OHP, Internet, e-mail, VCR play back facilities.

Castells, Manuel (1997) The Power of Identity (Blackwell)
Castles, Stephen & M.J. Miller (2003, 3rd ed) The Age of Migration: International Population Movements and the Modern World (Palgrave)
Cohen, Robin and Paul Kennedy (2000) Global Sociology (Palgrave)
Held, David & Anthony McGrew (eds.) (2003, 2nd ed) Global Transformations Reader: An Introduction to the Globalization Debate (Polity Press)
Miles, Robert & Malcolm Brown (2003, 2nd ed.) Racism (Routledge)
Miles, Steven (2001) Social Theory in the Real World, (Sage)

For 6 hours you will be in a whole group for outline presentations on the materials contained in Blackboard. For 6 hours you will be in part groups classes focusing on the on-line discussion of the key themes associated with the module, guidance on assessing and using course-related materials, and in preparation for assessment. Your independent study is guided by resources and exercises which you can work through in an electronic environment. This will increase the flexibility of your learning.

You will examine the key perspectives and conceptualisations on the nature of change in the contemporary world, such as modernity and postmodernity, post-industrialism, globalisation and imperialism. You will use these perspectives to consider major aspects of contemporary social change such as the changing international division of labour, and transformations of 'race', ethnicity, social class, and gender.