Module SOC3087 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC3087: Disability and Society
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Lecture topics may include:
- The social model of disability
- Disability across cultures and states
- Disability across the life course
- Culture, identity and disability
- Politics of disability
- Ethics and disability – the politics of deviant bodies
- Disability and Sport
- Social exclusion, stigma and discrimination
- Disability in historical context in Britain
Learning and Teaching
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 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching | 22 | Eleven 2-hour lectures, involving presentations, group discussion, film presentations and media analysis |
| Guided independent study | 18 | Preparing seminar-presentation individually and as a group |
| Guided independent study | 80 | Reading and research |
| Guided independent study | 30 | Web-based activities |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
Web based and electronic resources: numerous web based resources for researching general and specific disability issues, e.g., www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies; www.efds.net (English Federation of Disability Sport); www.dpi.org (disabled peoples’ international); www.ddlg.co.uk (disabled data link group).
- an updated list of resources will be provided in the lectures
Other resources: ethnographic films and relevant feature films; media including blogs (e.g., http://disabilityrants.blogspot.com/ and Ouch! …it’s a disability thing: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/)
