Researching the Social: Contemporary Debates in Sociology
Key Facts
| Module Code |
SOCI4005 |
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| Module Convenor |
Roda Madziva |
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| Teaching Pattern |
Semester
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| Semester Taught |
Spring Semester |
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| Method of Assessment |
Written Assignment |
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| Pre Requisites |
Please check suitability of course with module convenor
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| Module Administrator |
Tarine Felix
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The module will require students to develop a critical and reflexive understanding of key substantive and theoretical debates in the field of contemporary sociology.
Throughout the module, students will be encouraged to explore the relationship between theoretical development and substantive explanation. Students will also be required to develop a reflexive and critical understanding of how theoretical assumptions impinge both on social theory and sociological explanation.
The substantive debates to be covered may vary from year to year in order to accommodate new developments in the field, while ensuring that a wide range of sociological theories are represented. However the following list provides a sample of possible candidates for inclusion: Social Inequality, Social Change, Modernity and Postmodernity, Power, Globalisation, Identity and Belonging, Capital.