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The course is an introduction to the wide and ambiguous field of social constructionism.
Although the emphasis is on social constructionism in social psychology, the lectures also discuss social constructionism in related disciplines of psychology and sociology. The course fulfills the requirements of the study unit SP and it is assessed by the scale The course begins with an online pre-examination organised on Wednesday 2.
For the pre-examination, please read chapters 1 and from:. You need to have personal access rights for the university IT systems to read e-books and enter the Moodle. In addition to pre-examination and lectures students need to write an essay based on lectures and given extra reading. Maximum 20 students will be accepted for this course.
Enrolment for the course starts in August in Weboodi.
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