Sociology of Family, Reproduction & Care (Spr) (L2904B)

15 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

This module aims to provide an advanced critical understanding of theoretical and methodological approaches to studying family life. 

We'll examine the inter-related concepts of family, reproduction and care from an interdisciplinary social science perspective. We'll interrogate how lived experiences are shaped by policies, and consider how conceptualisations structure data collection and policies, and vice versa.

The key themes we'll discuss will include: 

• households, kinship and changing/diversifying family forms
• (in)fertility and assisted reproductive technologies
• reproductive labour, care over the life course and inequalities
• borders, migration and transnational families.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.