | ||||||||
| 3 | Demo D.H., Allen K.R., Fine M.A. (1999) Handbook of Family Diversity. Oxford University Press | ||||||||
| 4 | Zimmerman S. (2001) Family Policy: Constructed Solutions to Family Problems. Sage. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bengtson V.L. (2005) Sourcebook of Family Theory &Research. Sage | ||||||||
| 2 | Edwards R. (2008) Researching Families andCommunities: Social and Generational Change. Routledge. | ||||||||
| 3 | Gauthier A. (1998) The State and The Family: a Comparative Analysis of Family Policies in Industrialized Countries. Oxford: Clarendon Press. | ||||||||
| 4 | Newman D.M., Grauerholz L. (2002) Sociology of Families. Pine Forge Press. | ||||||||
| 5 | White M.J., Klein M.D. (2008) Family Theories. Sage. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Comparative Family Policy Database. Pieejams: http://www.demogr.mpg.de/cgi-bin/databases/fampoldb/index.p… | ||||||||
| 2 | Resursi no Family Policy Center mājaslapas. Pieejams: http://www.familypolicycenter.org/ | ||||||||
