This course is available on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy, BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Politics and BSc in Politics and International Relations. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course is available with permission to General Course students. Places on this course are limited and priority is given to Social Policy students in the first instance. If places remain available once Social Policy students have been accommodated, they will be offered on a first come first served basis to students from outside the Department. This course is not available to third year students.
This course is available on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy, BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Politics and BSc in Politics and International Relations. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course is available with permission to General Course students. Places on this course are limited and priority is given to Social Policy students in the first instance. If places remain available once Social Policy students have been accommodated, they will be offered on a first come first served basis to students from outside the Department. This course is not available to third year students.
Courses in Social Policy will follow the Teaching Model which has been adopted by the Department of Social Policy during the period of the pandemic. This is outlined HERE:?https://www.lse.ac.uk/social-policy/Current-Students/teaching-in-the-department-of-social-policyThis course will be taught through a combination of either a recorded lecture plus a follow-up Q and A session or a ?live? on-line lecture; and classes/seminars of 1-1.5 hours (with size and length of classes/seminars depending on social distancing requirements).? Further information will be provided by the Course Convenor in the first lecture of the course.
Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the MT and 1 presentation in the MT and LT. One essay in MT One group presentation in either MT or LT
The course will draw on three core texts, as well as academic journal articles: David Grusky, D. and Szelenyi, S. (eds.) 2011 The Inequality Reader: Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender. 2nd Edition. Westview Press?Oxford University Press Payne, G. (ed.) 2013 Social Divisions. Third Edition.Palgrave Macmillan Platt, L. 2019 Understanding Inequalities: Stratification and Difference. 2nd Edition. Polity Press. For those unfamiliar or?without a background in Sociology, the following text provides useful background: Fulcher, J. and Scott, J. (2011) Sociology, 4th Edition.
Exam (60%, duration: 3 hours, reading time: 15 minutes) in the summer exam period. Essay (40%, 1500 words) in the LT.