A Sociological Conversation invites you to develop your approach to understanding the complexities of relations, institutions and groups in contemporary social life, from a distinctively sociological approach. You'll achieve this through engaging with a range of enduring sociological concepts: Community, Division, Identity, Change and Power. A Sociological Conversation will engage with classical and contemporary sociological theory, to debate these concepts and the theoretical approaches that have enabled sociologists to critically examine these matters over time. You'll gain applied knowledge by examining how these theories and concepts are operationalised in sociological research. Key transferrable skills for employability that you will gain in this module include critical thinking, initiative, creativity, teamwork, research skills and critical thinking.
View the full module definitionGlobal Affairs will introduce you to theories of globalisation as well as the concept of ‘connected sociologies’ (Bhambra 2014). You'll be asked to rethink how social and political sciences have thought about modernity and development via engagement with postcolonial studies, notions of decoloniality, and other critical approaches. The various features of ‘connected sociologies’ will be explored though connections between topics including modernisation theory, colonialism and settlement, methodological nationalism, migration and diaspora, cosmopolitanism and dynamics of belonging, and post-colonial and decolonial approaches. Through study of these topics in a broad range of global comparative study, you'll advance your understanding of the complexities of societies and politics in an international context. The module will be delivered via lectures and seminars. You are required to complete preparatory reading prior to each seminar. Seminar content and activities will relate to the content of the corresponding lecture. This module advances both the knowledge and understanding of global social and political issues and future sustainable development and addresses the issues of cultural and social capital by offering you an opportunity to develop professional networks and engage with real challenges.
View the full module definitionMedia representations of crime are a matter of public interest as well as political debate. The way the media treats crime has important implications for public perceptions of crime, criminals and the processes of the criminal justice system. Should crime always be newsworthy? How objective is the presentation of crime in the media? With the use of specific examples, you will examine key issues in traditional and new media, to provide you with an understanding of changing social norms and expectations in relation to crime and the media formats through which it is discussed and portrayed. You will explore the ways in which media shapes our perception of crime and critically examine the theoretical perspectives on media and propaganda. In addition, you will explore the construction of crime news and the role of politics and ideology in this context. You will explore the fictional and factual representation of youths and sex in the media; the fear of crime; contemporary surveillance culture; the analysis of relevant statistics, and the use of propaganda techniques. You will examine these issues through the use of case studies, reports, and theory. You will be expected to select one or more case studies in order to develop analytical skills as well as presentation skills during the seminars. The selected case study will build a foundation for the essay. In the essay you will develop techniques to evaluate debates about the relations between media, society and crime, as well as public perceptions.
View the full module definitionThe module delves into the evolving dynamics of societies in the contemporary digital age. You'll critically examine the intricate interplay between the online and offline domains, the emergence of novel social relations, virtual communities, and the evolving landscape of democracy and activism in the digital realm. You'll also investigate the transformative effects of digital technologies on media consumption, highlighting both opportunities and risks. Exploring the widening rifts and newly deepened inequalities stemming from the digital revolution is an essential aspect of this module, as is the exploration of digital bodies and identities. The module offers a blend of theoretical lectures and interactive seminars, allowing you to engage in text reading and in-depth case studies.
View the full module definitionEntering higher education is exciting; but it can also be a daunting experience. At ARU, we want all our students to make the most of the opportunities higher education provides, reach your potential, become lifelong learners and find fulfilling careers. However, we appreciate that the shift from secondary education, or a return to formal education is, in itself, quite a journey. This module is designed to ease that transition. You'll be enrolled on it as soon as you receive an offer from ARU so you can begin to learn about university life before your course starts. Through Into ARU, you'll explore a virtual land modelled around ARU values: Courage, Innovation, Community, Integrity, Responsibility, and Ambition. This innovative module is designed as a game, where you collect knowledge and complete mini tasks. You'll proceed at your own pace, though we you to have completed your Into ARU exploration by week 6. If for any reason you're unable to complete by that date, we'll signpost to existing services so that we can be confident that you are supported.
