Order and Disorder B: Understanding Law, Politics and Sociology (LPS02)
15 credits, Level 3 (sub-degree)
Spring teaching
In this module, you will learn about inequality, violence and protest as forms of ‘disorder’. You will study each from legal, political and sociological perspectives. You will explore the question of how to understand social ‘problems’, how to address these problems and how social change happens. This module builds on ‘Order and Disorder A’. Completing ‘Order and Disorder A’ is a pre-requisite for the module.
The module will challenge you to question your assumptions about how the social world works. The module will also invite you to tackle tough and complicated social scientific problems. Throughout, you will learn about core legal, political and sociological concepts as well as the core legal, political and societal institutions that govern the social world. You will also develop key social scientific academic skills, including analysing texts, critical thinking and building arguments.
Teaching
33%: Lecture
67%: Seminar
Assessment
100%: Coursework (Essay, Presentation)
Contact hours and workload
This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2022/23. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
Courses
This module is offered on the following courses: