灾害社会学是同济大学土木工程专业研究生的选修课。该课程不同于传统的工程、结构类课程,主要讲述灾害的基本概念及属性、人与灾害的相互关系等,旨在培养学生以人文化的社会视角认知灾害、认识灾害规律。在十余年的教学实践基础上,探索了结合典型案例开展讨论式课程教学,结合热点事件提交课程论文,结合课堂点评形成的案例互动教学模式,以期丰富课程教学内容,从而培养学生从宏观的角度理解专业内涵,探索灾害的发展规律和趋势。

The sociology of disaster is an optional course for postgraduates majored in civil engineering of Tongji University. It is different from the traditional courses concerning engineering structures. The basic concepts and features of disaster, and the relationship between human and disaster are involved in the course. The main purpose of this course is to cultivate students' social view on disaster. Based on the teaching practice over ten years, we formed a teaching model with interactive discussions on different cases. Typical cases were presented in the class with interactive discussion. And the students were required to write papers on current hot events to give their own views. Based on further discussion in class, new teaching cases were formed to enrich the teaching content.