Building on work you have done at Level 4, this Level 5 module examines ways of thinking about the social that are ‘critical’ in that they, in a variety of ways, challenge or decentre taken-for-granted assumptions and structures. In doing so, it will consider the ways in which knowledge of the social world is itself political. The module will show you how social theory can be both challenging and useful. The module is organised around four themes: Bourdieu and beyond: knowledge, culture, and the reproduction of inequalities; Intersectional approaches to social divisions; Humanity 2.0? Self, embodiment, and enhancement; and Reassembling the social: encompassing non-human actors. You'll develop your understanding and confidence of theories through close reading of primary texts. In the latter stages of the module, you'll have opportunities to apply the concepts and approaches we have learnt to real world issues in a series of theory mapping workshops.
View the full module definitionThis module will help you understand how peoples’ mobilities and migration shape, and have shaped, societies and individual lives in a current and historical context. You will explore different migration movements across nationstate borders such as the Syrian refugee crisis, EU migration, the ‘Windrush Generation’ and Kindertransport. The focus will be, in particular, on nation-states’ migration policies and the effect these policies have on migrants’ rights and experiences in different areas of social policy (e.g. employment, housing, education and migrant admission procedure). Therefore, you will be introduced to different theoretical frameworks which analyse nation-states’ responses to migration and migrant integration, which will equip you with skills to evaluate migration policies and to formulate recommendations for effective migrant integration strategies. You will be introduced to different local, national and international organisations and networks which deal with migration and integration and offer opportunities for volunteering, internships and/or employment.
View the full module definitionThis module is designed to prepare you to take your interests and skills into the ‘real world’. You'll learn about different research approaches used in academic research as well as how research can be used to inform policy and interventions to make a difference in wider society. The initial focus will be on assessing how academic research is designed to investigate some of the most pressing issues in contemporary societies. In doing so, you'll be trained in how to select and use different types of research designs and methods to answer research questions. You'll then take the research knowledge and skills you have developed and apply them to a ‘real world’ scenario. In this part of the module, you'll work with an external organisation to investigate an ongoing issue, and in doing so you'll gain valuable experience working with professionals relevant to your degree. Having gained skills and experience in both academic and applied research, this module ultimately prepares you for your final year undergraduate major project (UMP) as well as providing you with key transferable skills to help you onto the career pathway of your choice.
Ruskin Modules are a great opportunity to explore challenges and ideas outside your area of study. Working with students from a range of courses, you'll be supported to create meaningful connections across disciplines, and apply new knowledge to tackle complex problems and key challenges. Ruskin Modules are designed to grow your confidence, realise your potential and help you prepare for the world of work.
Discover the potential of digital methods in gaining insights into contemporary societies and cultures with this optional module. It aims to equip you with advanced digital tools and methodologies and strongly emphasises developing valuable employability skills that are in demand across various industries. Practical application is at the core of the module, ensuring you can effectively tackle real-world social challenges. You don't need prior coding experience; we provide step-by-step guidance into digital methods, like data wrangling, text analysis, or machine learning. The course strikes a balance between theory and hands-on practice, allowing you to grasp the concepts and apply them effectively. Whether you're considering a future in academia or a career in industry, this module offers a gateway to a world of opportunities in the digital age. Digital methods are highly sought after, and this is your opportunity to master them while acquiring skills employers value.
