Courses / Module

On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:

• Understand and evaluate core theories and concepts used by sociologists in understanding global changes and how they affect national societies.
• Understand how sociologists gather, analyse and interpret data and evidence and information.
• Understand how sociologists form questions, provide sociological explanations and assess different arguments based on evidence.
• Search, obtain and present information, and develop independent critical analysis and defend reasoned opinions in oral and written form
• Critically assess the role of sociological analysis in representation of contemporary Irish society.
• Evaluate different kinds of interpretative schemata for “reading” Irish society.

• 36 hours

Delivery methods	Hours
Lectures	28
Labs / Practicals	0
Tutorials	8
Planned learning activities	0
Independent student activities	151
Total	187

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded
• Other detail(s): Tutorials

Assessment type	Options	Weighting	Duration
Continuous Assessment		80%
University scheduled written examination	No	0%
Other		20%
Total		100%

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No
• Penalties: Where applicable, the following penalties apply. If coursework is submitted late, 10% will be deducted. No coursework will be accepted 14 calendar days after the deadline. These penalties will apply except upon presentation of a medical certificate covering the relevant period or in other extremely extenuating circumstances, which must be communicated to, and accepted by, the lecturer/tutor prior to, or immediately after, the relevant deadline.

• Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes
• Where applicable, Autumn resit students may submit continuous assessment work by a date before the Autumn examination, which will be specified by the department. Students are responsible for familiarising themselves with this deadline. No continuous assessment work will be accepted after this date. If students do not submit by the deadline, the existing continuous assessment mark will be carried forward to the Autumn.

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