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DepartmentOfSociologicalStudies.MA Digital Media & SocietyMSc International SocialChange & PolicyMA SociologyMA Social ResearchStudent Handbook2016/17.

2.Contents.Welcome.Introduction from the Head of Department MA in Digital Media & Society. 810Help and support 30British Library Boston Spa Reading Room 30ICT facilities 31Books 31Language support 31Departmental resources 31MSc in International Social Change & Policy. 14Basic learning expectations for staff and students. 32MA in Sociology. 18What we remind everyone 32What we ask of students 32What we ask convenors and teachers 33MA in Social Research. 22Getting started - your department. 26Attendance 33Learning hours 33Semester dates 33Other sources of information 34Elmfield Building 26Access 26Facilities 26Health and safety 27Getting advice and giving feedback. Security 27Academic staff 36Smoking 27The roles of teaching staff in the Department. Contact with the Department. 283636Module convenors 36If we need to contact you 28Personal and Academic Tutor 36If you need to contact us 28Programme Manager 36Other contacts in the Department 28Programme Director 37MUSE and MOLE 28Examinations Officer 37Academic advice 37Learning resources. 30The University Library 30Getting involved. Library sites and services 30Student representation opportunities 38Finding the information you need 30What student representation opportunities are available? 38The Student Union and student representation 39–The University of Sheffield–Department of Sociological Studies. Postgraduate Taught Student Handbook38

4.Course representatives 39Councillors 39Sociology Society 40Volunteering 40Mentoring 40Making your experience more international 42Study Abroad and Erasmus 42Awards and certificates 43Skills for Work Certificate 43The Sheffield Graduate Award 43The Sheffield Graduate Development Programme 43Programme review and evaluation. 46Succeeding in your degree - your programme. 52Marking scheme and assessment criteria. 54Assessment and the marking process. 56Written assignments 58Assessment by formal examination 58Dissertation 58Policies on student attendance, participation ingroup work, late submission & extensions. 60Attendance 60Non-participation or less than full participation in group work 60Late submission 60Module evaluation 46Extensions 61Student Satisfaction Survey 46Reporting extenuating circumstances 61Late submission of work 62Evidence 64Religious holidays and examinations 64Obtaining feedback and the return of work 64Central university support. 47Student Services Information Desk (SSiD) 47Personal problems 47Health service 47The University Counselling Service 48Uncollected work. Financial support 48Re-sitting examinations and re-submitting assignments Immigration advice 48Information for disabled and dyslexic students 49How to reference. Academic and transferable skills development 49Additional support 49Mature students 50Employability and careers advice 50Taught Programmes Office 50Leave of absence 51–The University of Sheffield656566Citations in the text 66Direct quotes 66Secondary referencing 67List of references 67Book references 67Chapter references 67–Department of Sociological Studies. Postgraduate Taught Student Handbook

6.Article references 68Electronic sources of information 68Plagiarism, collusion and unfair means. 70What constitutes unfair means? 70How can I avoid the use of unfair means? 71What happens if I use unfair means? 71Detection of unfair means 71Online guidance and exercises 72Useful web links. 74A final note. 75Appendix A. 76PGT fieldwork guidance for students and supervisors 76Contact details 76Suggestions for discussion around health and safety when in the field 76Other sources of information 76–The University of Sheffield–Department of Sociological Studies. Postgraduate Taught Student Handbook

