NZQA Expiring unit standard 9000 version 3 Page 1 of 2 Title Analyse a social structure and evaluate its influence on people and society Level 4 Credits 4 Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to analyse a social structure, and evaluate the influence of a social structure on people and society. Classification Social Science Studies > Sociology Available grade Achieved Explanatory notes 1 Social structures include but are not limited to: social class, age, gender, ethnicity. 2 For the purposes of assessment, each outcome of this unit standard does not necessarily have to deal with the same social structure. Outcomes and evidence requirements Outcome 1 Analyse a social structure. Evidence requirements 1.1 The analysis establishes the importance of social processes in terms of reinforcing the social structure. Range at least one social process; social processes may include but are not limited to - socialisation, social stratification. 1.2 The analysis establishes the hierarchical nature of the social structure in terms of the relations of power. 1.3 The analysis of the social structure recognises variation according to place. Range 1.4 at least two examples of variance. The analysis establishes how a social structure may be reproduced or changed over time. NZQA National Qualifications Services SSB Code 130301 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA Expiring unit standard 1.5 9000 version 3 Page 2 of 2 The analysis is informed by a theoretical perspective appropriate to an analysis of the social structure. Range theoretical perspectives may include but are not limited to Marxist, Weberian, feminist. Outcome 2 Evaluate the influence of a social structure on people and society. Evidence requirements 2.1 The evaluation establishes the influence of the social structure in terms of its impact on the lives of individuals or groups within the various social divisions that constitute the social structure. at least two examples of impacts on peoples’ lives within at least two defined social divisions. Range This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below. Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment Registration 1 6 December 1996 31 December 2017 Revision 2 7 July 1999 31 December 2017 Review 3 22 August 2014 31 December 2017 Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0119 This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do. Please note Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment. Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards. Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards. Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements. NZQA National Qualifications Services SSB Code 130301 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016