Unit of Study SOCI1003 Deviance in Society (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Unit description

Explores the notion of deviance using different sociological perspectives. Students will examine the ways by which morally questionable behaviours come to be defined as deviant, and explore the process by which people, who perform actions perceived as deviant, acquire a certain identity and respond to their label. In particular, students are encouraged to analyse an example of constructed meaning by drawing on the accounts which various people have used to explain their actions.

Unit content

Module 1: What is Deviance?

Module 2: Normative and Labelling theories

Module 3: The Body

Module 4: Criminalisation and Decriminalisation

Module 5: Moral Panic

Module 6: Deviance in Cyberspace

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term4	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically analyse sociological perspectives about the nature of deviance in a changing society

identify the formal and informal processes by which people come to be regarded as being deviant in terms of power relations within society

recognise the problems and uncertainties which are associated with people being cast as deviant

relate an example of contemporary deviant behaviours to processes of personal and societal change.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Essay	50%
Short written response	50%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Access to a computer and reliable internet connection.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

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