Class, Culture & Conflict: A View from The Inside (L4112A)

15 credits, Level 5

Autumn teaching

From the Essex girl to Kate Middleton. From celebrities’ private estates to living on a council estate. From hunger pains to the hunger for social mobility – we explore contemporary social issues in relation to class in the UK.

In this module, you will:

  • focus sociologically on the details of everyday life
  • explore how social class is lived and experienced in contemporary austerity Britain
  • reflect on your own social position using an auto-ethnographic perspective.

Teaching

50%: Lecture
50%: Seminar

Assessment

100%: Coursework (Portfolio)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 24 hours of contact time and about 126 hours of independent study. The 5X社区视频 may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We鈥檒l make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.