Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Harry Blatterer
Tricia Daly
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp at 100 level or above including (3cp from SOC or SSC or SSCI or GEN units at 200 level)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
In this unit we look at intimacy in its various forms, and its importance as a basis of interaction for personal relationships, family and friendship. When we think about intimacy we tend to imagine it primarily in terms of feelings: understanding and feeling understood; loving and feeling loved; supporting and feeling supported; feeling able to be yourself, to let go, to enjoy someone's company, closeness, comfort. This unit, then, is also an invitation to think outside these psychological categories and to exercise your sociological imagination. We focus on the contested nature of sociology's contemporary interest in the intimate sphere. We turn to history to enable considered reflection upon present-day experiences. For contemporary love relationships, friendships and the ways in which family members interact, are subject to material and ideological changes that have their source in the beginnings of modernity.
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Late Submission Penalty
“Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.”
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Essay 1 | 20% | No | Friday Week 4 |
Essay 2 | 20% | No | Friday Week 9 |
Essay 3 | 30% | No | Friday Week 13 |
Participation | 30% | No | Ongoing |
Due: Friday Week 4
Weighting: 20%
This research essay aims to give students the opportunity to show their comprehension of the material covered in the unit by way of a standard essay (Introduction, body, conclusion)
The questions and additional information will be posted on iLearn in advance.
Word count (including in-text and listed references): 600
Due: Friday Week 9
Weighting: 20%
This research essay aims to give students the opportunity to show their comprehension of the material covered in the unit by way of a standard essay (Introduction, body, conclusion)
The questions and additional information will be posted on iLearn in advance.
Word count (including in-text and listed references): 1000
Due: Friday Week 13
Weighting: 30%
This research essay aims to give students the opportunity to show their comprehension of the material covered in the unit by way of a standard essay (Introduction, body, conclusion)
The questions and additional information will be posted on iLearn in advance.
Word count (including in-text and listed references): 1400
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 30%
EXTERNAL/OUA STUDENTS
A number of discussion questions will be posted each week.
You are required to select and answer 2 questions each week for 10 weeks and discuss, writing a minimum of 400 words in total per week.
The questions will usually be posted on Monday of each week and remain accessible until Sunday of the same week.
I will keep a record of your posts following this scheme: 0 = fail; 0.5 = passable; 1 = good; 1.5 = very good; 2= excellent (Maximum: 2 marks each week for 10 weeks = 20 in total).
Please make sure to post your discussion in the relevant week so that everyone is on the same page. Late posts will not be assessed.
*Failure to pass this assessment task will result in the failure of the unit.
The unit will be delivered as 1x2 hour weekly lectures and 1 hour weekly tutorials.
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