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Course unit, curriculum year 2023–2024
YKT.SPY.302

Classics in Social Psychology, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)
Active in period 3 (1.1.2024–3.3.2024)
Active in period 4 (4.3.2024–31.5.2024)
Active in period 5 (1.6.2024–31.7.2024)
Course code
YKT.SPY.302
Language of instruction
Finnish
Academic years
2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024
Level of study
Advanced studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Johanna Ruusuvuori
Responsible teacher:
Annika Valtonen
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Social Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Social Sciences Studies 100 %

The module discusses the thought and the research of classic social psychologists.

The student may choose among the following classic thinkers, for example: Erving Goffman, Alfred Schütz, Harold Garfinkel, Harvey Sacks, Henri Tajfel, Serge Moscovici, Michael Billig, Rom Harré, Kenneth Gergen, George H. Mead, Sigmund Freud, Wilfred Bion, John Bowlby, Lev Vygotsky, Kurt Lewin, Lawrence Kohlberg, Gordon Allport, Roy Baumeister, Susan Fiske.

Learning outcomes
Recommended prerequisites
Learning material
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1

Participation in teaching

11.01.2024 22.02.2024
Active in period 3 (1.1.2024–3.3.2024)
08.01.2024 03.03.2024
Active in period 3 (1.1.2024–3.3.2024)
Completion option 2

Independent study

01.08.2023 31.12.2023
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)
01.01.2024 31.07.2024
Active in period 3 (1.1.2024–3.3.2024)
Active in period 4 (4.3.2024–31.5.2024)
Active in period 5 (1.6.2024–31.7.2024)
Completion option 3

Independent study

01.08.2023 31.05.2024
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)
Active in period 3 (1.1.2024–3.3.2024)
Active in period 4 (4.3.2024–31.5.2024)