BA Sociology and English
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 112 A level: BBC (At least a grade C in English or related subject (or equivalent qualification) T Level: Merit BTEC: DMM GCSE: GCSE Maths and English Grade 4/Grade C (or above) or equivalent qualification Access to HE: Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits: 45 at Level 3 with a minimum of Distinction: 15, Merit: 24, Pass: 6 English language: IELTS: 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each skills area)
About this course
BA (Hons) in Sociology and English, combining the study of society with literary analysis. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, and Social & Cultural Analysis. The programme offers an optional placement year and includes modules where students collaborate with external organisations on live briefs. Final-year independent study allows students to pursue their own research interests.
Modules
- Placement Learning and Professional Development
- Thinking Sociologically
- Media, Culture and Society
- Making Modern Britain
- Theorising Literature and Meaning (PDP)
- Mutants and Monsters: Interpreting Fantasy
- World Literatures in English
- ​​Investigating Society: Truth, Ethics and Justice​
- Capitalism, Culture and Class: Social Theory in Classical Modernity
- Literature, Identity and The Real
- Effecting Change
- Qualitative Research: Methods, Ethics and Application
- Globalisation and Social Change
- Researching Society 3: Statistics in Social Research
- Sociology of Gender and Sexuality
- Researching Society 2: Qualitative Approaches
- Modernism
- Nineteenth-Century Realism: Conscience and Context
- Poetry and Revolution in the British Romantic Period
- The English Conference
- Research in Practice
- English Independent Study (PDP)
- Advanced Research in Practice
- Independent Study
- Kittens, Cupcakes, and Capitalism: A User’s Guide to the 21st Century
- The Sociology of Politics and Protest
- World in Conflict: War, Terrorism and Societies
- Gender and Inequality in the Global Age
- Digital Futures and the Global Networked Society
- Health, Illness and Social Justice
- Populism, Extremism & Violence
- After The Modern: Existentialism and Postmodernism
- Colonialism and Independence
- Tragedy
- Gender and Identity in Contemporary Literature
- Riots and Rebels: Studies in Intercultural Drama
- The Art of Crime
- Modern and Contemporary Poetry
- Eighteenth-Century Literature: Terror Wit and Letters of Love