Upon the successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- become familiar with Social Identity and Self-Categorization theories
- be able to describe basic findings regardin minority-majority relations from a social identity perspective
- apply theories and findings from SIT tradition to the current socio-political issues around you to understand, explain and attempt to change intergroup relations for the better
- evaluate and critically examine research conducted in social psychology
- develop your thinking skills towards a more systematic, analytical, and critical fashion
- formulate a research question and develop a research design to address that question
- develop your communication skills in English (through class discussions, regular assignments and presentations)
- improve group work skills (time management, workload management, communication skills)