Undergraduate Course: Social Inequality and the Life Course (SCPL10020)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | How can we think about the inequalities of social class, generation and gender? How are such inequalities bought about through processes across the life course? This course aims to make the student familiar with the social structure and the institutional contexts across life courses and the corresponding social policies. The course focuses on social policies that are used to support human development and family formation, childhood and educational trajectories, vocational training, labour market entry, occupational careers and income trajectories, retirement and ageing. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Social Policy or closely related courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
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| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Long-essay (3,000 words) 40%
1 two hour exam 60%
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- become familiar with the terms used in debates around inequalities of social class, generation and gender
- be able to articulate the use of various social policies as applied across the life course
- understand the value of a longitudinal approach to empirical research in this area
- have an understanding of the implications of social policies for the distribution and quality of social and economic security as achieved by different groups in society over the life course
- become familiar with Issues of measurement and how these impact on policy formulation and evaluation
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Inequality,poverty,life course,social class,social |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alison Koslowski
Tel: (0131 6)51 1147
Email: alison.koslowski@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Daniel Jackson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3932
Email: Daniel.Jackson@ed.ac.uk |
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