<div><p>You'll be provided with three printed books and have access to the module website, which includes:</p><ul><li>a week-by-week study planner</li><li>module materials</li><li>module specific forums</li><li>audio and video content</li><li>assessment guide</li><li>online tutorial access.</li></ul></div>
The Open University is the worlds leading provider of flexible, high quality distance learning.
Unlike other universities we are not campus based. You will study in a flexible way that works for you whether youre at home, at work or on the move.As an OU student you'll be supported throughout your studies your tutor or study adviser will guide and advise you, offer detailed feedback on your assignments, and help with any study issues.
Tuition might be in face-to-face groups, via online tutorials, or by phone.
Explore how we operate in social worlds and how social experience is shaped and made meaningful. Topics include immigration, medicine, family, money and reality television.
<div><p>In order to survive, human beings live in social worlds which create security, foster stable attachment between individuals and things, and regulate behaviour. This accessible, vocationally relevant module demonstrates how sociological approaches can be applied to make sense of these processes ? investigating how they work and how they sometimes fail. Through topics such as medicine, the family, money and reality television, you will explore how social experience is shaped by the material world, and made meaningful through culture. The module is ideal if you have previously studied the social sciences and want to consolidate your understanding of sociology.</p></div>
