Course Description
Course Name
Making Sense of Society 1
Session: VLNF3423
Hours & Credits
20 UK Credits
Prerequisites & Language Level
Taught In English
- There is no language prerequisite for courses at this language level.
Overview
Assessment: summary of reading (1000 words) [30%], essay (2000 words) [70%]
This module provides a novel, engaging and challenging introduction to the Sociology programme and to sociology as a whole. It will enable students to use their personal experience to gain an understanding of how sociologists think and conceptualise, and to relate these experiences not only to society at the national level but also to world society. Throughout the module, students will be introduced to a variety of core areas of sociological inquiry, including health and illness, ?race? and ethnicity, power and politics, crime and deviance, culture and communication.
This module provides a novel, engaging and challenging introduction to the Sociology programme and to sociology as a whole. It will enable students to use their personal experience to gain an understanding of how sociologists think and conceptualise, and to relate these experiences not only to society at the national level but also to world society. Throughout the module, students will be introduced to a variety of core areas of sociological inquiry, including health and illness, ?race? and ethnicity, power and politics, crime and deviance, culture and communication.
*Course content subject to change