8.Welcome.Introduction from the Head of Department.The Department of Sociological Studies isdistinctive within the United Kingdom inthat we combine Social Policy, Social Work,Sociology and Social Anthropology. Thismulti-disciplinarity is our greatest strengthand, over many years, has provided us witha solid foundation for consistently innovativehigh-quality teaching and research.The Department has an establishedinternational reputation for world-leadinginterdisciplinary research in relation to:Science, Technology and Society, The LifeCourse and Inter-Generational Relations andGlobal and International Dimensions of SocialChange. Our research has a direct impacton people, organisations and policy making.The Department strives for excellence inall respects, and regards research andteaching as complementary to each other;both are essential if we are to extend theboundaries of our understanding of the–The University of Sheffieldhuman world. Our teaching is research-ledand academically rigorous, encouraging thedevelopment of critical thinking and researchabilities, as well as contributing more broadlyto the development of a range of directlytransferable skills.The Department has been highly ranked inevery government Research AssessmentExercise (RAE). We have taken the leadin developing new teaching and learningmethods so that we can maintain andimprove the quality of students’ learningexperience. Our success in this respecthas been recognised by the award of‘excellent’ grades in the most recent externalevaluations of our performance.handbook to familiarise yourself with ourprocedures and you should keep it as a pointof reference throughout your degree.The handbook is in four sections: Descriptions of your programmes – givesan overview of the structure and aims andobjectives of your programme together witha brief description of the modules on offer toyou on the programme. Getting started – gives you an overview ofthe resources and facilities available in thedepartment and across the university thatyou can access to successfully begin yourstudies.The Handbook Getting advice and giving feedback –guides you through your life as a student;tells you who can help you; where this helpcan be found; and informs you how you canmake your voice heard to help us improve thequality of your educational experience.The main aim of this handbook is to provideyou with the key information you need.It is important that you read through the Succeeding in your degree – givesyou information about your particularprogramme of study, and details the rules and–The School of XXXXX. Publication titleregulations which govern your assessmentand progression.On behalf of everyone in Sociological Studies,I wish you a happy and productive time withus. We aim to contribute something valuable,distinctive and lasting to your educationand to your experience of student life atthe University of Sheffield. We aim for thehighest standards in what we do, and yourassessment of our performance is one ofthe key benchmarks of our success in thatendeavour. If you think that we have roomfor improvement please let us know. You,of course, are members of the Departmenttoo, and we hope you will want to make a fullcontribution to its activities. Any suggestionsyou would like to make for enhancing aspectsof what we do together will be welcome.Working in a spirit of partnership, let’s try toget the best out of each other.Professor Paul MartinHead of Department