View the full module definitionCybercrimes are becoming increasingly prevalent in western society, and their policing and control progressively problematic. You will have the opportunity to explore the risks that modern cybercrimes pose to individuals, organisations and the nation state, and examine how authorities both locally and transnationally have attempted to police new digital patterns of criminality. The module is taught in two, discreet halves, with the first exploring the development of new ‘cyber-dependent’ crimes that exist solely as a product of new internet technologies. The second half will examine the emergence of ‘cyber-enabled crimes’ involving the reconstitution of established and traditional crimes such as human trafficking, organised crime, terrorism and hate crime that been irrevocably changed by virtue of their online ‘digitisation’. Within each of the topics covered in the module, you will have the chance to explore cutting edge cyber-crime case studies against a backdrop of the challenges that authorities have faced when attempting to police these crimes both locally and transnationally. In addition, you will examine the impact of the Dark Web and Tor Network, and how these continue to evade traditional policing styles. You will learn about the facilitation of radicalisation and terrorism, othering and stigmatisation, transnational crime, migration and human trafficking and the policing and security strategies that have been developed to combat and prevent them. You will examine the topics within online digital settings, which will provide you with insights that will deepen and complement other taught modules that adopt an ‘offline’ approach when investigating crime and policing. You will achieve an understanding of a wide range of cybercrimes, their sociological and criminological conceptualisation and the key modes of policing, punishment and control designed to reduce and contain their risk. The module is taught by lecture/seminar format using computer-based work for seminars.
View the full module definitionViolence and Confrontation aims to guide you through the key thinking and theory behind some of the most pressing issues facing criminologists and wider society today. Each week, you will explore theory framed within case study, allowing you opportunities to consider media, policy, and criminal justice system responses to types of violence ranging from hate crime to homicide and terrorism. You will also be considering the construction of race, gender, and sexuality, getting to the core of social issues which might incite violence. This module seeks to build your critical thinking skills as well as your analytical ability, granting you opportunities to question and debate with your fellow students within seminars, as well as undertake active learning tasks. By the end of the module, you will be able to both apply theory and critique instances of violence through a new modern lens
View the full module definitionContemporary workplaces are increasingly complex: workers' roles are multifaceted and often difficult to define. As a result, supporting, developing, and managing people at work is becoming more demanding. This module addresses this challenging context by considering work as consisting of the dynamics between people, work and society, and will encourage you to be critical by exploring theories and workplace practices through the lens of sociology and social psychology. This module will explore the nature of work and society and will draw on theories associated with the nature of work, organisation, and management to locate the changing nature of work in an historical, social and cultural context. There will be an historical and critical review of schools of thought and key writers in social sciences. The module will encourage you to think about issues associated with class, gender, ethnicity and identity and how these are linked to the notion of ‘work’. You'll be able to explore what ‘work’ means; why do people work; and what are the different types of work that occur? The module will focus on issues of industrialisation, deindustrialisation, notions of career and identity and places and spaces of work. A major part of this module is the discussion of innovative and new ways of looking at work through the lens of sociology and social psychology. You'll be encouraged to explore sociological ways of seeing work and organisations and understanding the relationship between work, organisations, and society more generally. As the module will focus on the wider context of work and take into account the societal challenges associated with changing patterns of work, you'll be prepared for the new realities of work. This includes working practices such as distributed, networked organisations and non-standard employment contracts, remote and hybrid working as well as more conventional organisational work practices
View the full module definitionThis module addresses key topics in what is known as the ‘Culture Wars’. In this module you will become familiar with areas currently contested between different arguing camps around social justice, identity, inclusivity and attaining a society which recognises difference, including gender, race, sexuality, ability, class and economic status, species and ecology. In this course you will explore the linguistic and philosophical techniques of differing arguments around the role of power and prejudice invested in discussions on what it means to be ‘woke’, and specifically how these arguments fall into either/or structures which prevent full ethical inclusivity. By studying the diversity of definitions of differences, and the structures of language which bring them into being, you can look at the elements involved in the way society attributes value, and justice, to different individuals. The course will analyse language structures of difference from linguistic signs, philosophical discussions, and a variety of media including social media, mainstream news, as well as more experimental and personal narratives from different people telling their stories and ‘speaking truth to power’. You will be able to reveal the structures of power which benefit from fuelling arguments, and recognise the deeper value of diversity, justice and inclusivity.
