BA Sociology with Foundation Year
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 72 A level: DDD T Level: Pass BTEC: MMP GCSE: GCSE Maths and English are preferred, however if you don't have these qualifications you will be able to undertake Maths and English at Level 2 as part of your course of study Access to HE: Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits: 45 at Level 3 with a minimum of Distinction: 0, Merit: 30, Pass: 15 English language: IELTS: 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each skills area)
About this course
BA (Hons) Sociology, exploring how social structures, cultures, and inequalities shape modern societies. Core topics include Social & Cultural Analysis, Research Methods, Statistics, Policy Analysis, Historical Research, and Ethics & Professional Practice. The course includes an independent study module in which students undertake their own small-scale research project. Students may also spend a semester studying abroad at Charles University in Prague.
Modules
- Applied Professional Practice
- Contemporary Issues in Professional Practice
- Study Skills
- Culture and Ideas
- Political Studies
- Sociology
- English
- Mathematics
- History
- Law
- Crime, Justice and Society
- Thinking Sociologically
- Patterns of Inequality
- Making Modern Britain
- Media, Culture and Society
- ​​Investigating Society: Truth, Ethics and Justice​
- Capitalism, Culture and Class: Social Theory in Classical Modernity
- Researching Society 3: Statistics in Social Research
- Globalisation and Social Change
- Sociology of Gender and Sexuality
- Effecting Change
- Qualitative Research: Methods, Ethics and Application
- Independent Study
- Sociology in the World 2: Life After Graduation
- Youth Justice
- Working with Young Offenders
- Digital Futures and the Global Networked Society
- World in Conflict: War, Terrorism and Societies
- The Sociology of Politics and Protest
- Gender and Inequality in the Global Age
- Health, Illness and Social Justice
- Populism, Extremism & Violence
- Kittens, Cupcakes, and Capitalism: A User’s Guide to the 21st Century