This course is compulsory on the BSc in Language, Culture and Society and BSc in Sociology. This course is available on the BA in Geography, BA in Social Anthropology, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and International Relations and BSc in Social Anthropology. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students. This course has a limited number of places (it is capped). Students who have this course as a compulsory course are guaranteed a place. Places for all other students are allocated on a first come first served basis.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Language, Culture and Society and BSc in Sociology. This course is available on the BA in Geography, BA in Social Anthropology, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and International Relations and BSc in Social Anthropology. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students. This course has a limited number of places (it is capped). Students who have this course as a compulsory course are guaranteed a place. Places for all other students are allocated on a first come first served basis.
This course is delivered through a combination of lectures, online materials and classes totalling a minimum of 40 hours across MT and LT, with revision sessions in ST. Reading Weeks: Students on this course will have a reading week in MT Week 6 and LT Week 6, in line with departmental policy.
Two formative essays in MT, one formative essay in LT.
M. Savage (2015) Social Class in the 21st Century; B. Skeggs (1997) Formations of Class and Gender; L Back and J Solomos (Eds) (2000) Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader; A Gutmann (Ed) (1994) Multiculturalism: Examining the Politics of Recognition; S Jackson & S Scott (Eds) (2002) Gender: A Sociological Reader; K Woodward (Ed) (2004) Questioning Identity: Gender, Class and Ethnicity; G Bhattacharyya (2002) Sexuality and Society; D Bell and J Binnie (2000) The Sexual Citizen: Queer Politics and Beyond; B Anderson (1983) Imagined Communities; E Gellner (1983) Nations and Nationalism; M. Flinders (2012) Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the Twenty-First Century.
Exam (70%, duration: 3 hours) in the summer exam period. Essay (30%, 3000 words) in the ST. An electronic copy of the assessed essay, to be uploaded to Moodle, no later than 4.00pm on?the first?Tuesday of?Summer Term.? Attendance at all classes is required and submission of all set coursework is compulsory.