Course Catalog 2011-2012
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Course Catalog 2011-2012

KIE-3456 Society and State, English Advanced Web Course, 3 cr

Additional information

Lang level: C1

Person responsible

John Shepherd

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Excercises
 5 h/week
+5 h/week

 

 

 
KIE-3456 2011-01  
Excercises

 

 
 5 h/week
+5 h/week

 
KIE-3456 2011-02  
Lectures

 

 
 24 h/per
+24 h/per

 
KIE-3456 2011-03  

Requirements

Completion of several shorter assignments and one longer assignment, as directed by the teacher.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

There will be one optional meeting at the beginning of each course, but then all the work will be carried out in the Moodle environment.

Learning outcomes

Students will receive and internalise up to date information on and a critical view of contemporary UK society and institutions and be able to compare them with those of other countries; they will gain an insight into working life, business, industry and culture in the UK and be able to interpret current issues, develop critical thinking and research skills, practice and develop reading comprehension, listening comprehension and writing skills. By the end of the course students will be capable of researching and writing a competent academic paper in English.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Introduction: UK identity formation; regions, language and culture; history as part of identity formation; current issues in identity such as Islamic identity; immigration, population expansion  Language skills: reading and listening comprehension, writing a short assignment (c. 2 pages); research skills: locating and evaluating new source material, development of critical thinking about the issues featured    
2. Education: overview of education system in the UK, particularly in England and Wales, with the focus especially on higher education  Ditto   
3. Politics and the economy: Thatcherism and its effects in the UK and elsewhere  Ditto   
4. Business and industry in the UK, corporate culture and working in the UK  Ditto   
5. Employment and unemployment in the UK and the EU  Ditto   
6. The environment. Environmental problems. Threats and opportunities. Carbon footprint  Ditto   
7. Science and technology in the UK: history of development and current issues in the field  Ditto   
8. Central and local government: conflict between the centre and the periphery  Ditto   
9. Health, medicine and social care. Current issues in the medical field. The NHS  Ditto   
10. Living in the UK: housing, leisure, sport, the class system.   Ditto   
11. Writing in English: how to write academically and present a paper; referencing; plagiarism     

Evaluation criteria for the course

Continuous assessment of 3 shorter assignments and one longer one. The final grade will be derived from all of these, but greater weight will be placed on the final,longer assignment.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Other online content   Course content online   Teachers own material            Suomi  

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
KIE-3456 2011-01 Society and State in Moodle: Groups 1-3. The course will be done by distance learning: there will be no contact teaching.        
KIE-3456 2011-02 Society and State in Moodle: Group 2. The course will be done by distance learning: there will be no contact teaching but a meeting will be held on 13th January 2012 2.15-3pm in the multimedia studio in the Language Centre to explain the course and answer any questions. This meeting is not compulsory, however.        
KIE-3456 2011-03 Society and State in Moodle: Group 3. The course will be done by distance learning: there will be no contact teaching but a meeting will be held on 13th January 2012 3pm-3.45pm in the multimedia studio in the Language Centre to explain the course and answer any questions. This meeting is not compulsory, however.        

Last modified04.04.2012