SOC4015 - Sociological Theory: Power, Culture and Control

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

In this module, students will find out how sociology helps us understand large-scale social, political and cultural transformations. Critically engaging with the traditional canon of western European sociology, students will explore concepts such as modernity, capitalism, alienation, anomie, rationalisation and ‘the colour line’. Students will also consider the challenges posed to the classical canon of sociology by postcolonial and feminist theories. By exploring a diverse range of theories and theorists, students will acquire the skills to feel confident when approaching theoretical ideas and texts and applying different perspectives to understanding the social world.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures
Hours: 15
Intended Group Size: 25 (Full Cohort)

Workshops
Hours: 15
Intended Group Size: 25 (Full Cohort)

Guided independent study
Hours: 120

Further Information Relating to Assessment

Students will be required to draw on module content to discuss major theorists, concepts, and themes discussed on the module. There is choice in what parts of the module for focus on. These choices will be grounded in the choice of a title from those below.

Students will be required to choose appropriate and relevant sociological theory to examine and build an argument which provides a direct response to the title question chosen. In so doing, they will also critically examine the appropriate academic debates surrounding their choice of theory.

Assessment tasks are designed to measure the extent to which you have satisfied the Level Learning Outcomes for your programme. Some modules, for example where there are professional body (PSRB) requirements, will also test for module-specific skills and knowledge.

Further details of assessment are available in the Assessment Handbook for your programme and in Assessment Briefs provided by Module Tutors.

Assessment:

001 Essay; 1,500 words; end of semester 2 100%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Robert Hornsby
Level - 4
Credit Value - 15
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4S2

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