Postgraduate Module Descriptor

POLM162: Introduction to Social Network Analysis

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

Introduction
Centrality
Measures of Network Structure
Social Capital
Block Models and Structural Equivalence
Basic Network Statistics
Brief overview of advanced techniques

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22	128	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled learning and teaching activity	22	11 x 2 hour sessions of lectures and demonstrations
Guided independent study	128	Time spent individually undertaking data analysis for exercises, final assignment

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

Hanneman, Robert A. and Mark Riddle. 2005. Introduction to social network methods. Riverside, CA: University of California, Riverside (published in digital form at http://faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/).