Module Details
| Module Code: |
SOCI7018 |
| Title: |
Family and Social Change
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Long Title:
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Family and Social Change
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| NFQ Level: |
Intermediate |
| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2021/22 ( September 2021 ) |
| Field of Study: |
3120 - Sociology
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| Module Description: |
This module will introduce students to key issues in the sociology of family and how it is impacted upon by society and social change.
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| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
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Learning Outcome Description |
| LO1 |
Explain key sociological perspectives on childhood and the role of the family in society. |
| LO2 |
Critically interpret the social construction of childhood. |
| LO3 |
Classify increasingly diverse family and household structures, such as same sex parents, lone-parents, divorced/step families. |
| LO4 |
Outline understandings of kinship, friendship, marriage and the challenges associated with new forms of partnership. |
| LO5 |
Outline how social and economic conditions constrain and shape family relationships and dynamics. |
| Dependencies |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
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| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
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| No requirements listed |
| Indicative Content |
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Key Theories and Concepts in Family Sociology
What is a family?; historical and cultural perspectives on family; theoretical perspectives on families.
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History and the Organization of Family Life
Childhood in history; becoming and being children; Irish families; motherhood; fatherhood; unemployment and work.
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Family Relationships and Social Change
Adoption and family; queer families; blended families; Ireland and women's reproductive rights; Ireland and LGBTQ+ rights; generational conflict; roles of family members; care of members with special needs and elderly members of the family; violence in the family and social change.
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Marriage and Family
Marriage customs and cultural variations; legal requirements for marriage (in Ireland); factors that effect marital stability; nullity/separation/divorce; marriage breakdown; effects of marriage breakdown.
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The Economics and Obligations of the Family
The Rights of the Child; debates about specific current policies about ‘parenting’; critiques of state intervention in family life; the sociology of the public/private split; the evolution of policies relating to ‘family life’.
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Module Content & Assessment
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Coursework | 100.00% |
Assessments
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
| Reassessment Requirement |
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.
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The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Lecture |
Contact |
Lecture |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Reading & Research |
Every Week |
4.00 |
4 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
| Workload: Part Time |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Lecture |
Contact |
Lecture |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Reading & Research |
Every Week |
4.00 |
4 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
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Module Resources
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| Recommended Book Resources |
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Philippa Perry. (2019), The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did), Penguin, UK, [ISBN: 0241250994].
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Daisy Dowling. (2020), Workparent : Thrive in Your Career While Raising Happy Children, Penguin Books Ltd, UK, [ISBN: 0241402042].
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Molly Millwood. (2019), To Have and to Hold : Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma, HarperCollins Publishers Inc, NY, [ISBN: 0062838652].
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Anthony Giddens and Philip W. Sutton. (2017), Sociology, 8. John Wiley and Sons Ltd, UK, [ISBN: 0745696686].
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Deborah Chambers. (2012), A Sociology of Family Life, Polity Press, UK, [ISBN: 0745647790].
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Angelique Janssens. (2002), Family and Social Change : The Household as a Process in an Industrializing Community, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, UK, [ISBN: 0521892155].
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Fiona Williams. (2004), Rethinking Families, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK, [ISBN: 1903080029].
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Jane Lewis. (2008), Children, Changing Families and Welfare States, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, UK, [ISBN: 1847209874].
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Michael Yarbrough. (2018), Queer Families and Relationships After Marriage Equality, Routledge, UK, [ISBN: 1138557463].
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Linda Mckie. (2005), Families, Violence and Social Change, Open University Press, UK, [ISBN: 0335211585].
| | Recommended Article/Paper Resources |
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International Federation for Home
Economics,
| | Other Resources |
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Website, Sociology of the Family,
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Website, Sociological Theories of the family,
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Website, Psychology and the family,
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