Undergraduate Course: Social Inequality and the Life Course (SCPL10020)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| 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 conceptualise different forms of inequalities, such as social class, generation, race, disability and gender? How are such inequalities bought about through processes across the life course, from cradle to grave? This course aims to make the student familiar with the social structure and the institutional contexts across life courses and the corresponding social and public policies and other forms of social protection. The course focuses on policies and other forms of protection 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. The course takes the UK as its focus, although students are also encouraged to take a comparative perspective.
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| Course description |
This course involves one two-hour session a week for the whole class. Most weeks will involve a mixture of a lecture and some discussion and group work. In addition to reading in preparation for the sessions, attendance and participation in the lectures and discussion are essential for developing an understanding of the topics.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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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 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 43 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 11,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
174 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
80 %,
Practical Exam
20 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Individual presentation: 20%
Final essay (3000 words): 80% |
| Feedback |
Written feedback will be provided for the individual presentation and for the final individual essay. Peer feedback and academic feedback will be given following the presentations in week 5 or 6. Students have the possibility to meet with academics during their feedback hours throughout the course. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Work with the terms used in debates around different forms of inequalities, such as social class, generation, gender, race and intersectionality.
- Articulate the use of various social policies as applied across the life course
- Understand the value of quantitative and qualitative longitudinal approaches to empirical research in this area
- Discuss the implications of social policies for tackling social inequalities over the life course
- Critique issues of definition and measurement and how these impact on policy formulation and evaluation
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
See learning outcomes above. |
| Keywords | Inequality,poverty,life course,social class,social mobility,gender,race,disability,social policy |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Emma Davidson
Tel:
Email: e.c.davidson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Brodie Hamilton
Tel: (0131 6)51 3139
Email: Brodie.Hamilton@ed.ac.uk |
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