Soziologielehre in Deutschland / Sociology Teaching in Germany
Teaching, study, professional career
courses, study and examination regulations

Edited by Helmut M. Artus and Matthias Herfurth
Opladen: Leske + Budrich 1996, 404 Pages
64,- DM (obtainable at the bookseller's)

The variety of sociological courses, study and examination regulations is so broad that it is hardly comprehensible. This book should lead to a better orientation: it should help students in their choice of place of study and in structuring their studies. It should also give sociologists, who work as researchers, lecturers or practitioners in the profession, a comprehensive overview of the variety within their subject.

Tables present the study requirements in German universities, in which sociology can be studied as a major subject: thematic, theoretical and methodological emphases; institutes and professorial chairs; number of students and lecturers; study and examination regulations; research departments; practical content; among much more.

Beyond this, there are six scientific articles which give information on:

• the study conditions in sociology and the student assessment of the teaching of sociology (Hornbostel/Daniel)
• the structure and development of sociological teaching (Artus)
• the transfer of insights from research through teaching (Binder/Stahl)
• student drop-outs and their subsequent professional careers (Lewin)
• the occupational integration of young social scientists (Minks/Filaretow)
• the influence of their alma mater on the professional chances of the new generation of social scientists (G�dler/Sack).

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