SOC30480 Broadcasting Sociology

Academic Year 2020/2021

Through an experiential learning framework, students will sociologically engage with societally relevant topics and become familiar with tools for interviewing, recording, script writing, editing and communicating sociology to others. Students will be split up in small teams and produce high-quality podcasts/videos/animations on sociological issues. Students will conduct relevant background research, take on different roles in their teams (e.g. producer, speaker, interviewer, researcher, editor), come up with a plan for their podcast/video/animation, pitch their plans to staff members, present their research and plan to each other and ultimately produce a podcast/video/animation. Emphasis is on students engaging with societally relevant topics from a sociological perspective and creatively producing a non-traditional team project, which is interesting for the broader public.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

After completion of this module students will have:
- gained experience in approaching a topic of societal relevance academically
- written an individual essay
- worked in a team to plan and produce a podcast/video/animation
- made a meaningful contribution to a group project
- communicated a topic of societal relevance to the broader public

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

11
Autonomous Student Learning

103
Total

114
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
active learning; peer and group work 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Journal: Approx. 500 words reflection piece on own experiences and learning Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

10
Group Project: Group project podcast/video/animation on one of the given topics Week 12 n/a Graded No

30
Assignment: Peer evaluation of other groups and of contribution of group embers Week 12 n/a Graded No

5
Essay: Approx. 2000 words essay on one of the given topics Week 6 n/a Graded No

50
Group Project: Contribution to group project Week 12 n/a Graded No

5

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Mr. Philip Jeremiah Ryan Tutor