10.MA in Digital Media &Society.The MA Digital Media and Society focuseson the relationship between digital mediaand society, the forces that drive digitaltechnological change and the challenges andopportunities that such changes present. Itis aimed at students who want to developa broad understanding of digital media andsociety from a sociological perspective. Itequips students with advanced skills in: waysof thinking about digital society; digital mediaproduction practices; methods for carryingout digital research.The MA will also provide students with anexcellent grounding for future doctoral studyof specific topics relating to digital mediain society. Jobs in user experience in digitalmedia companies require understandingof the social aspects of usage and usecontexts that the MA will develop. Thereis also growing demand within policy andsimilar fields for individuals with advancedunderstanding of the complex ethical issueswhich emerge in the digital media landscape.Depending on the choices that studentsmake, the MA may prepare them to work infields such as information governance, publicpolicy, management consultancy and nonacademic research.The programme has three elements:(1) It has a set of core modules whichcover the foundational theoretical andmethodological concepts and approachesand practical approaches in digital societydevelopments, research and practice.(2) It has a set of specialist elective moduleson topics related to digital media that reflectsome of the most pressing digital societyconcerns and current research and expertisein the Department of Sociological Studies.–The University of Sheffield(3) The programme culminates in thedissertation module which provides theopportunity, under one-to-one supervision, tofocus in depth on a topic of individual choice,which can include an element of internship orpractice.The programme is taught within theDepartment of Sociological Studies bya team of internationally recognisedacademics with specialisms in digital media,digital sociology and related topics such assurveillance, identity, personal relationships,visual cultures and the methods with whichto research digital, social phenomena. Theprogramme’s location within the Departmentof Sociological Studies allows students todevelop applied digital media projects whichengage with contemporary social issues.The broader context of the Faculty of SocialSciences allows students to benefit fromthe research and training activities of theSheffield Methods Institute and the DigitalSociety Network.Currently, research in the Department coversareas such as ageing, children, child welfareand families, crime and justice, disability,ethnicity and nationalism, globalisation andEuropean society, sport and popular culture,identity, health and social care, sciencestudies, information technology, gender,sexuality and masculinities, social inclusionand exclusion, quality of life. Students areexpected to actively engage in their ownlearning, become part of our academiccommunity, participate in debates, developa reflexive disposition and to mature asresearchers.AimsThe MA Digital Media and Society aims to: Provide students with an up-to-date,systematic and critical awareness of theepistemologies, theories and processesthrough which to understand and criticallyevaluate contemporary digital society. Develop students’ awareness of the mostpressing challenges posed by digital society. Enable students to critically examine digitalmedia and their fast and unpredictabledevelopment. Provide comprehensive training in researchmethods, with an emphasis on new, digitalmethods. Enable students to apply creative andtechnical skills to create digital media andrelated content. Enable students to take creative approachesto dealing with complex issues by combiningknowledge from across the domainsmentioned above (theory, epistemology,method, production practice). Equip students with the skills requiredto undertake independent social scientificresearch into digital society at an advancedlevel. Foster students’ transferable skills andknowledge that will be of benefit in the digitalworkplace or in future study.Learning objectivesAims and objectives of the MA in DigitalMedia & SocietyOn successful completion of the MAprogramme, participants should be able todemonstrate knowledge and understandingof::There are also a series of aims and objectives,which are specific to the MA. Systematic knowledge of advanced leveldebates about digital society; the mostimportant social challenges posed by digitaldevelopments; The main theoretical frameworks which areat the forefront of analysis of digital society; Contemporary digital research methodsand issues in researching in a digital age; A range of epistemological and ontologicalpositions relevant to social research and theimplications of these for research design,conduct and analysis; The processes required to engage infocused, sustained and original independentinquiry through the production of asupervised dissertation.The Sociological Studies EmployabilityStrategy sets out ways in which theDepartment encourages students togain skills, understanding, and personalattributes that make them more able to gainemployment, be successful in their chosenoccupations and become active dulesEach programme has core and optionalmodules. It is important that you familiariseyourself with: The core modules you must take for theprogramme; and The optional modules that are available this may vary slightly each year.Short descriptions of modules are available inthe online Directory of Modules. Full detailsof modules are available within each modulefolder on MOLE.MA Digital Media & Society (Full-time)SCST881. A student shall take:–Department of Sociological Studies. Postgraduate Taught Student Handbook

12.(a)Ethics SCS6078 F7 Researching Digital Society INF6034 F7 Digital Advocacy SCS6079 F7 Digital Practices JNL6073 F7 Online Journalism Studies SCS6081 F7 Digital Methods EAS6453 F7 Media, State and Society inChina(b) Units to the value of 15 credits from thefollowing: SMI605 F7 Introduction to QualitativeResearch SMI606 F7 Introduction to QuantitativeResearch(c) A student will take a minimum of 30 and amaximum of 60 credits from the following: SMI607F7 Principles of Research Design SCS6044 F7 Men, Masculinities and GenderRelations SCS60xx F7 Sociology of Culture andIdentity SCS6048 F7 Intimacy and PersonalRelationships(e) SCS6083 F7 Dissertation in Digital Media2 A student may, with the approval of theHead of Department, substitute a unit listedat 1(d) above with other F7 Level units to thevalue of not more than fifteen credits.3 A student who has been awarded onehundred and twenty credits shall be eligiblefor the award of Postgraduate Diploma inDigital Media & Society.4 A student who has been awarded sixtycredits shall be eligible for the award ofPostgraduate Certificate in Digital Media &Society. SCS6051 F7 Sociology of Whiteness SCS6054 F7 Sociology of Evil SCS6055 F7 The Sociology of Surveillance SCS663 F7 Visual Methods for SocialScientists SCS6082 F7 Social Media, Data and Society SCS6084 F7 Digital Health(d) A student will take a minimum of 0 and amaximum of 30 credits from the following: INF6024 F7 Researching Social Media INF6025 F7 Information, Governance &–The University of Sheffield–Department of Sociological Studies. Postgraduate Taught Student Handbook

