Module SOC1049 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC1049: Social Analysis II
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
You will be encouraged to develop both your own understanding of contemporary forms of social analysis and your capacity to engage critically with them, in such a way as to assess the relative relevance and usefulness of the various schools of thought for an analysis of some of key contemporary social issues and phenomena such as social order, inequalities, agency, inclusion and exclusion, marginalization, etc.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. explain and illustrate different modes of social analysis and their concomitant theoretical / conceptual frameworks; 2. exhibit awareness of the historical, social and political developments influencing social analysis; 3. think about social, psychological, personal and cultural issues in a specifically sociological manner; |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. reason and construct written arguments in a sociological manner; 5. use evidence, analysis and argument in a sociological manner; 6. read classic and contemporary textual material both in terms of historical situatedness and wider significance to the discipline; |
| Personal and Key Skills | 7. formulate and discuss core theoretical ideas,and discussions and apply them to various social issues; and 8. challenge 'commonsense' assumptions about individual and social reality. |
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:
- The Social in Discussion
- The Interactionist Turn
- Phenomenology and Post-Phenomenologically Themes
- Post-Structuralism
- Risk Society, Individualisation, Transnational and Environmental Issues
- Migration, Dis/placement and Dis/abilities
- Cosmopolitanism and Cosmopolitics
- New Materialism
- Sociology and Art
- Transphenomena
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | 123 | 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 | 22 | 11 x 2 hours weekly lectures. Lectures provide students with a broad overview of types and ways of social analysis; they cover more ground than is possible in tutorials, and are designed to establish a context in which to think about the issues discussed in tutorials. |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 5 | 5 x fortnightly 1 hour tutorials. A specific reading is assigned, and students are provided with a list of key issues to identify and discuss for each tutorial. Texts are carefully chosen as classic exemplars of the core course themes. |
| Guided Independent study | 33 | Course readings |
| Guided Independent study | 45 | Preparation for essays, library, research |
| Guided Independent study | 45 | Exam revisions. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Participation in tutorial discussions | Weekly | 1-3, 4-5,7-8 | Verbal feedback on request |
| Essay | 1000 words | 1-8 | Written feedback on request |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 100 | 3000 words | 1-8 | Written feedback |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | Essay (3000 words) | 1-8 | 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.
General texts on contemporary social analysis:
P. Jones (2003) Introducing Social Theory
C. Calhoun et.al. (2002) Contemporary Sociological Theory
Harrington, A. (2005) Modern Social Theory
Some texts by key social theorists covered in the module:
Adorno, T.W. and Horkheimer, M. (1997) Dialectic of Enlightenment
Berger, P.L. and Luckmann, T. (1966) The Social Construction of Reality
Garfinkel, H. (1967) Studies in Ethnomethodology
Goffman, E. (1959) The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life
Foucault, M. (1977) Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Millett, Kate (1971) Sexual Politics
Fanon, Frantz (1986) Black Skins, White Masks
Beck, U. (1992) Risk Society
Latour, B. (2005) Reassembling the Social
