Module Details

Module Code: SOCC B7011
Full Title: Sociology 2 (CYW)
Valid From:: Semester 1 - 2019/20 ( June 2019 )
Language of Instruction:English
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits:: 5
Module Owner:: Kevin Howard
Departments: Unknown
Module Description: This module builds on the general introduction of Sociology I focusing more specifically on the Sociology of Community and Youth Work practice
 
Module Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Module Learning Outcome Description
MLO1 Explain and apply Stanley Cohen's framework for interpreting Moral Panics and media constructions of Young people as Folk Devils
MLO2 Identify and critique hegemonic discourses of race and racism in the context of large-scale migration.
MLO3 Examine sociological perspectives on contemporary changes in the 'gender order'.
MLO4 Explain some of the causes and assess some of the implications of secularisation in Ireland
MLO5 Apply Michael Edward's framework for interpreting Civil Society as the context for CYW
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named DkIT module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
No recommendations listed
 
Module Indicative Content
Folk Devils and Moral Panics
Stanley Cohen's seminal account of negative media constructions of Young people's 'threats' to the moral order
Migration and ethnic differences
The social changes as a consequence of mass migration
The Gender Order
Changing concepts and practices of gender
Secularisation
The causes and consequences of the rapid decline in the social influence of the institutional church.
Community and Civil Society
Michael Edward's tripartite framework for interpreting Civil Society as the space for voluntary action
Module Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Course Work40.00%
Final Examination60.00%
Module Special Regulation
 

Assessments

Full-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Continuous Assessment % of Total Mark 40
Marks Out Of 100 Pass Mark 40
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 1,2,3,4
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
A self-chosen case study of how negative representations frame young people's behaviours/the impact of migration/the changing gender order/decline of clerical influence, in Ireland.
No Project
No Practical
Final Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 60
Marks Out Of 100 Pass Mark 40
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcome 1,2,3,4,5
Duration in minutes 120
Assessment Description
End-of-Semester Final Examination. Seven questions, one of which, Question 1 is compulsory and is worth 40% of the marks available, plus, two from the remaining six, all of which are worth 30% each.
Reassessment Requirement
A repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.

DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Tutorial Contact n/a Every Week 1.00 1
Lecture Contact n/a Every Week 2.00 2
Independent Study Non Contact n/a Every Week 3.00 3
Directed Reading Non Contact n/a Every Week 3.00 3
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
This module has no Part-time workload.
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Cohen, S. (2002), Folk Devils and Moral Panics, 3rd. Routledge, London, [ISBN: 0415267129].
  • Fanning, B. (2018), Migration and the Making of Ireland, UCD Press, Dublin, [ISBN: 978-191082025].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Major, LE and Machin, S. (2018), Social Mobility and its Enemies, Pelican, London, [ISBN: 0241317029].
  • Edwards, M. (2014), Civil Society, 3rd. Polity Press, Oxford, [ISBN: 0745679366].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
  • Website, Combat Poverty Agency www.combatpoverty.ie.
  • Podcast, Beck, L. (2019), Les Beck on Migration, Social Science Bites,
    https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2019/ 02/les-back-on-migrants/
  • Website, Economic and Social Research Institute www.esri.ie.
  • Website, The Office of Social Inclusion www.socialinclusion.ie.
  • Website, Citizens Information Centre www.oasis.ie.