View the full module definitionIntoxicants and intoxication will introduce you to the sociological analysis of the place of intoxicants, and the role of intoxication, and how this has changed over time. It incorporates a broad range of themes: production and distribution; regulation, control and the law; substance use, misuse and addiction; gender and intoxication; and socio-economic changes in the place of intoxicants in societies (e.g. work, time and alcohol use). You'll gain an understanding of the broad historical and cultural differences in the meanings ascribed to intoxicants and intoxication. You'll develop analytical skills in identifying how substances, who consumes them, and the place/time they are consumed change, and that they are shifting targets of problematisation in society. Substances you will study may include alcohol, cannabis, opiates, new psychoactive substances and MDMA. You'll gain an insight into how one phenomenon, that of intoxicants and intoxication, can act as an observational lens through which a wide range of sociological issues can be examined, including gender, age, social class, disorder, offending and regulation. Key transferrable skills for employability that you'll gain in this module include critical thinking, planning and organising, prioritising, initiative and resilience.
View the full module definitionIn this module you'll consider how spirituality and religion have diversified and changed in a globalised society, and explore changing patterns of belief, practice and association. You'll have the opportunity to investigate aspects of spirituality, such as mindfulness and meditation, and new personal rituals, such as fixing ‘love locks’ on Paris bridges, or setting up roadside memorials. You'll explore how traditional religions have adapted and changed in a more’ liquid’ society, for example, by going online; but also how some religious groups have reacted against globalisation. And you'll discover new secular forms of belief and practice and learn about the rise of people identifying as of ‘no religion’. You'll look at how sociologists have historically examined religious beliefs, practices, movements and institutions in order to understand more about the implications of these for individuals, societies and communities. But you'll also learn how as contemporary sociologists we can continue to explore and understand the cultural and political significance of religion and spirituality and their interaction with secular world-views within the context of globalisation. You'll have the opportunity to undertake structured skill development in presentation and debate, and in written analysis. These skills contribute to future employability skills and relate to other outcomes on your degree. This module is taught by interactive sessions and may include visits to places of spirituality and/or religion, such as mosques, churches and meditation centres.
View the full module definitionViolence, Gender and Victimisation will take you on a deep dive into issues surrounding gender-based violence and harms. You will examine violence in the context of gender and wider societal responses, examining social norms, policy challenges and criminal justice responses. You will critically consider current and potential barriers and complexities in the response to gender-based violence and reflect on current policy guidance.
View the full module definitionThis module will introduce you to practical and theoretical aspects of the study of intercultural communication. It offers insights into interpersonal communication in a culturally diverse world and will explore how to effectively build bridges between cultures. This module will benefit your social, academic and professional life where you are likely to meet people from diverse backgrounds. You will build on your own cultural and linguistic knowledge, sense of identity and communication skills. You will examine your own culture and gain insights into the way in which cultural assumptions affect judgements of the behaviour and communication codes of other cultures. The key theoretical, analytical and descriptive terms will be introduced in weekly lectures, you will then be given the opportunity to explore these topics in seminars. These seminars will encourage to reflect on your own experiences.
View the full module definitionKnowledge of a foreign language can be a major asset both in your academic and professional life. The Anglia Language Programme offers you the opportunity to study a foreign language as part of your course.
This module gives you the opportunity to undertake valuable and rewarding learning and career development opportunity. The School of Humanities and Social Sciences Professional Placement module provides you with the chance to embark on a work placement, where you can gain important skills and experiences which will support your career planning and your personal development. This module supports you to explore your career aspirations and opportunities, immerse yourself in a work environment, and then critically reflecting on the experience. The module requires you to independently research, select, and secure a work placement where you can apply the knowledge and skills from your degree to-date. You'll commit to a regular schedule of work, and regularly reflecting on the experience through a Placement Diary. At the end of the placement, you'll reflect and evaluate your work experience, and your own career goals. You'll be supported throughout your work placement by academic staff, as well as guidance from the Placements/ Employability and Careers team. The Professional Placement module is a great opportunity to explore your graduate career options, enhance your CV, develop your career plans, and put your degree skills and knowledge to work.
