GCP-10003 - Module Specification
School of Law
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

N/a

Barred Combinations

N/a

Description for 2024/25

Students will embark on a reflective journey to engage with a range of critical and interdisciplinary perspectives on social justice. Through a dialogue with local, national and international partners from Universities, NGOs, International Human Rights Committees, the students will identify key contemporary challenges from an array of marginalised positions. Covid 19 presents a contemporary example of a social crisis, which informs the pattern of social injustices where identities, resources and mobility are marginalised/violated. Through the module teachings the students will monitor and critically evaluate policies and human rights treaties, towards producing and disseminating digitally fluent, international and sustainable interdependent projects, forging transformative pathways as agents of change.

This module introduces you to historical and current challenges of social injustice. Based upon a transformative methodology, you will walk in the shoes of persons experiencing social injustice through a dialogue with local, national and international community partners. Informed by a range of social justice theories, you will critically analyse historical and current social justice movements based on gender, race, class, sexuality, and abilities. You will then chose a social justice issue and apply your learning through a critical reflection of feminist, post colonial, and queer theories. You will engage with external stakeholders such as charities, schools, businesses and local government to understand the commitments under the United Nations Human Rights framework and Sustainable Development Goals.

Intended Learning Outcomes

understand and participate in interdisciplinary approaches to social justice theories to address global challenges and societal inequalities;: 1,2
describe and discuss the core Universal Declaration of Human Rights and respective Conventions for Civil and Political, Economic, Social and Cultural and Identity based rights;: 1,2
develop an understanding of how to be inclusive, respectful and open-minded in academic work, respecting the value of other disciplines, methods and cultures of study;: 1,2
reflect on their own development as part of pathway study, linking module learning, outputs and collaborative activity with staff, students and community partners;: 1,2
develop and reflect on digital practices of communication and collaboration in relation to social justice;: 1,2
explore social justice in relation to societal and workplace contexts;: 1,2
demonstrate awareness of the cultural and inter-cultural dimensions of social justice;: 1,2
understand the inter-relation of social justice and the Sustainability Development Goals, and how this can be applied by governments, commercial and educational organisations.: 1,2

Study hours

Active Learning 56 hours:
- 22 hours compulsory, alternate online and in person sessions (seminar/presentation/workshops, 1 hour per week)
- 12 hours compulsory sessions to include orientation activity in-person, GCP end of year conference, facilitated group work sessions to be specified
- 10 hours optional assessment support workshops and independent skills-focused training utilising online resources
- 12 hours student-led group sessions/collaborative project work
Independent Study 94 hours:
- 50 hours of independent research and preparation for assessments
- 44 hours session preparation and follow up

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment