Università Roma Tre

THE COURSE AIMS AT ACQUIRING BASICS OF SOCIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO SCIENTIFIC FEATURE OF SOCIOLOGY. STARTING FROM THE ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DISCIPLINE THROUGH MAIN LINE AUTHORS AN APPROACH TO MAJOR THEORIES AND STREAMS IS PROPOSED. SPECIFIC PROBLEMS OF METHODOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES ARE ANALYZED, TOGETHER WITH SAMPLING AND REPRESENTATIVENESS, QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, AND EMPIRICAL PROCEDURES BASED ON MIXED METHODS (QUALI-QUANTITATIVE PERSPECTIVE). MAIN CONCEPTS AND THEIR EMPIRICAL USES ARE EXPLAINED. PECULIAR EXEMPLES OF FIELD RESEARCH ARE GIVEN.