How can we foster social change? Societies face numerous challenges in areas of social policy including education, environment and sustainability, health and housing. This module gives you the opportunity to revisit some areas which you've discussed in previous modules, and to deepen your understanding of social change and critical analysis of social policy. You'll be introduced to different theories of social change to identify potential factors and levers which influence social change in a variety of social policy contexts. Speakers who have expertise in specific areas of social policy and social change will be invited to present current agendas and potential policy recommendations. You'll also learn about employment and placement possibilities in different non-governmental and governmental organisations where you can get involved in social change.
View the full module definitionThe individual final Major Project module allows you to engage in a substantial piece of individual research, focused on a topic relevant to your specific discipline. Normally the topic will be agreed in consultation with academic staff and an appropriate supervisor will be appointed to supervise you in your chosen topic. The topic may also be drawn from a variety of sources including: Anglia Ruskin research groups, previous or current work experience, the company in which you are currently employed, or a professional subject of specific interest (if suitable supervision is available). The project topic will be assessed for suitability to ensure sufficient academic challenge and satisfactory supervision by an academic member of staff. The chosen topic will require you to identify and formulate problems and issues, conduct literature reviews, evaluate information, investigate and adopt suitable development methodologies, determine solutions, develop software and/or media artefacts as appropriate, process data, critically appraise and present your findings. Regular meetings with the project supervisor and or/group workshops should take place, so that the project is closely monitored and steered in the right direction. The assessment will normally include a substantial written report, including a bibliography.
View the full module definitionThis module will support you to communicate your final-year dissertation research beyond the traditional dissertation format, helping you to develop your abilities to create, adapt, select, and communicate your ideas and arguments to a range of audiences through a variety of creative and digital forms and formats. You'll be supported to develop creative or digital output such as artworks, podcasts, films, posters, exhibitions, or installations, based on the research of your final-year major project or dissertation. This module will also guide you to reflect on degree journey more generally, as you review and consolidate a range of transferable, professional skills, competencies, and confidences that you will be able to articulate, evidence, and take forward into your graduate future.
View the full module definitionGlobal Feminisms will introduce you to the plurality and diversity of feminist thoughts and debates, practices and activism(s). The heterogeneity of feminist action and strategies on a range of issues will be emphasised to enable learning on historic and contemporary feminist movements. An intersectional approach will be adopted to highlight how feminists have engaged with anti-race politics alongside challenging norms around gender and sexuality. You'll be exposed to feminist knowledges and scholarship on issues viz. women’s political participation, gender-based violence, trans identities and rights, sex work, etc., as well as learn about different forms and strategies of feminist activism. You'll also learn about feminist research methodologies and epistemological approaches to understand what it means to ‘see’, ‘think’ and ‘do’ sociology using a feminist approach. Teaching will comprise a combination of lectures and seminars and will involve guest speakers who are feminist activists and scholars across diverse contexts nationally and internationally, facilitating connections with a global network of academics and practitioners in the study of the sociology of gender. You'll be able to connect theory and practice through ‘real-world’ applications of feminist knowledges and pedagogies, including a feminist manifesto and critical case study of a feminist global campaign. Through this, you'll develop communication skills, computer literacy, creativity, critical thinking, decision marking, planning and organisation, problem-solving, project and time management, and research skills. Specifically, you'll learn to evaluate feminist campaigns, strategies and policies which you can draw on to enhance employability in the statutory and voluntary sector, among others.
