BA (Hons) Deaf Studies and Social Policy with Foundation Year
Bachelor's degree
In Wolverhampton
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Bachelor's degree
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Location
Wolverhampton
Students will be able to identify and understand the challenges faced in society when trying to adopt an inclusive approach to all aspects of life within a diverse society. They will have opportunities to consider a variety of issues and perspectives surrounding working with diverse groups, deaf people being considered in detail. Concepts of poverty, inclusion, social justice will be studied in relation to government response and policy. The course fosters cooperative and independent work as well as critical reflection. Students will be encouraged to develop effective communication in an interactive context utilising digital literacy.
The foundation year of this course is designed to offer applicants who do not have the required qualifications, a programme which will equip them with a robust toolkit of academic, digital and personal skills required for successful study in higher education. It also provides an understanding of, and insight into, a range of disciplines that underpin their chosen programme of study. In the foundation year students will develop their ability to gain the most out of structured in-class study, and also to manage and evaluate their own independent learning. This wide range of transferable skills is of immense value in both undergraduate study and graduate employment. Upon successful completion of the foundation year, students will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of their subject area to degree level.
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- Media
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- University
- Social Policy
- Politics
Course programme
Module: 3GK015
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
You will have the opportunity to study and understand contemporary social issues from different disciplinary perspectives. You will engage with current academic debates about a range of social issues and debate and discuss ideas about the social world that will challenge and extend your thinking. The module will provide an exciting basis for your future study of the Social Sciences.
Module: 3GK012
Credits: 40
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module is designed to introduce you to university life. It will support you in exploring the university environment. It will also introduce you to the wide variety of academic skills needed to succeed at university and will support you in the development of these skills.
Module: 3GK013
Credits: 40
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
In this module, you will work collaboratively with other students on a project that reflects an area of shared interest relating to the broad themes of Business, Law or the Social Sciences. You will have the opportunity to work as a small team to devise, design and plan a project relating to a topic of shared interest. In many aspects of life and work, teamwork and collaboration are the norm to solve real world-problems. This group-based project will allow you to develop a range of skills, including leadership skills, time-management, negotiation, communication, creativity, problem-solving and critical thinking skills. By investigating and responding to a complex question, challenge or problem, you and your group will acquire a deeper knowledge of your topic. The module will conclude with a conference, where your group’s project will be presented to the other groups in your class.
Module: 3GK014
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module introduces you to Wolverhampton and the people who live there using concepts and insights from a variety of academic subjects, for example Social Policy, Sociology, History, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Law, and Politics, amongst others. You will explore a range of cultural and social issues.
Module: 4SA008
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module introduces students to the study of social policy and the fundamental issues that are its focus. These issues will be used to examine a range of past and current social policies.
Module: 4PO003
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
In what ways, and why, have British politics changed since 1945? What do our major political parties stand for? This module introduces the student to important aspects of contemporary British politics and encourages the student to think critically about the role and effectiveness of British party politics in the 21st century
Module: 4DF009
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module aims to give students with little or no knowledge an insight into Cultural issues which impact on deaf people's lives. This will follow on modules to further practical development of British Sign Language. Secondly, to develop confidence and skills to engage in a conversation on a range of familiar topics that are relevant to daily lives. Student will gain a knowledge of BSL, and grammatical features that will provide an essential platform for further study in this area.
Module: 4DF010
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This modules aims to explore socio-political, historical, technological issues and deaf identities, which impact on deaf people lives.
Module: 4SA007
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module introduces you to how social policy is produced and delivered in Britain. The module looks at the question, ‘what is social policy?’ and charts the historical development of the welfare state from the Liberal reforms at the turn of the century to the present day. Throughout the module you will have opportunities to examine, analyse and evaluate primary and secondary source materials.
Module: 4SL010
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module will familiarise students with the complex relationship between the media and the manufacture of deviance resulting in social stigma. It focuses upon media representations of 'deviance', criminality and the construction of social stigma. The module provides students with an understanding of the role of the media in the creation of moral panics and examines the influence of these representations on popular opinion, social policies and legal decision-making.
Module: 5SA009
Credits: 20
Period: 3
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module will develop student's ability to explore the way community and the ideas associated with it - social capital, social exclusion, and ‘bottom-up’ governance - are being used in social policy. The module also intends to provide students with an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between individuals, community, society and policies through an objective use of data.
Module: 5DF008
Credits: 20
Period: 3
Type: Core
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BA (Hons) Deaf Studies and Social Policy with Foundation Year