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SP12009: Understanding social change

[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CWPF 60%, EXOB 40%
Assessment Detail:
  • Portfolio (CWPF 60%)
  • Online open-book written examination (EXOB 40% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit students will be able to: 1. Outline and explore processes of social change, their drivers and impacts 2. Critically examine the-isations and -isms that are created and used in social science to understand processes of social change 3. Identify concrete ways in which the processes of social change shape their lives


Synopsis: Examine the factors that shape social change, the impact of social change, and how social scientists have attempted to understand social change with the creation of `-isations and `-isms. Underpinned by theoretical perspectives throughout, the unit is responsive to the political, economic and social issues and agendas of the day, to ensure that you can see how current social changes are influencing, shaping and defining your life and the world in which you live.

Content: Examine the factors that shape social change, the impact of social change, and how social scientists have attempted to understand social change. The unit is responsive to the political, economic and social issues and agendas of the day, to ensure that you can see how current social changes are influencing, shaping and defining your life and the world in which you live.

Course availability:

SP12009 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • UHSP-AFB34 : BSc(Hons) Applied Social Studies (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB32 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB32 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB37 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB37 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB35 : BSc(Hons) Sociology (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB36 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB36 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB35 : BSc(Hons) Sociology with professional placement (Year 1)

Notes:

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