View the full module definitionThis module‘s focus will move chronologically but also thematically from 1880 to 2000. We'll open by examining late nineteenth-century concerns with the ‘new woman’, the male homosexual, and newly defined sexualities. We'll then move on to consider first-wave feminism, and the First World War in relation to issues of gender. A subsequent focus on the interwar period will cover the emergence of the ‘flapper’, anxieties about male effeminacy, male body building and the development of miscegenation fears – all fuelled by the ever-growing popular press. The effects of gender-differentiated (un)employment in this period will be analysed as well as the development of birth control, taking the work of Marie Stopes as a central focus. We'll examine the trial of The Well of Loneliness and the slow emergence of the idea of the lesbian. We'll investigate women’s role during the Second World War, including drawing on the reportage of Mass-Observation. For the post-war years, we'll consider relations between, and reaction to, British women and African-Caribbean men. The 1950s’ Wolfenden Report offers an opening to the discussion of male homosexuality and prostitution in this period and beyond. The so-called swinging ‘60s and sexual ‘permissiveness’ will be followed by an examination of the rise of the Women’s Liberation Movement and Gay Liberation in the 1970s. We'll look, too, at how feminism developed on from the 1970s up until the turn of the century. This overview of the history of gender and sexuality in modern Britain in the period 1880-2000 will allow you to appreciate how sexuality needs to be understood as socially constructed and regulated, as well as always historically specific. The module will also enable you to appreciate the shifts in the ways in which men and women have conceived of their appropriate ‘roles’, paying attention to differences of class, race, ethnicity, geographical location, sexuality and age. Analysis of certain primary sources will enrich this understanding. The module is taught through lectures and seminars, and is assessed by an oral history essay and the report of an in-class presentation.
View the full module definitionIn this interdisciplinary module, you'll learn about the evolution of the British welfare state from a social, cultural and political perspective over some five centuries of history (c. 1601-present). We'll consider how authorities have approached the ‘problem’ of poverty and used various forms of assistance to help people in need, from workhouses, to pillories and whipping, to the NHS, old age pensions and universal credit. We'll consider changes in welfare from multiple perspectives to include policymakers, social reformers, paupers, the sick and the unemployed. Through this, we ask: has our treatment of the needy become more or less compassionate over time? To what extent is today’s society fair or repeating the same mistakes of previous generations? What is the future of the welfare state?
View the full module definitionYouth, Crime and Aggression has been designed to allow you to build on your previous two years of work to think critically about the Youth Justice System and its place in the wider context of the criminal justice system. In this module, you will critically evaluate the youth justice system in England and Wales. You will identify areas of tensions and contradictions within the youth justice system. You will compare and contrast theories explaining youth crime and youth culture. You will also analyse competing strategies in youth justice and their outcomes, discussing recent developments in youth justice legislation, policy and practice, which will teach you to evaluate current practices in youth justice issues. Within this module, you will explore recent developments and key innovations in the youth justice system and their implications for the rights of young offenders and their victims. This module will run weekly two-hour lectures and a one-hour seminar. You are required to have a good understanding of criminological theories and their histories and be thoroughly prepared for weekly discussions by completing the essential reading ahead of lecture/seminar.
View the full module definitionDeconstructing the education system will help you to gain greater understanding of the complexities of how the education system works and how the parts of a system are related to one another and to society. You will explore policy, practice and curriculum in the UK and across the globe. Learning about education systems in other countries and making a comparison with your own will enable you to view educational issues systematically. If you have an interest in working in the educational sector overseas after graduating, this will also allow you to develop country-specific knowledge. This module builds on the year one and two modules (Key Paradigms 1 and 2) by exploring policy, practice and curriculum in the UK and across the globe. Through learning about education systems in other countries and making a comparison with their own, students will be able to analyse educational issues systematically. This will provide students with opportunities to accommodate new knowledge and principles which can then be applied across education systems. It will support them to critically justify teaching and learning opportunities for all children, considering current educational issues such as assessment, inclusion and behaviour management as part of the analysis. The module provides a broad perspective on how educational policy across the globe differs and interrelates. It will also allow students with an interest in working in the educational sector overseas after graduating to develop country specific knowledge. This module will support students to develop a greater understanding of the focus on assessment, inclusion and behaviour management within schools and as national priorities.
