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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SPA2006: Understanding Social Inequalities
This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content and order of syllabus coverage may vary, it is envisaged that it will include the following topics:
- Social Inequalities: Definitions and Concepts
- Dimensions of inequality: social class, gender, and ethnicity
- Inequalities in childhood experiences: early-year differences
- Educational inequalities I: attainment in compulsory schooling
- Educational inequalities II: routes into and out of post-compulsory education
- Transitions from education to employment
- Occupational transition over the lifecourse and labour market experiences
- The evidence for social mobility
- Demographic inequalities: fertility and age-related inequalities
- Geographical inequalities
- Political inequalities
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 22 | 11 x 2 hours per week comprising lectures and seminars |
| Guided Independent study | 48 | Reading and preparing for seminars (around 4-6 hours per week) |
| Guided Independent study | 80 | Study tasks directed by the module leader: e.g. 10 hours for group presentations, 15 hours for the short summary report and 55 hours for the essay |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).