TCP1025 : Social Worlds
TCP1025 : Social Worlds
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Professor Rose Gilroy
- Lecturer: Mr Aidan Oswell, Mr Clive Davies, Dr Georgiana Varna, Dr Cat Button, Dr Andrew Donaldson
- Owning School: Architecture, Planning & Landscape
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Pre-requisite
Modules you must have done previously to study this module
Pre Requisite Comment
None
Co-Requisite
Modules you need to take at the same time
Co Requisite Comment
N/A
Aims
This course introduces you to the key social economic and political concepts and issues affecting UK society and acts as a foundation for your future study.
Outline Of Syllabus
There are 5 blocks of material
Block 1: the global concerns: climate emergency, globalisation, cities and security, pandemic, demographic change and the refugee crisis
Block 2: Life chances: poverty, the welfare state, social exclusion, health, housing and mobility as lenses through which to view inequalities, regional inequalities
Block 3: Power. power and governance, social movements
Block 4: Continuity and change. Family and community; the future of work
Block 5: Facets of identity: identity, class, age, disability, gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity explored through the role of legislation and frameworks of oppression
Learning Outcomes
Intended Knowledge Outcomes
On completing this module, you should be able to:
1) Demonstrate an awareness of different key social, economic and political issues affecting life in the UK and influencing planning
2) Be comfortable with discussing main theoretical and conceptual approaches
3) Be able to relate these key concepts to current societal issues
Intended Skill Outcomes
On completing this module, you should be able to:
(1) Demonstrate competence in literature and information searches and the analysis of existing evidence.
(2) Summarise and analyse material from a range of sources and perspectives affecting contemporary society.
(3) Practice and take responsibility for time management in your learning.
(4) Develop written communication skills.
(5) Be able to use visual methods to communicate ideas
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 19 | 2:00 | 38:00 | In person |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 1 | 70:00 | 70:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 2 | 40:00 | 80:00 | Independent time to read and research on and to have group work to develop the group poster and to respond to the open book exam |
| Structured Guided Learning | Structured non-synchronous discussion | 20 | 0:20 | 6:40 | 20x 20 minute podcasts to support learning |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 3 | 2:00 | 6:00 | small group discussions |
| Total | 200:40 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Teaching is rich in podcast content that allows students to learn at their own pace – important in a first year course where independent learning is a new mode; opportunities for voicing their own views and learning from others in discussion; appreciating the diversity of views. Support for assignments.
Reading Lists
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Examination | 60 | 1 | M | 50 | Take away exam. Students have one week to complete the exam and submit online |
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poster | 1 | M | 50 | A group poster (to be produced as a PDF online submission) |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The poster assignment provided an alternative to the usual written forms of presenting an argument testing not only judgment on content but also ability to create a striking and visually pleasing graphic that can communicate without in person commentary. This is an early skill development exercise in working with others.
Assignment 2 is a take away exam paper that allows a student to take as much time or as little as they choose to answer 1 question from 3. Tests knowledge, the ability to develop an argument that is evidenced
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- TCP1025's Timetable
Past Exam Papers
- Exam Papers Online : www.ncl.ac.uk/exam.papers/
- TCP1025's past Exam Papers
General Notes
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