SC111-4-FY-CO:
The Sociological Imagination
2016/17
Sociology and Criminology
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
30
18 April 2001
Requisites for this module
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SC201
BA M900 Criminology,
BA M901 Criminology (Including Year Abroad),
BA M903 Criminology (Including Foundation Year),
BA M904 Criminology (Including Placement Year),
BA L3C8 Criminology with Social Psychology,
BA L3H8 Criminology with Social Psychology (Including Placement Year),
BA LHC8 Criminology with Social Psychology (Including Year Abroad),
BA LV31 History and Sociology,
BA LV32 History and Sociology (Including Placement Year),
BA LV3C History and Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
BA LQ32 Literature and Sociology,
BA LQ33 Literature and Sociology (Including Placement Year),
BA QL23 Literature and Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
BA LP33 Media and Digital Culture,
BA LP34 Media and Digital Culture (including Placement Year),
BA P300 Media and Digital Culture (Including Foundation Year),
BA PL33 Media and Digital Culture (including Year Abroad),
BA LV35 Philosophy and Sociology,
BA VL53 Philosophy and Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
BA CL83 Sociology with Social Psychology,
BA CL93 Sociology with Social Psychology (Including Placement Year),
BA CLV3 Sociology with Social Psychology (Including Year Abroad),
BA L300 Sociology,
BA L301 Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
BA L304 Sociology (Including Foundation Year),
BA L306 Sociology (Including Placement Year),
BA LM38 Sociology and Criminology (Including Placement Year),
BA LM39 Sociology and Criminology,
BA LMH9 Sociology and Criminology (Including Year Abroad),
BA LMHX Sociology and Criminology (Including Foundation Year),
BA LL23 Sociology and Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA LL24 Sociology and Politics (Including Placement Year),
BA LL32 Sociology and Politics,
BA L3J9 Sociology with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA L3M9 Sociology with Human Rights,
BA LMJ9 Sociology with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA LCJ8 Sociology with Psychosocial Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA LJ8C Sociology with Psychosocial Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA LJC8 Sociology with Psychosocial Studies,
BA LL36 Social Anthropology,
BA LL3P Social Anthropology (Including Year Abroad),
BA LL6P Social Anthropology (Including Placement Year)
Sociology is the critical study of society and SC111, The Sociological Imagination, offers an introduction to sociological analysis and argument about key features of society. It has two aims: first, to introduce you to the systematic examination of empirical data about British society and other societies across the world, including some of the major changes that are occurring and their implications; second, it aims to show you how sociological concepts and theories can help you to understand and explain empirical data. The module is organised around substantive topics of current interest and importance, such as stratification, migration, religious beliefs, and the activities of multinational corporations. The module provides a foundation for our second and third year modules where many of these areas and the sociological thinking about them are explored more fully. SC111 also incorporates additional teaching on writing and academic skills, including essay writing, citation, referencing, and the use of the internet as a research tool.
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Compulsory for:
All first year Sociology students
The course web site can be found on: www.essex.ac.uk/sociology
There is one lecture and one small group class per week for the Sociology component of the module. Students are expected to do reading in advance for each class, and to experience more in-depth learning through their assignments. For the first four teaching weeks of the Autumn term there will be a separate lecture on writing and academic skills, and for the first fourteen teaching weeks (that is all the Autumn term and the first four weeks of Spring term) there will be a class adjacent to the Sociology class focusing on these skills.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Journal Proposal (10% of Journal Mark) |
|
4% |
| Coursework |
Thinking and Reflecting Assignment |
|
0% |
| Coursework |
Essay 1 Assignment 2 |
|
30% |
| Coursework |
Essay 2 Assignment 3 |
|
30% |
| Coursework |
Sociological Journal |
|
36% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 180 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
|
Additional coursework information
The first required assignment for SC111, Thinking and Reflecting, is designed to assess your initial ability to think sociologically and your academic writing style. This piece of work will not contribute to your final mark for the module, but will be used as the basis for feedback on the substantive content of your work and as a means of helping you with your writing. The three assessed assignments that contribute to your final mark for the module consist of one essay in the first term and one journal in the second. The journal involves your selecting an issue related to one of the substantive topics covered in the course, and exploring it in some depth. Attendance contributes 5% to the final mark. The writing and academic skills teaching includes work on one or two other assignments which do not contribute to the final module mark.
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
TBC
Jane Harper, Undergraduate Administrator, Telephone: 01206 873052
E-mail: socugrad@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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Of 501 hours, 463 (92.4%) hours available to students:
32 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
6 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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