SYLLABUS

Code:

Course:
Credits:
Semester:

FCFBAINTCCSS
IntroduccinalasCienciasSociales
(IntroductiontoSocialSciences)
4
201201

CourseInformation
Area/Program:Coordination:

GeneralEducation/Humanities

Weeklycourseload:

10

Hoursofclassroomlearning: 4

Totalcourseload:

140

Hoursofindependentstudy:

Prerequirements
Description:Coursesorcredits
None

Code

LastNameandFirstName
FuentesHuerta,MiguelHumberto

Coordinator oftheCourse
Email
Contact Hours
mfuentes@usil.edu.pe TuesdayandThursdayfrom9hto12h

Office
GeneralEducation

Teacher
LastNamesandFirstName
AchaKutscher,Elisabeth

Email
pr.eacha@usil.edu.pe

Summary

Introduction to Social Sciences is a theoretical-practical course that critically examines the main contemporary
social phenomena. The course aims at promoting critical thinking on the present world challenges under the light of
the social sciences. Throughout the course, the students are going to get a deeper understanding of the objectives
and benefits of the social sciences around three axes: 1) individual and society; 2) sustainable development and
politics; and 3) ideology and culture.

Number

CourseCompetencies
Number
SpecificCompetencies
Through their own research projects, students use
different theoretical perspectives to analyze cultural
1.1
expressions, as well as to defend their conclusions and
recommendations.
Students analyze problems related
Students establish relationships between local,
to social, political, and economic
regional, national and world contexts, and write essays
1.2
contexts working autonomously
to present their own personal position with social
and collaboratively through the
responsibility.
Through their ethnographic reports and participation in
application of social science
classroom discussions, students develop a respectful
perspectives and methods, so that
1.3
attitude toward diverse cultural values, beliefs, and
they improve their critical thinking
practices.
and sense of social responsibility.
Through their visits to museums, attendance at
artistic/cultural events, and related reports, students
1.4
know and become interested in Perus cultural heritage.

GeneralCompetency

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Type

Hours

Week

Session

Contentandlearningactivities
Content

LearningActivities

Resources

MODULE1:WHYTOSTUDYSOCIALSCIENCESNOWADAYS?
SpecificCompetencies:(1.1),(1.2),(1.3),(1.4)
1.1Presentationofthesyllabus
1

PS

1.2 Brief History of the origin of the

SocialSciences.

Each student make a brief

presentationofhimself/herself.
Homework: To identify a public
concern in written format for next
class.
Students actively identify a public
concernandengageinteamwork

PS

2.1 Discussing the relevance and

application of the Social Sciences
nowadays.

AW

Multimediaequipment

Students actively inquiry on the

importanceoftheSocialSciencesin
everydaylife.
Homework:Followanypublic
concernandidentifythedifferent
stancesandsolutionstowardsit.
Identifyapublicconcernandfollow
itthroughouttheweek.Preparea
onepagewrittenreportaboutit.

Newspapersand
weeklies

3.1 How to plan and organize the

structureandcontentofatext.
3

PS

3.2 Commonalities and differences

between common sense and scientific
knowledge.

Individual presentations in the

classroom

Multimediaequipment

Studentsactivelyengageina
generaldebateintheclassroom.

Multimediaequipment

3.3 The taken for granted dimension of

everydaylife.
4

PS
4.1Homeworkanditsfeedback
4.2Approachestothetakenforgranted
dimension of everyday life in the Social
Sciences.

AW

PS

PS

4.3Identifyingthemainconcepts
explainedinthetextWriting

5.1Examinationanddiscussionabout
thereadingmaterial

6.1Individualandsociety

AW

6.2ExaminationofthetextSociety

Homework:Readingcomprehension
andexplanationaboutWriting
(RapportandOvering,pages404
408).
Identify,describeandanalyzetwo
mainideasaboutthetextfornext
weekinawrittenreportofone
page.

Readingmaterial

Studentsactivelyparticipatein
identifyingthemainideasaboutthe
text.

Multimediaequipment
andreadingmaterial

Studentsengageinageneraldebate

Multimediaequipment

Homework:Readingcomprehension
andexplanationaboutSociety
(RapportandOvering,pages340
343
Studentsidentify,describeand
analyzethemainconceptsshownin
thetextfocusingonagender
approach.

Readingmaterial

7.1Examinationofthereadingmaterial
7

PS

7.2Approachesofthesocialsciences
abouttherelationshipbetween
individualandsociety.

