College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Understanding Social Inequalities
Module SOC2021 for 2018/9
Module SOC2021 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC2021: Understanding Social Inequalities
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content and order of syllabus coverage may vary, it is envisaged that it will include the following topics:
- Social Inequalities: Definitions and Concepts
- Dimensions of inequality: social class, gender, and ethnicity
- Inequalities in childhood experiences: early-year differences
- Educational inequalities I: attainment in compulsory schooling
- Educational inequalities II: routes into and out of post-compulsory education
- Transitions from education to employment
- Occupational transition over the lifecourse and labour market experiences
- The evidence for social mobility
- Demographic inequalities: fertility and age-related inequalities
- Geographical inequalities
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 |
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25 | 125 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 15 | 10 x 1.5 hour sessions of lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 10 | 10 x 1 hour seminar sessions |
Guided Independent Study | 60 | Reading |
Guided independent study | 20 | Writing weekly reading summaries |
Guided independent study | 20 | Essay preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 23 | Essay Writing |
Guided Independent study | 2 | Presentation preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).