Module SOC2050 for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC2050: Knowing the Social World
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
Module Aims
The module draws theory and empirical work together in ways that help us to understand the social world. In this module we will explore a variety of approaches to social research and gain hands-on experience with some of the techniques these sources have employed. The aim is to equip you with key life skills that are applicable in the workplace and in daily life – for example, evaluating the veracity of accounts and claims, judging situations, and learning about people and their ways.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate knowledge of various methodological approaches to sociological research; 2. demonstrate an understanding of the advantages and limitations of those approaches; 3. evaluate critically empirical social research; 4. use and evaluate critically techniques of sociological research; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 5. use methodological knowledge and awareness of techniques to assess critically empirical claims in different areas of sociology; 6. demonstrate an understanding of the interrelations between empirical research and sociological theory; |
Personal and Key Skills | 7. assess critically research-based claims in public discourse; 8. communicate effectively in written and verbal form. |
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.
Indicative Basic Reading List
Alan Bryman. 2008. Social Research Methods (3rd edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Blaxter, L. and C. Hughes and M. Tight. 1996. How to Research. (Open University Press).
May, Tim. 2001 (3rd Edition). Social Research (Open University Press,).
Fish, William. 2010. Philosophy of Perception: A Contemporary Introduction. London: Routledge