College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Politics through the Life Course
Module POL3204 for 2018/9
Module POL3204 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3204: Politics through the Life Course
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
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 topics:
- How to Study Politics through the Life Course: Key
- Key Theories I: Socialisation
- Key data sets I: on socialisation and examples
- Key Theories II: Inter-personal communication and social networks
- Key data sets II: Networks
- Key Theories III: Culture & Identity
- Key Theories IV: Bio-psycho-social
- Early Childhood
- Schooling
- Key Methods: Cohort analysis
- Family
- Media & Culture
- Key Methods II: Longitudinal analysis
- Relationships
- Key Methods III: Cross-national analysis
- Parenthood
- Career choices
- Aging and retirement
- Isolation and Loneliness
- Health
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 | 230 | 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 and Teaching Activity | 40 | 20 x 2 hour sessions, class meeting to discuss readings, introduce material, give presentations |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 30 | 10 x 3 hour sessions, scheduled lab times for data analysis & data presentations |
| Guided Independent Study | 10 | 5 x 2 hour sessions, suggested group meetings to develop projects and presentations: 6 hours lab prep time for assignments, 4 hours writing up assignments |
| Guided Independent Study | 220 | Preparing for seminars by completing required and recommended reading, reviewing reading, preparing questions and comments for seminar discussions, finding data resources for coursework, writing scripts in R for data analysis research reports, data analysis for coursework, interpretation of data. |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Scholar.google.com
Sage online research methods
Youtube.com
UK Data Service
Other Learning Resources
British Household Panel Data
Understanding Society
European Social Survey
