| Unit name | Queering Sexuality and Gender |
|---|---|
| Unit code | SOCI30105 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Nelson |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Why is this unit important?
This unit offers an introduction into relevant issues and theory to explore contemporary sociological conversations around minoritized sexualities and genders – specifically, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ+) identities. This course will explore theoretical approaches to understanding sexuality and gender, before turning to explore topic-based issues of relevance to minoritized sexualities and genders. This module will have relevance via understanding the experiences and theories relating to minoritized sexualities and genders, and also to understanding normative social structures that impact free expression of gender and sexuality for cis and heterosexual individuals.
Aims:
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
This unit complements students involved in the Sociology programmes through developing their knowledge of minoritized sexualities and genders from a sociological vantage point. This course takes the sociological imagination and lens to interrogate dynamics in wider society around sexuality and gender. This course builds on pre-existing knowledge related to: canonical sociology, critical sociology, debates on structure and agency, culture and society. Beyond the intellectual grounding of this unit, this course will further develop student skill sets to incorporate creative methods of responding to assessment prompts.
An overview of content
Over this course, students will engage with a range of different topics through the lens of minoritised sexualities and genders. This includes issues such as health, spatiality, migration, futurity, and others. Not only will students understand some of the wide-ranging implications of existing as someone with a minoritised sexuality and/or gender, but students will also learn how we might critically reflect on the ‘taken-for-granted' assumptions implicit in much of the way we talk about sexuality and gender.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit?
As a result, students will be able to go some way towards expressing a queer suspicion around many different topics, whilst also maintaining a perspective to consider ‘how could things be otherwise?’
Learning Outcomes
This unit will be taught through synchronous lectures and seminars, as well as asynchronous activities, including discussion boards, readings, and videos.
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative):
5-10 minute individual presentation to respond to learning outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4. Students may alternatively choose to complete a 1500 word essay if they prefer, in consultation with their seminar tutor.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
(100%): students will be asked to respond to a prompt via choosing one of the following create options: zine (15 pages), video essay (5-7 minutes long), podcast (10-15 minutes). The students will write an accompanying 750 word narrative reflecting on their argument in the creative piece. This assessment will respond to learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, and 4.
When assessment does not go to plan
You will normally complete reassessments in the same formats as those outlined above. Students will be able to resubmit a piece of work to the same prompt.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. SOCI30105).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The assessment methods listed in this unit specification are designed to enable students to demonstrate the named learning outcomes (LOs). Where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, schools will make reasonable adjustments to support a student to demonstrate the LO by an alternative method or with additional resources.
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
