ЗН 1. Principles and methodologies of scientific research in the field of public relations, public communications, socio-political and socio-cultural processes at the regional, national and international levels;
ЗН 3. Causal relations in social systems;
ЗН 4. Fundamentals of PR-technologies and possibilities of their application in organizations of different types;
ЗН 5. Institutional structure of society and directions of their dynamics;
ЗН 6. Possibilities of socio-technical technologies, in particular in the field of management, regulation of actual social problems and communication;
ЗН 9. Job responsibilities of civil servants, local governments, research and educational institutions;
УМ 2. Analyze, explain and forecast current processes in the public sphere, in particular, at the regional and global levels;
УМ 6. Apply knowledge of PR-technologies in practice;
УМ 9. In practice, apply the skills of information technology required for professional work;
КОМ 1. Ability to communicate, including oral and written communication in Ukrainian and foreign languages (English, German);
КОМ 2. Basic skills of professional communication necessary for search and analysis of scientific information;
АіВ 1. Basic skills of independent research work
АіВ 4. Responsibility for making professional decisions.

Corequisites:
• Organization of Sociological Service in Government Agencies
• Organization of Sociological Service in Public and Business Structures

Sociological Service as a scientific and research organization. The structure of the sociological service. Regulation of the sociological service activity in documents and instructions. The formation of personnel of the specialized sociological service. Managing the process of organizing and conducting sociological research. The organization of primary sociological information collection. Organization of processing and analysis of sociological data. The problems of quality and reliability of the results of sociological research.

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• Дворецька Г.В. Соціологія: Навч. посібник. - Вид. 2-ге, перероб. і доп. - К.: КНЕУ, 2002. - 472 с.

• oral questioning, participation in discussions, study project presentation (40%)
• final control (control measure, test): written, oral form (60%)