module
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC3002: On Violence
This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.
Module Aims
On Violence aims to increase your confidence in developing independent thinking, expressing that thinking verbally and in written materials, and responding to other people’s contributions, in a seminar environment. It also exposes you to an issue that is challenging in many ways, and cross-disciplinary by nature. On Violence aims to:
- Provide student with the opportunity to develop confidence and skills to apply social science theories and concepts to pressing contemporary issues.
- Foster the ability to assembly, critique, and interpret factual information.
- Offer a stimulating approach to understanding the intersection of politics, society and culture
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate a significant understanding of the types of social science research into violence 2. Considerately evaluate how the different sources of information about violence, both quantitative and qualitative, and how they are produced - including their location in particular political and social frameworks - and how they can be interpreted |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Develop and deploy arguments grounded in theoretical frameworks; 4. Draw substantiated thematic comparisons between material from different sources; 5. Clearly and articulately present research, policy debates and your own arguments; |
| Personal and Key Skills | 6. Present an argument orally in a clear, organized, effective and persuasive manner; 7. Evaluate own work and those of others; 8. Demonstrate collaborative skills, e.g. group work, 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. |