Бакалавриат
2025/2026
Социология работы
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Социология)
Кто читает:
Департамент социологии
Где читается:
Факультет социальных наук
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 1 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Уйсал Кадир
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
6
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course aims at preparing final year bachelor’s degree students interested in the sociology of work to post-graduate studies. It provides students with valuable knowledge on fundamental theories and concepts in the sociology of work. The course informs students not only on the forms of work in the Fordist mode of production but also on the Post-Fordist transitions such as the advent of service economy, precarious forms of work, the technological transformations including the popularization of platforms, as well as changing geographies of work. Apart from theoretical and conceptual considerations, the course also supports students with insight into designing research on sociology of work and putting it into a well-formed proposal and presenting. Students will have a chance to practice these skills throughout the course. Those who are willing to continue post-graduate studies and pursue research in the field of sociology of work will highly benefit from the knowledge and skills offered by this course.
Learning Objectives
- • Define fundamental theories and approaches in sociology of work
- • Evaluate readings in sociology of work and provide criticism
- • Apply concepts of existing literature in the sociology of work in a paper proposal
- • Implement online presentation skills in the presentation of a research project
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Knowledge of the content of mandatory texts
- The ability to analyze the text through the prism of theories and concepts
- The ability to answer the lecturer’s questions
- The ability to formulate and ask questions about texts
- The ability to provide for criticism about text in seminar classes
Course Contents
- Introduction. What is Work? Key Concepts
- Foundational Theories in Sociology of Work
- The Rise of the Factory and Labour Process Theory
- Post-Industrial Economy: Service Work and Emotional Labour
- Non-Standard Forms of Work and Precarity
- Professionals, Professionalism and Managerial Turn
- Gender Segmentation at Work
- Technology and New Forms of Work What is meant by the “gig” economy?
Assessment Elements
- Seminar ActivityAttendance in all classes is desirable and graded. To encourage students to attend all classes, attendance in lectures & seminars coupled with level of informed activity in seminars constitutes 25% of the final grade. Reading the assigned materials is crucial for having a fruitful and enjoyable discussion in class. Therefore, every student must read all mandatory reading materials assigned for seminar discussions. Students’ assessment for participating in the seminars will depend on whether they have read their readings, participated in the discussion, answered the lecturer’s questions and formulated their own questions and comments. Starting from the first week, students receive points for their work in each week. Every student can get a maximum of 10 points per one lecture & seminar session. Before being entered into the final grade formula, the total number of seminar points will be divided by the number of seminars for which points are awarded. Normal mathematical division rules will be used to calculate the average number of points for the seminar activity. The lecturers may give a higher grade for the student’s overall seminar participation than is obtained by points before giving the final grade for the course.
- Presentation in SeminarStudents, either individually or as groups of maximum 2, will make a presentation on the readings of a selected week during seminars. There will be 7 groups starting from week 2. All students are expected to select a week among 7 weeks, right after the first session until the 8th of September. The selected week has to be indicated on the excel file on Yandex Drive folder of the course. Students who didn’t choose a week or chose a week which is already chosen will be assigned to a week by the lecturer on the 9th of September. Presentations will be of maximum 30 minutes, and will include a summary and the main arguments of the reading material(s), as well as reflections of the presenter(s) on the text including one question for the audience to discuss during the seminar. The presentation file will be submitted to the lecturer on the day of seminar before or after the seminar.
- Research ProposalStudents will write a full-fledged research proposal for a project of their choice on sociology of work, as the final assignment of the course. The research proposal is expected to be composed of the following parts: 1. Introduction 2. Literature review 3. Research question 4. Assumptions 5. Methods (for data collection) 6. Methods (for analysis) 7. Conclusion 8. References The proposal will be submitted through the Smart LMS system. The deadline for submission is 25th of October. The proposal is expected to provide a focused review of the literature on the selected topic, along with the research question, which will be informed by the literature and consists of scientific originality by referring to established debates in the literature. Students are expected to make assumptions on the answers they will find at the end of their study about their research questions as well as how they will try to answer the questions by indicating their methods of choice both in terms of data collection and for analysis. Both sub-sections on methods are expected to be in line with the research question, in terms of indicating the proper methods which will allow to answer the questions asked.
- Video PresentationStudents are expected to present their research proposal in a video recording of maximum 10 minutes. The presentation is expected to include the following content: 1. Introduction 2. Literature review 3. Research question 4. Assumptions 5. Methods (for data collection) 6. Methods (for analysis) 7. Conclusion
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 1st module0.25 * Presentation in Seminar + 0.29 * Research Proposal + 0.25 * Seminar Activity + 0.21 * Video Presentation
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Arlie Russell Hochschild. (2012). The Managed Heart : Commercialization of Human Feeling: Vol. Updated, with a new preface. University of California Press.
- Women and men at work, Padavic, I., 2002
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century, Braverman, H., 1974
- Srnicek, N. (2017). Platform Capitalism. Cambridge, UK: Polity. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1444285
- Standing, G. (2016). The precariat, class and progressive politics: A response. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.96F160C8
- The division of labor in society, Durkheim, E., 1997
- The making of the English working class, Thompson, E. P., 1991
- The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism, Weber, M., 1992