Exam will meet the following learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of sociology and its relevance to understanding their position as an individual, a family member, and as part of a community and wider society
- Discuss the process of socialization and the agents of socialization by analyzing family, peer groups, education, and media and how they impact their lives
- Examine the area of social stratification in Irish society and describe how this society can be divided into different social strata ie class, gender, race/ethnicity
- Discuss the impact of discrimination on individuals in society by looking at discrimination and its impact on the following members of society – Travellers, the socially marginalized, elderly people, immigrant and migrant workers of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, minority religions and homosexuals and transsexuals
- Explore the role and function of the family as a social unit, the changes that have taken place in the family within an Irish context taking into account the implications of marital breakdown