SO478.html

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layout: lse
title: "SO478: Social Scientific Analysis of Inequalities"
course_code: SO478
course_url: http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/courseGuides/SO/2017_SO478.htm
---

<p>
This is the core module for my masters program and is taught by a variety of
different lecturers associated with the
<a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/International-Inequalities">International Inequalities Institute</a>.
My seminars are run by <a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/whoswho/academic/savage.aspx">Professor Mike Savage</a>
in the Department of Sociology at LSE.</p>

<h2>Assessments</h2>

<ul>
	<li>
		50% 8-hour take-home exam, featuring 2 unseen questions. I wrote about why <a href="/pdfs/SO478-austerity.pdf">austerity is bad</a> (mark: 76) and why <a href="/pdfs/SO478-knowledge-economy.pdf">the "knowledge economy" is a scam</a> (mark: 77)
	</li>
	<li>25% poster presentation (group project) on technology & inequality. Can't be bothered to upload it atm</li>
	<li>25% 3,000 word essay responding to one of several predetermined prompts. I wrote about <a href="/pdfs/SO478-inequality.pdf">how inequality is changing in the 21st century</a> (mark: 80)</li>
</ul>

<h2>Lecture notes</h2>