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Module APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE

Module code: CY216
Credits: 15
Semester: Year-Long
Department: APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES
International: No
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Sociological perspectives on ''youth'' and ''community''; Key debates in community/youth studies; Young people in contemporary society; Changing and emerging communities.
Sociology of education; Social stratification and social class; Crime and deviance; Media and popular cultgure; Contemporary social change.
Introduction to basic concepts and principles: - welfare, equality, redistribution, citizenship, and welfare state, selectivity & universality, citizenship and social policy; Origins of social policy and the welfare state - historical and sociological approaches; Key policy issues today: social exclusion, ageing, migration; disability; Application to Ireland.
Psychology: its nature and concerns, major theoretical approaches; Perspectives on development; Social Psychology, interpersonal communication; prosocial behaviour; prejudice and oppression.

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