Culture and Identity

This unit is expiring
The expiry date of this unit is 31/07/2029.

Overview

Framework:
Access to HE 2024
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
Not available
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
Not available

Qualification Grading Type

Graded

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.

Understand concepts of culture, subculture and mass culture.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1.

    Explain the concepts of culture, subculture and mass culture.

  • 1.2.

    Explain the concepts of high and low culture.

2.

Understand the significance of age, class, gender and ethnicity in relation to the acquisition of cultural norms and values.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1.

    Examine the inter-relationships between identity, socialisation and culture.

  • 2.2.

    Explain the concepts of norms and roles in sociological explanations of cultural norms.

  • 2.3.

    Explain the main agencies of social influence in the development of identity and culture.

3.

Be able to analyse significant influences on the consumption of cultural products and the values attached to them.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1.

    Analyse the link between culture and identity in a modern society.

  • 3.2.

    Analyse the ways in which the media and leisure industries influence cultural identity.