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SP10206: Thinking and working cross-culturally: Introduction to social analysis of development

[Page last updated: 22 October 2020]

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2020/1
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Further information on credits Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Further information on notional study hours Notional Study Hours: 120
Further information on unit levels Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Further information on teaching periods Period:
Semester 1
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 20%, PF 80%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • CW 20% (CW 20%)
  • PF 80% (PF 80%)

Information regarding synoptic assessment for this unit will be published shortly. In the meantime please contact the Director of Studies or consult your programme handbook for further details.

Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment:
SP10206 Reassessment Only (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites: Before taking this module you must take SP10204 or you must be a student in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences.
Description: Aims:
To introduce students to the key concepts used in social analysis of development contexts.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the unit students should:
* have a basic understanding of the main approaches which characterise Sociology and Social Anthropology
* be able to describe a range of ways in which class, race/ethnicity and gender have been understood by classical and contemporary theorists, and use these concepts in exploring inequality and difference in practical contexts
* be able critically to discuss debates concerning groupings such as the family, household and community, their basis in 'nature' and/or 'society'; their existence as simple units, and divisions of interest within them
* be familiar with key formative concepts used in analysing social life, such as: structure and agency; social processes, social order and social relations; production and reproduction; inclusion and exclusion; culture and identity.
* be familiar with several specific developing country contexts.

Skills:

* read and critically discuss sociological and anthropological texts (taught and assessed)
* use of some tools employed in social analysis in the context of development interventions: eg stakeholder analysis, gender planning frameworks (taught)
* relate academic theories to own experience and events in the world.

Content:
Analysing social inequality: class, race/ethnicity, gender, disability. Analysing forms of solidarity: families, households and communities. Combining introduction to some of the classical theorists with analysis of the contemporary situation. Encourages students to reflect critically on their own experience of living in society and consider how this is the same and how different from that of people living in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

SP10206 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • UHSP-AFB21 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB21 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics with Year long work placement (Year 1)

SP10206 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • UHSP-AFB14 : BSc(Hons) Applied Social Studies (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB16 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB16 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy with Year long work placement (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB05 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB05 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences with Year long work placement (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB04 : BSc(Hons) Sociology (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB04 : BSc(Hons) Sociology with Year long work placement (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy with Year long work placement (Year 1)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2020/21 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2021/22 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2020/21.
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