Families in Society (SOCS0027)

Key information

Faculty: IOE
Teaching department: Social Research Institute
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: N/A
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This interdisciplinary module听introduces students to the family as a social institution and a site of personal life across time and place.听The module examines critical factors that make and shape families听drawing on theoretical and empirical insights from听anthropology, demography,听psychology, and sociology. Themes听include:听kinship and family structures; new forms of couple intimacy, sexual and relational diversity; families across cultures; parenting and child development; gender and family life; ethnicity and faith in families; families, poverty and inequality; elder life and intergenerational obligations in families. The module draws on examples from societies听and cultures across the world.听

Limited spaces available for Psychology students.

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Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 5)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 65% Coursework

35% Group activity
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 40
Module leader: Dr Susie Bower-brown
Who to contact for more information: bsc-socsciences@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.

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Important information

The catalogue has been updated with key information about the modules that will run during the 2024/25 academic session. Current and prospective students can browse through the catalogue to consider possible module choices for the coming year.

Please note,听information in the catalogue is听subject to change as teaching and assessment arrangements for 2024/25 may need to be adjusted in line with the University's Feedback and Assessment principles and operating model.

Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed exams and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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