Individualpresentationofoneidea
aboutthereadingmaterial

Multimediaequipment
andreadingmaterial

PS

8.1Thepresentationofeverydaylife

Studentsengageinageneral

Multimediaequipment

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revisionandinquiry.

andreadingmaterial

GeneralRevisionofModule1
ReadingQuiz1

Prepare a one page description

about yourself focusing on your
biography and relation with other
familymembers

AW

Interviewwithfamily
membersandcaretakers

Readings:[3]
MODULE2:SOCIALIZATION,FAMILYLIFEANDSOCIETY
SpecificCompetencies:(1.1),(1.2),(1.3),(1.4)

10

PS

9.1PrimaryandSecondarySocialization

FeedbackonReadingQuiz1

9.2IdentityFormation

Individualpresentation

PS

AW

11

PS

12

PS

Studentsengageinageneraldebate

10.1ExaminationoftheIntroductionof
GoffmansPresentationofEverydayLife

13

Homework: On the presentation of

everyday
life
in
Goffman
Introduction(pages1327)
Takeoneconceptofthereadingand
analyze it under the light of your
ownidentityformation.

11.1 On the presentation of everyday

life.
11.2 Approaches in the social sciences
aboutthepresentationofeverydaylife

12.1Culturalpluralismversusculturein
thesingular

Multimediaequipment

AW

12.2Examinationofthereading
material.

PS

13.1 Why the preservation of cultural

differences over the maintenance of a
homogenouswaysoflife?

ReadingMaterial

Studentsengageinteamwork

Multimediaequipment

Studentsengageinageneraldebate

Multimediaequipment
andreadingmaterial

Homework: why the promotion of

culturaldifferencesintheworld?
Question based on the concept of
culture(RapportandOvering,pages
9295,andRoweandShelling,pages
17and18)

ReadingMaterial

Studentsengageinteamworkanda
generaldebateintheclassroom

Multimediaequipment
andreadingmaterial

14

PS

Homework: Identify two main ideas

about gender differences in your
family.
14.1CulturaldifferencesandGender

AW

Identify
and
examine
the
importanceoftwomainideasabout
genderdifferencesinyourfamilylife
based on the reading Gender
(Rapport and Overing, pages 144
147)

Readingmaterial
Conductinginterviews
withfamilymembers

Readings:[9]

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MODULE3:ECONOMYANDPOLITICS
SpecificCompetencies:(1.1),(1.2),(1.3),(1.4)
15.1 Nature of social and economic
structureinPeru
15

PS

15.2 Social stratification and the five

socioeconomiclevelsinPeru.

Multimediaequipment
andReadingMaterial

15.3 Social stratification and the

presentationofeverydaylife

16

Studentsactivelyengageinthe
generalrevision

PS

ReadingQuiz2
16.1GeneralRevision
StudentsinquiryaboutYouthLabor
ForceinPeru

AW

17

PS

18

PS

Studentsproduceaonepagereport
describingtheYouthLaborForcein
Peru
17. 1 About the presentation in
everydaylifeandeconomicstructurein
thecountry

MinistryofLabourweb
page

Individualpresentations

Multimediaequipment
andhomeworkmaterial

Studentsengageinageneraldebate

Multimediaequipment

Explainthenatureofinternalarmed
conflict:
Whydidithappen?
Whowerethemainvictims?

AW

18.1Natureofinternalarmedconflictin
Peru

Writeaboutyourimpressionsonthe
visit to the Museo de la Nacin,
identify one special issue at a
specific region in Peru you did not
know before on the internal armed
conflict.

ExhibitionattheMuseo
delaNacin

Two pages long written report on

thevisittoYuyanapaqattheMuseo
de la Nacin, Av. Javier Prado Este
2465. Visits from 917.30 hours. Six
Floor.Telf2248094

19

10

PS

20

10

PS

19.1 Additional remarks on the internal

armedconflictinPeru
19.2 The nature of present social
conflictsinPeru.

10

AW

Homeworkmaterial

Studentsengageinageneraldebate

20.1 Nature of the Peruvian State,

politicsandsociety

Multimediaequipment

Individualpresentations

20.2 Examination of Steve Sterns

Introduction

Multimediaequipment
ReadingMaterial

Beyond Enigma: An Agenda for

Interpreting Shining Path (Steve
SternIntroduction,pages19)
Question: what are the main issues
tobareinmindtoexplaintheorigin
ofsubversioninPeru?

ReadingMaterial

Students prepare a two pages

writtenreport.
Readings:[10]

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MODULE4:GLOBALIZATIONANDSUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT
SpecificCompetencies:(1.1),(1.2),(1.3),(1.4)
21

11

PS

22

11

PS

21.2 Nature of globalization and

sustainabledevelopment

22.1Globalization,cultureand
education

11

AW

Studentsengageinageneraldebate

VideoSchoolingthe
WorldPartI

Studentsengageinateamwork.

VideoSchoolingthe
WorldPartII

Advantages and disadvantages of

promotinganhomogenousmodelof
schoolingtheworld.

Video

Students prepare and present a

writtenreport
23

12

PS

24

12

PS

23.1Schoolingtheworld

Studentsengageinteamwork

Multimediaequipment

Students engage in a general

revision
ReadingQuiz3
24.1GeneralRevision

12

AW

Identifythemaincharactersandthe
nature of social context in Mario
VargasLlosanovel(Chapterone)

MultimediaEquipment
andReadingMaterial

ReadingMaterial

Studentsread,analyzeandpresenta
writtenreport

25

13

PS

26

13

PS

25.1Comparinglifestylesinaglobalized
world

13

ReadingMaterial

Reading of Mario Vargas Llosa

Chapter2
Individualpresentations

AW

MultimediaEquipment

MultimediaEquipment

Generaldebate

26.1 Analyzing the reading material

underthelightofthesocialsciences.

