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:

 

  1. Social Inequalities: Definitions and Concepts
  2. Dimensions of inequality: social class, gender, and ethnicity
  3. Inequalities in childhood experiences: early-year differences
  4. Educational inequalities I: attainment in compulsory schooling
  5. Educational inequalities II: routes into and out of post-compulsory education
  6. Transitions from education to employment
  7. Occupational transition over the lifecourse and labour market experiences
  8. The evidence for social mobility
  9. Demographic inequalities: fertility and age-related inequalities
  10. 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 ActivitiesGuided independent studyPlacement / study abroad
251250

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

CategoryHours of study timeDescription
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities1510 x 1.5 hour sessions of lectures
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities1010 x 1 hour seminar sessions
Guided Independent Study60Reading
Guided independent study20Writing weekly reading summaries
Guided independent study20Essay preparation
Guided Independent Study23Essay Writing
Guided Independent study2Presentation preparation

Online Resources

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