View the full module definitionThe objects of the criminological enquiry – crime, policing, justice, punishment, victims, order, and security - have come to occupy a prominent and disputed place in the lives and consciousness of citizens and governing authorities. Your career may be determined upon how well you understand the systems that you seek to work in. In this module, you'll explore the intersections of crime, criminology, and contemporary practice to better understand how key policies impact on perpetrators and victims of crime, as well as the broader society. You'll analyse and critique a range of relevant policies, placing them within a political, policing, economic and social context. You'll critically examine some of the tensions that exist within organisations, such as decision-making, agenda-setting and resource allocation. You'll think critically about the processes that are involved in turning ideas into action, building ‘joint working’ initiatives and managing policy implementation. Furthermore, you'll apply some of the wider criminological and policing issues you've studied in relation to the criminal justice work setting - how do cultural, political, and patriarchal and policing attitudes affect the shape of agenda-setting, and what could be the impact of vicarious trauma upon the agents in whom we put so much trust? This module will provide you with the skills necessary to connect your degree with the criminal justice sector, its policies and practices.
View the full module definitionWe live in a world dominated by media. Our first port of call when we want to know something is to Google it. Landmark books have shaped and influenced wide-ranging historical and contemporary issues such as the French Revolution, feminism and Black Lives Matter. Social media has played a central role in presidential elections, as well as been linked to a decline in people’s mental health. In this module you'll learn about the past, present and future of media and its role in society. Media is very broadly defined here to include the publishing industry, the internet, social media, TV, radio and many more. Each week, we will focus on one particular form of media and consider its history, before moving on to analyse its role in today’s society and its future. To do this, we will use a wide range of case studies relating to elections, referendums, conspiracies, celebrity culture, censorship, and many more. You'll develop a keen awareness of the importance of media from this and have a sound understanding of how the industries look today. This will put you one step ahead of many candidates on the job market as digital proficiency and understanding media is vital to many positions and businesses.
View the full module definitionEnvironment, Nature and Society explores the relationship between social and natural worlds and, in the process, considers sociological debates about how best to engage with biological knowledge. You will address the following interlocking questions: - How can sociological approaches take account of the ways in which people are at once social and biological beings? How can we fully integrate non-humans into an account of social life and social change? How are recent developments in the life sciences challenging existing views and experiences of group identity, self, life and kinship? What are the likely social causes and consequences of world-wide environmental catastrophe? To answer these questions, you will be required to consider both the future of the discipline of Sociology and the future of society.
View the full module definitionThe exploitation of humans in order to force them to engage in activities against their will is a poorly understood, yet prevalent practice. Human trafficking, exploitation, sexual violence and slavery are multi-faceted and global; they can affect anyone regardless of age, socio-economic background, ethnicity, gender or location. Exploitation can take many forms, and any given situation can involve various stages of development. Through the coercive nature of these types of abuse, victims cannot consent, yet they are frequently depicted as culpable for the abuse they have been subjected to. In Exploitation, Trafficking and Sexual Violence, you will examine the tensions that exist between the ’recruitment’ or ’grooming’ of potential victims through force, fraud, coercion, enticement, deception, blackmail or other non-consensual acts. Rather than considering each constituent separately you will seek to draw comparisons and contrasts between them, such as power-imbalances, gendered violent stereotypes and dehumanisation. The exploitation of humans will be considered from a political, policing, social and media perspective in order to juxtapose the precarious nature of the disempowered, who are often at the mercy of the powerful. Finally, you will evaluate policies and support mechanisms that have been implemented to protect victims, who may face long-lasting and devastating consequences. Whilst tying together the themes of the module, you will consider barriers to justice alongside the growing body of evidence that calls for action to recognise all forms of endemic and pervasive violence as political.
View the full module definitionKnowledge of a foreign language can be a major asset both in your academic and professional life. The Anglia Language Programme offers you the opportunity to study a foreign language as part of your course.