Dillon, Michele (2010) Introduction to Sociological Theory. Theorists, Concepts and their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Collins, Randall (1994) Four Sociological Traditions, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Giddens, Anthony (2009) Sociology, Cambridge: Polity Press.
Giddens, Anthony and Philip W. Sutton (eds) (2010) Sociology: Introductory Readings, Cambridge: Polity Press.

The library and e-brary
Blackboard
Lecture and seminar rooms with Powerpoint presentation and DVD playback facilities
Seminar rooms suitable for group work
PCs with student access to email, internet and word-processing

Whole group lectures, supported by seminars. Seminars will support students' learning through encouraging students to engage with the major themes and ideas introduced in lectures and through promoting the further development of subject and other key skills. In addition, seminars will support and guide students in the use of independent study time in order to prepare for workshops, and in order to fulfil assessment requirements. Students will also be provided with a Blackboard learning environment with additional learning and teaching resources, and a discussion board. Formative assessment for the exam will take the form of a mock examination during one of the seminars. Directed study schemes form an explicit part of the independent learning strategy, requiring students to work on particular materials, issues and concepts. Students are also encouraged to seek individual tutorial guidance to support their learning and/or to prepare for assessment as required.

Key Information Set:
16% scheduled learning and teaching activities comprising:
Lectures
Seminars
Formative assessments

84% guided independent learning activities comprising:
Guided reading and research
Personal tutorials
Preparation for scheduled sessions
Completion of assessment tasks

This module provides students with a theoretical foundation to study social life, social change and the social causes and consequences of human behaviour. The module will show how sociologists have conceptualised modernity`s social transformations through their analysis of society and the dilemmas confronting it. Moreover, students will be provided with a distinctively sociological perspective on the structure of groups, organisations, and societies, and how people interact within these contexts. The different theories and concepts will be approached by analysing different aspects of the social world which, depending on currency, staff availability and student responses may include topics such as stratification and social class; sexuality and gender; race and ethnicity; work; religion; globalization.

One two-hour unseen exam under examination conditions weighted at 100% (Learning Outcomes 1-6)

Key Information Set:
100% exam