UCL - Sociologie de la famille et du couple

[SEXM2105]

[30h] 4 credits

Teacher(s): Jacques Marquet

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

By the end of the course, students will be able to :
- present the key stages in sociological thinking in relation to a particular issue
- give an accurate account of the thinking of a particular author
- deconstruct the reasoning of an author and put it in perspective alongside other authors
For students who opt to present their work in class, the quality of their oral expression is also an objective of the course.

Main themes

- to present the different sociological theories on families and couples by explaining their emergence from a historical perspective and their basic principles.
- to create links between the different theories presented.
- to tackle/present issues to gain practice in formulating reasoning and also to show the possible links between the approaches of different authors.

Content and teaching methods

To draw up a chart of sociological theories on families and couples, with particular emphasis on contemporary sociological approaches. The course focuses on current issues in the field and there is special emphasis on recent research in this area.
The current issues the course covers are the following : identity in the life of a couple, intra-marital capital exchange, marital conflict and violence, division of domestic duties, tensions between professional and private life, socialization and educational strategies, individualism in family life, single life, the place of children in the family, single sex parenting, multiple parenting, links between generations, divorce, violence within the family, codification of private space by the state, criticisms of the family.
The course is mostly composed of lectures with some interactive sessions organized along the lines of a debate. Students who wish to present an issue, either individually or in a group, are welcome to do so with the agreement of the lecturer.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisites : basic concepts of sociology
Assessment : assessment methods will be explained by the lecturer(s) iat the beginning of the course.
Support : support material (texts, references for articles, copies of the transparencies used in class etc.) are regularly put on the course website as the course progresses.
Supervision : no specific supervision.