Module LAW3029 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3029: Discrimination Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to provide you with detailed understanding and appreciation of the key topics in discrimination law. You will develop legal skills, particularly analysis, critical thinking and problem-solving. Through this course you will acquire analytical skills and ability to provide discrimination law advice in areas of legal complexity. You will also critically engage with theoretical debates in relation to equality and discrimination law’s role and limitations in relation to its realisation, developing important theoretical skills.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate in-depth understanding of the role of discrimination law both in the context of the Equality Act, but also in its European and international context 2. Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the principle features of discrimination law including prohibited conduct and protected characteristics, and apply them in various contexts, including structural discrimination and in cases of conflicting protected characteristics 3. Identify, explain and critically assess/analyse issues arising in the key areas of discrimination law and apply relevant legal rules to those issues 4. Use comprehensive knowledge and understanding to deal with complex issues and problems arising in the key areas of discrimination law, reach appropriate and reasoned conclusions and offer analysis/criticism of legal arguments in these areas |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 5. Integrate and asses information from primary and secondary legal sources using appropriate interpretative techniques 6. Select, integrate and present coherently and reflectively, relevant law and legal/theoretical arguments |
| Personal and Key Skills | 7. Manage relevant learning resources/information/learning strategies and to develop your own arguments and opinions with minimum guidance 8. Communicate and engage in debate effectively and accurately in a manner appropriate to the discipline and context; 9. Work independently, within a limited time frame, with access to external sources, to complete a specified task. |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
It is envisaged that the syllabus will include the following topics. Precise content and order may vary.
Introduction to Discrimination Law – History, theoretical background, patterns of discrimination
Prohibited Conduct: direct & indirect discrimination, disability, harassment, victimisation
Grounds/Protected Characteristics: Age, disability, race, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation
Conflicting protections: multiculturalism, religion, gender and sexual orientation
Structural issues: sexual harassment, racial profiling, disability discrimination, intersectional discrimination
Beyond the UK context: international examples – 3 case studies
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 50.5 | 249.5 | 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 Activities | 34.5 | 23 x 1.5 hour Lectures (including introductory and revision sessions) |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 12 | 6 x 2 hour Workshops |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 4 | 2x 2 hour feedback sessions for individual discussion of formatives |
| Guided independent study | 120 | Individual reading and lecture preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formative essay (term 1) | 1x 1000 words | 1-9 | Generic feedback highlighting common errors in lecture. Individual feedback in person (see above) |
| Formative essay outline (term 2) | 1 x 750 words | 1-9 | Generic feedback highlighting common errors in lecture. Individual feedback in person (see above) |
| Various essay and problem solving questions in workshops (number and type of question will vary according to the workshop) | Fortnightly workshops requiring thorough preparation | 1-8 | Discussed in workshops; individual students may seek additional feedback if required |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 50 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48- hour take home examination term 1 (open book) | 50 | 2 hours at the end of term 1 (to be completed within 48 hours) | 1-9 | Individual consultation meetings with students as required |
| Essay | 50 | 2,500 words | 1-9 | Written feedback; individual consultation meetings with students as required |
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Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48- hour take home examination (open book) | 2 hours (to be completed within 48 hours) | 1-9 | August/September reassessment period |
| Essay | Essay (new question, 2,500 words) | 1-9 | August/September reassessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Hepple, B ‘Equality: the legal framework’ (Hart: 2014)
