Undergraduate Module Descriptor

SOC2038: On Violence

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level 5
Credits 15 ECTS Value 7.5
Term(s) and duration

This module ran during term 1 (11 weeks)

Academic staff

Professor Brian Rappert (Convenor)

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Available via distance learning

No

This module addresses three key questions: What is violence?  How can we understand why it takes place? What can be done to reduce social harms? You will study the patterning of violence, its causes, and the social responses to it. You will learn to understand it from many academic perspectives and to critically appreciate methodologies for assessing harm.  A deliberately broad range of violence is considered, including violence taking place in inter-personal communications, organizational behaviour, physical conflict, and symbolic representations.

There are no pre-requisites or co-requisites for this module.

Module created

08/02/2017

Last revised

08/09/2020