BA Sociology and Social Policy with Year Abroad
Entry requirements
A Level: ABB. IB: 6,5,5 at Higher Level with a minimum of 32 points overall.. BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma, Diploma and Subsidiary Diploma are all considered.
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Social Policy with Year Abroad, a sociology and social policy degree focused on social institutions and public policy. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, and Social & Cultural Analysis. Students complete an integrated year abroad during the third year of the programme. The first year covers foundations through Introduction to Social Policy, The Sociological Imagination, Discovering Social Problems, and Crime, Justice and Society. The second year builds competence with Policy Analysis, Modern Sociological Theory, Social Research II, and Gender and Sexuality. The fourth year features advanced study including the Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology Dissertation, alongside optional modules such as Quantitative Data Analysis and Technology & Society.
Modules
- Introduction to Social Policy
- The Sociological Imagination
- Discovering Social Problems
- Crime, Justice and Society
- Introduction to Social Divisions
- Social Research I
- Policy Analysis
- Modern Sociological Theory
- Social Research II
- Gender and Sexuality
- Poverty, Class and Inequality
- Race and Racism
- Histories of Criminal Justice and Empire
- Housing, Home and Place: Issues in Policy
- Media and Society
- Education, Policy and Social Justice
- Enterprising Solutions to Social Problems
- Social Psychology
- Terror, Threat and Security
- Youth, Crime and Justice
- Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology Year Abroad
- Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology Dissertation
- Selling the Self? Sex, Gender and Consumer Culture
- Social Policy, Inequality and the Life Course
- Genocide and Mass Atrocities
- Crime and the City
- Contemporary Social Theory
- Sociology of Success and Spectacle
- Policing Migration: victims, villains and global border regimes
- Professional Development
- Harmful Societies: Crime, Social Harm and Social Justice
- Drugs: Society, Politics and Policy
- Quantitative Data Analysis
- Technology & Society
- Children as Citizens