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On completion of the module, students should:
1. Have developed a theoretically informed and empirically grounded understanding of social justice movements, across a range of historical and contemporary contexts, and across a variety of geographical locations
2. Be able to demonstrate knowledge of the current academic and political debates in the field of social movements and social change
3. Be able to apply their knowledge and deploy appropriate frameworks of analysis to understand and evaluate the dynamics of contemporary and emerging social justice movements, the challenges they confront locally and globally, and their success or failures in achieving social justice
4. Be able to grasp the fundamentals of social justice campaign-building, and demonstrate familiarity with key skills appropriate to this campaign building in NGO and social justice sectors
5. Be able to communicate their knowledge and understanding of the key issues in the field to academic and non-academic (citizen) audiences, using context-appropriate forms of engagement
6. Have the learning skills and critical awareness of important issues necessary to undertake further studies in the field
Students will explore historical and contemporary social justice movements in a case-study format, which may include anti-capitalist, feminist, and civil rights movements, as well as more recent social movements such as the Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter, Occupy and the Climate Justice movement.
Students will learn about cross-cutting issues for social justice movements, which may include the role of the media, the relationship of the movement to the state and mainstream politics, and the explosion of digital activism in recent years.
Students will be be introduced to the theoretical and conceptual literature in the field in order to explore and analyse the forms of oppression, inequality and injustice that motivate these movements, as well as the strategies deployed in order to achieve change.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 76 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Total | 200 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Journal: Students will produce an individual reflective learning journal that supplements their contribution to the group project | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Group Project: Students will complete a group work project in which they build a social justice campaign with educational and public outreach components | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
In the drop-in clinics in weeks 7-12 of term, students will have the opportunity to engage with with social justice practitioners, who will provide feedback on their developing group projects, and help 'problem-solve' any issues that might arise in advance of the final submission. After submission, students will receive feedback on their group project - each student in the group will receive the same feedback. In addition, students will receive individual written feedback on their reflective learning journal.
Name | Role |
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Dr John McGuire | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr John McGuire | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |