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Students successfully completing the module will:
1. Acquire detailed familiarity with major currents in contemporary sociological research and theory;
2. Deepen their understanding of the close ties between theory, research, and substantive empirical enquiry;
3. Learn how to critically assess and evaluate the claims of competing theories, research traditions and rival empirical studies;
4. Sharpen and refine their analytic skills;
5. Enhance their capacity to formulate and present complex ideas in written form;
6. Improve their capacity to assess evidence, argument, and major social theoretical claims.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 20 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 125 |
Total | 145 |
Students will be expected to have completed SOC10010 Foundations in Sociology and SOC20100 Sociological Theory 2 before entry to the module.
Learning Recommendations:Elective and international students are expected to have completed at least one social theory module before embarking on this course.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: End-of-term Take-Home Paper examining all three sections of the module and involving concise essay-style answers to a selection of questions on each section of the course. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | Yes | Graded | No | 100 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Individual grades and feedback sheets. Group feedback commenting on patterns of grades and quality of work will also be provided in class and on BrightSpace.