Module Descriptors
BEYOND METHOD
XCPD70428
Key Facts
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 7
30 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 20
Independent Study Hours: 280
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- CRITICAL ANALYSIS weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
Attendance at approximately 6 seminars presented by specialists in social philosophy and theory.
Reading
Preparing and presenting a seminar paper and/or conference presentation.
Active engagement in seminar discussions
Preparing and writing a 5000 word paper.
Reading
Preparing and presenting a seminar paper and/or conference presentation.
Active engagement in seminar discussions
Preparing and writing a 5000 word paper.
Module Indicative Content
Examination and comparison of philosophies and theories (i.e. ontology and epistemology within a social and historical context) underpinning social and organisational research relevant to nursing and health care organisations and systems. These will include the following: positivism, phenomenology, critical theory, feminism, critical realism and social constructionism (incorporating structuration, post-structuralism and post-modernism).
Module Resources
Library and Information resources
Access to staff responsible via email and 'office hours' at appropriate times
Access to staff responsible via email and 'office hours' at appropriate times
Module Texts
Hollinger, R. (1994) Postmodernism and the Social Sciences: A Thematic Approach, London: Sage ISBN 0-8039-4638-4
Jary, D. and Jary, J. (2000) Collins Dictionary of Sociology (Third Edition), London: Harper-Collins.ISBN 0-00-472511-5
Stones, R. (1996) Sociological Reasoning, Basingstoke: Macmillan/Palgrave. ISBN 0-333-58930-0
Jary, D. and Jary, J. (2000) Collins Dictionary of Sociology (Third Edition), London: Harper-Collins.ISBN 0-00-472511-5
Stones, R. (1996) Sociological Reasoning, Basingstoke: Macmillan/Palgrave. ISBN 0-333-58930-0
Module Additional Assessment Details
Presentation and submission of a critical review of a specified philosophical or theoretical approach as a seminar or conference paper of between 2500 - 3000 words within an agreed deadlin
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Successful completion of 180 M level credits