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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC2115: Deception
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Module Aims
Deception aims to enhance your ability to think independently, express your ideas through written and oral arguments, and respond to other people’s views in a seminar environment. It also exposes you to an issue that is challenging and controversial in many ways, and cross-disciplinary by nature. Deception aims to:
- Provide you with the opportunity to develop confidence and skills to apply social science theories and concepts to pressing contemporary issues;
- Foster your ability to assembly, critique, and interpret factual information;
- Offer a stimulating approach to understanding the intersection of politics, technology, society and culture.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Critically evaluate different sources of information about deception, including their place within disciplinary and public debates. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the types of social science research into deception |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Draw substantiated thematic comparisons between material from different sources; 4. Clearly present research, policy debates and your own arguments; 5. Offer conceptually-based arguments grounded in theoretical frameworks; |
| Personal and Key Skills | 6. Present an argument orally in a clear and organized manner; 7. Evaluate own work and those of others; 8. Demonstrate collaborative skills, including the presentation and discussion of material in groups. 9. Work independently, within a limited time frame, and without access to external sources, to complete a specified task |