Political ordering

Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • understand key social issues and debates in contemporary UK society, such as: how social and material lives are related; how our identities are made; and how societies are ordered and governed
  • understand inequalities, difference and diversity in contemporary societies
  • construct a simple social science argument using appropriate concepts; theories and evidence
  • interpret and criticise different forms of evidence, both quantitative and qualitative
  • read and understand information from tables, graphs, charts and diagrams.