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Curricular information is subject to change
On completion of this module, you should be able to: Outline the main components of the Irish social policy system (including social work) and describe how they operate. Find more detailed information on particular social policy programmes and use that information to describe and assess those programmes.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Tutorial | 4 |
Computer Aided Lab | 4 |
Specified Learning Activities | 40 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 38 |
Total | 108 |
None
Learning Exclusions:None
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Multiple Choice Questionnaire: MCQ based on expert interview | Week 11 | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: MCQ based on expert interview | Week 8 | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: MCQ based on expert interviews | Week 6 | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
Examination: Open book exam to be administered through Brightspace. | 1 hour End of Trimester Exam | Yes | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 80 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: MCQ based on interviews with experts in each sector of the Irish welfare state. | Week 4 | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | Yes - 1 Hour |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
The continuous assessment component is conducted in tutorials and peer review feedback and group feedback from tutor given in the tutorials.
Name | Role |
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Dr Maria Pierce | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Jack Bwalya | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33 | Mon 16:00 - 16:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 14:00 - 14:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 14:00 - 14:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 10:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 5 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Wed 09:00 - 09:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 6 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Wed 13:00 - 13:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 8 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Thurs 11:00 - 11:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 10 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Fri 11:00 - 11:50 |