Module Catalogue 2024/25

Pre Requisite Comment

Must have passed all modules in Stage 2 of Degree Programme. Language compulsory for Universities not teaching in English

Co Requisite Comment

N/A

Aims

1. To facilitate student mobility within and beyond the EU.
2. To enable students to develop their foreign language skills
3. To promote a greater awareness of differences and similarities in the sociological, political, economic and/ or social policy issues of countries other than the UK.
4. To encourage students to undertake dissertation work with an international perspective
5. To encourage students to undertake courses in subject areas not normally available at Newcastle University
1. Students should complete successfully studies worth 40 credits (20 ECTS) while abroad. It is a normal requirement that students are expected to attend Lectures, Workshops and Practicals and complete assessed work and exams as timetabled by the host University.
2. Students are also expected to progress their Dissertation research and produce a first draft, over the period spent abroad. Dissertation supervision will be provided via email/telephone by the student's Dissertation Supervisor in Newcastle.
3. In addition, students may be required to attend short language courses provided by the host institution, especially at Universities teaching in their respective languages.
4. Expected duration of Exchange visit: 14/18 weeks (early September to mid-December/mid-January, allowing for examinations) Note that duration will vary according to academic calendars of different Universities.

Outline Of Syllabus

Students should complete successfully modules worth 40 credits (20 ECTS/ 12 credits USA) while abroad. It is a normal requirement that students are expected to attend lectures and practicals and complete assessed work and exams as timetabled by the host University. In addition, students may be required to attend short language courses provided by the host institution, especially at Universities teaching in their respective languages. Expected duration of Erasmus Exchange visit: 14/18 weeks (max 5 months, during the semester, allowing for examinations). Note that duration will vary according to academic calendars of different Universities. The syllabus is agreed with students, in consultation with the School Erasmus/Study Abroad coordinator and the relevant Degree Programme Director(s). Students undertaking an Erasmus exchange must completed a learning agreement listing all the modules taken at the host prior to commencement of the exchange period abroad.

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

1. To identify, understand and analyse key social scientific approaches to studying the social world from a comparative perspective

2. To develop competence in using major theoretical and conceptual frameworks of social scientific enquiry to analyse and understand aspects of social life from an international perspective.

Intended Skill Outcomes

1. To facilitate recognition of the utility of social scientific theory and evidence for the evaluation of specific social problems, issues and events in different states

2. To think logically and critically about social problems, issues and events in different states, including the ability to apply theoretical knowledge to the understanding and assessment of empirical, practical and policy matters.

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

N/A

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

N/A

General Notes

Study Abroad outside the EU will require careful consideration of Visa and Health Insurance requirements pertaining to the country involved. More information can be found in the Newcastle University Student Exchange Handbook.