Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Humanities and Social Science

Learning Methods

Lecture

Workshop

Module Offerings

3104FNDHSS-JAN-MTP

Aims

This module introduces students to relevant and contemporary issues in society.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Identify key social issues in the UK.
2.
Demonstrate an understanding of key concepts relating to inequality.
3.
Demonstrate the ability to locate and provide academic evidence relevant to understanding of social issues.
4.
Describe the impact of key thinkers in understanding contemporary social issues.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Key sociological thinkers Poverty and Inequality Migration and Trafficking Diversity and Discrimination Gangs and Organised Crime Educational achievement
Module Overview:
This module introduces you to relevant and contemporary issues in society. You will learn to identify key social issues in the UK, to demonstrate an understanding of key concepts relating to inequality, to demonstrate the ability to locate and provide academic evidence relevant to understanding social issues, and to describe the impact of key thinkers in understanding contemporary social issues.
Additional Information:This module provides a sociological context for students to understand the key contemporary social issues affecting the UK.

Assessments

Essay

Report