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Order and Disorder B (LPS02)

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Order and Disorder B: Understanding Law, Politics and Sociology

Module LPS02

Module details for 2024/25.

15 credits

FHEQ Level 3 (sub-degree)

Module Outline

In this module, you will learn about inequality, violence and protest as forms of ‘disorder’. You will study each from legal, political and sociological perspectives. You will explore the question of how to understand social ‘problems’, how to address these problems and how social change happens. This module builds on ‘Order and Disorder A’. Completing ‘Order and Disorder A’ is a pre-requisite for the module.

The module will challenge you to question your assumptions about how the social world works. The module will also invite you to tackle tough and complicated social scientific problems. Throughout, you will learn about core legal, political and sociological concepts as well as the core legal, political and societal institutions that govern the social world. You will also develop key social scientific academic skills, including analysing texts, critical thinking and building arguments.

LO1 Demonstrate an understanding and awareness of key concepts and debates in Law, Politics and Sociology
LO2 Identify, evaluate, and compare arguments on key social science issues when reading scholarship in Law, Politics and Sociology
LO3 Build a basic social scientific argument using evidence, reasoning and addressing counter-arguments or complexities where appropriate
LO4 Communicate social scientific ideas in written and spoken academic language with correct referencing

Module learning outcomes

Identify, evaluate, and compare arguments on key social science issues when reading scholarship in Law, Politics and Sociology
Identify, evaluate, and compare arguments on key social science issues when reading scholarship in Law, Politics and Sociology

Build a basic social scientific argument using evidence, reasoning and addressing counter-arguments or complexities where appropriate

Communicate social scientific ideas in written and spoken academic language with correct referencing

Work independently and as part of a group

TypeTimingWeighting
Coursework100.00%
Coursework components. Weighted as shown below.
PresentationT2 Week 11 (15 minutes)30.00%
EssayA2 Week 1 70.00%
Timing

Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.

Weighting

Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.

TermMethodDurationWeek pattern
Spring SemesterSeminar2 hours11111111111
Spring SemesterLecture1 hour11111111111

How to read the week pattern

The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.

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