14.MSc in InternationalSocial Change & Policy.The MSc International Social Change andPolicy is aimed at individuals who want tothink systematically from an internationalperspective about the key social challengesof the 21st Century and to develop theknowledge and skills to critically analysepolicy responses at the national, crossnational comparative and global levels.Within the MSc there is a strong emphasison developing the practical skills required bysocial policy analysts working internationally.In addition to extensive training in themethods of policy analysis, there is anoption to do an internship as part of thefinal dissertation in order to apply thoseskills in a real-world policy environment.The programme team will also provideinformation on relevant opportunities fordeveloping employability skills available in theUniversity as a whole, including the Erasmus Work Placement Scheme and the GlobalLeadership Initiative.The MSc provides all of the trainingnecessary to go on to carry out doctoral(PhD) research. Currently, research in theDepartment covers areas such as migration,ageing, child welfare and families, labourmarkets, poverty and inequality, ethnicity andnationalism, globalisation, , social inclusionand exclusion, quality of life and internationaland comparative research methods.Students are expected to actively engagein their own learning, become part of ouracademic community, participate in debates,develop a reflexive disposition and to matureas researchers.The programme is taught within the Facultyof Social Sciences, primarily in Departmentof Sociological Studies, by a team ofinternationally recognised academics with–The University of Sheffieldspecialism in ageing, migration, labourmarkets, inequalities, family change andcomparative and international researchmethods, and whose research hasdemonstrable impact beyond academia. Theprogramme’s location within the Departmentof Sociological Studies allows for thecombination of sociological and social policyapproaches, leading to deeper understandingof the causes and solutions to global andinternational social problemsPolicy aims to:The programme has three elements:3. Enable students to critically examine thedominant policy responses to key aspectsof social change at national, cross-nationalcomparative and global levels, and make themaware of agendas on policy alternatives andfutures.(1) It has a set of core modules whichcover the foundational theoretical andmethodological concepts and approachesin international social policy analysis, aswell a focus on major contemporary socialproblems.(2) It has a set of specialist elective moduleson substantive topics related to internationalsocial change and policy that reflect someof the most pressing global social, as well aselectives in advanced qualitative methodsand advanced quantitative methods, thelatter specialising in advanced methods forcomparative research.(3) The programme culminates in thedissertation module which provides theopportunity, under one-to-one supervision, tofocus in depth on a topic of individual choice.In addition to offering a standard dissertation,students have the option to undertake theDissertation with Internship option.Aims and objectives of the MScInternational Social Change and PolicyThere are also a series of aims and objectives,which are specific to the MSc.AimsThe MSc International Social Change and1. Provide students with an up-to-date andcritical understanding of the epistemologies,theories and processes through which wemight better understand contemporary socialchange from an international perspective.2. Develop students’ awareness of the mostpressing challenges posed by social change,and how the scale and patterning of thosechallenges varies internationally.4. Provide comprehensive training in researchmethods, with an emphasis in approachesrelevant to research and policy analysis froman international and comparative perspective.5. Equip students with the skills requiredto undertake independent social scientificresearch with international policy relevanceat an advanced level.6. Foster students’ transferable skills andknowledge that will be of benefit whetherthey eventually work in international ornational social policy analysis or some otherrelated field.Learning objectivesOn successful completion of the MScprogramme, participants should be able todemonstrate knowledge and understandingof: Advanced level debates in contemporarysocial change from an internationalperspective; The most important challenges posed bysocial change and international variations intheir characteristics; Dominant policy responses to social changeat national, cross-national comparative andglobal levels, as well as key agendas on policyalternatives and futures; The main theoretical frameworks utilisedin the analysis of social policy in global,international and comparative contexts, andthe architecture of international and globalsocial policy governance; A range of epistemological and ontologicalpositions relevant to social research and theimplications of these for research design,conduct and analysis; Theoretical and policy debates in one ormore subfields of international social policy.The Sociologica

Aims and objectives of the MA in Digital Media & Society There are also a series of aims and objectives, which are specific to the MA. – The University of Sheffield 10. – Department of Sociological Studies. Postgraduate Taught Student Handbook Aims The MA Digital Media and Society aims to: Provide students with an up-to-date,

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