Global Issues: Interconnections and Dislocations (EDPS0236)

Key information

Faculty: IOE
Teaching department: Education, Practice and Society
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: Compulsory module for BSc Sociology. Limited spaces offered only to Social Research Institute and BASC students.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

Our lives are situated within global webs of interconnection, where individuals鈥� experiences are influenced by large-scale structures, and yet local events have global consequences. This module tackles social and political issues through the notion that they are to be understood at the nexus between global, national and local, for example, climate change and environmental risks and sustainability, migration, the role of technology and related networks, the impact of global pandemics, and how these issues are managed through neo-liberal and biopolitical frames of governing. The module will enable students to learn about their drivers, causes and effects, their interconnections, dislocations and to understand how they are influenced by global processes, international governing structures and as local contexts. It will also explore how global homogenising forces can be disrupted via local and group action and responses which may, in turn, become more transformative processes that pose challenges to capitalist societies.

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 4)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 100% Coursework
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 54
Module leader: Dr Tiffany Page
Who to contact for more information: bsc-sociology@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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