Individualpresentations

Focusononecharacter,describeit
andanalyzehowhe/shecould
representthenatureofPeruvian
society

ReadingMaterial

Studentsprepareaonepagereport
basedonthefourmainchaptersof
MarioVargasLlosaNovel

14

PS

27. Analyzing the reading material

bringing forth the perspective of the
socialsciences.

Individualpresentations

27

28

14

PS

28.1GeneralRevision

ReadingQuiz4

Preparation
examination

14

AW

Students engage in teamwork and

generaldebate

for

the

final

ReadingMaterial

Reading Material and

notes

Readings:[13]

Methodology

Themethodologyisactiveandparticipatory.Duringtheoreticalclasses,theteacherwillpresentthemainconcepts,indicateeducationalresourcesused,and
explainthescheduleofactivitiesandthemethodsofevaluation.

Student is responsible for his/her own selflearning process, the reading of texts, and writing of reports and summaries, performing of exercises and
activities,participationintheforums,complyingwiththedeliveryoftasksandresearchprojectsontime.

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Evaluationsystem

Percentagevaluesforfinalgradecalculation

N
TypeofEvaluation
Percentagevalue
1
Continuousassessment
100%

Percentagevaluesandscheduleforcontinuousassessment(100%offinalgrade)

Type of
Percentage Week WillIbeabletotakeamakeup
Evaluation
value
readingtest?
No
Assignment 1
40 %
07
Assignment 2

30 %

14

No

Final work:

30 %

14

No

Date

100 %

GeneralNorms

RecommendationsforthecourseofIntroductiontotheSocialSciences:

1.Attendancetoeveryclassismandatory.Studentswhofailtoattendmorethan30percentoftheclassesforfeittherighttotakethefinalexamination.
2.Participationinclassisveryimportant.
3. Written Work must be submitted during class. The use of Email will be restricted to additional consultation only for the different working guidelines
alreadyexplainedduringtheclass.
4. Plagiarism of any type (from internet or hard copies) is penalized with (00) on the corresponding assignment. All works will be evaluated through the
Turnitinantiplagiarismsystem(moreinformationwillbeprovidedinclassontheuseofthissystem).

Readinglist

[1]Alvarez,Jos(2006)Gestincomunalyterritorio:LeccionesaprendidasdelacuencadelNanay(AmazonaNorPeruana)paraelmanejo
delafaunasilvestreamaznica.EnRevistaElectrnicaManejodeFaunaSilvestreenLatinoamrica.Vol.1:1de15(3)
[2]Berger,PeterandThomasLuckman(1991)TheSocialConstructionofReality.ATreatiseintheSociologyofKnowledge.PenguinBooks.
[3]Goffman,Erving(1959)ThePresentationofSelfinEverydayLife.PenguinBooks.
[4]Jahoda,Gustav(1999)ImagesofSavages.AncientRootsofModernPrejudiceinWesternCulture.LondonandNewYork:Routledge.
[5]Lugo,Alejandro(2008)FragmentedLives,AssembledParts.Culture,Capitalism,andConquestoftheUSMexicoBorder.Universityof
TexasPress,Austin,Introduction,Chapters4,5,7.
[6]Oboler,Suzanne(2000)Itmustbeafake!Racialideologies,identitiesandthequestionofrights.InGracia,JorgeandPablodeGreiff.
Hispanics/LatinosintheUnitedStatus.Ethnicity,Race,andRights.Routledge,pages125144.
[7]Papacharissi,Zizi(2011)ANetworkedSelf.Identity,Community,andCultureonSocialNetworkSites.NewYorkandLondon:Routledge.
[8]Rapport,NigelandJoannaOvering(2000)SocialandCulturalAnthropology.TheKeyConcepts.LondonandNewYork:Routledge.
[9]Rowe,WilliamandVivianSchelling(1991)MemoryandModernity.PopularCultureinLatinAmerica.LondonandNewYork:Verso.
[10]Stern,Steve(1998)ShiningPathandOtherPaths.WarandSocietyinPeru,19801995.DurhamandLondon:DukeUniversityPress
[11]Uriarte,Luis(2007).LosAchuar.EnSantos,FernandoyFredericaBarclayGuaetnogrficadelaAltaAmazona.Achuar,Candoshi.
Lima:IFEA,SmithsonianTropicalResearchInstitute,pages1241.
[12]Young,IrisMarion(1990)JusticeandthePoliticsofDifference.PrincetonUniversityPress

NOVELS
[13]Llosa,MarioVargas(2005)TheGreenHouse
[14]Kundera,Milan(1992)TheJoke

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