TCP1025 : Social Worlds
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Professor Rose Gilroy
- Lecturer: Dr Andrew Donaldson, Mr Aidan Oswell, Mr Clive Davies, Dr Georgiana Varna, Dr Cat Button
- 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 | |
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
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 3 | 2:00 | 6:00 | small group discussions |
| Structured Guided Learning | Structured non-synchronous discussion | 20 | 0:20 | 6:40 | 20x 20 minute podcasts to support learning |
| 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.
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
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- TCP1025's Timetable