Sociology

1. Knowledge and understanding: on having passed the exam students will know the classical theories of Sociology (19th and 20th centuries), with particular attention to the epistemological dimension and the sociological lexicon. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding: on having passed the exam students should be able to use the epistemological fundamentals of sociology for the analysis of past and present social reality, in a diachronic and synchronic, specialized and integrated perspective 3. Critical faculties should be developed through classroom debates on the sociological issues considered, to encourage the acquisition of critical judgment, through the collective analysis of the texts and the debate with the professor and with the other students. 4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through classroom discussions, in which to informally and preliminarily explain what students learned during the course 5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics should be developed through the acquisition of traditions of the discipline and its specialized lexicon. These skills will allow them to independently investigate other issues related to the social sciences