Undergraduate Module Descriptor

SOC3080: Pharmaceutical Cultures

This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following themes:

Origins and expansion of pharmaceutical industries and markets.
The political economy of drug development, testing and regulation.
Pharmaceuticals and social change.
Pharmaceuticals, deviance, and social control.
Medicalisation of everyday life and the rise of ‘lifestyle drugs’.
Nonmedical uses of prescription drugs: Abuse/recreational use.
Nonmedical uses of prescription drugs: Enhancement.#
Iatrogenic (medical) addiction to pharmaceuticals: why do doctors still prescribe?

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22	128

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity	22	11 x 2 hours per week comprising of lectures and seminars
Guided independent study	40	20 course readings (2 hours each)
Guided independent study	40	Reading/research for essay
Guided independent study	8	Prep for article critique
Guided independent study	40	Reading/revisions for examination

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).