BA Social Sciences
Entry requirements
Year 1 standard entry requirement: UCAS Tariff: 129; Scottish Higher: BBBBC or equivalent; A Level: BCC or equivalent.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Social Sciences, a four-year programme. Core topics include research methods and policy analysis. This interdisciplinary course spans criminology, history, politics, sociology, and economics, with work placement modules available in areas such as the Cold Case Unit and political communications.
Modules
- Criminology 1: Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice
- International Economic Issues and Challenges
- History 1: The Rise of Modern Societies 1757 - 1914
- Politics 1: Structures and Institutions
- Sociology 1: Understanding Contemporary Societies
- Social Science: An Interdisciplinary Introduction
- Sociology 2: Culture and Society
- Politics 2: Concepts, Themes and Responses
- History 2: The Making of the Contemporary World
- Contemporary Economic Issues
- Global Challenges for Business & Society
- Criminology 2: Crime, Law and Society
- Good Times, Hard Times: America in the 1920s and 1930s
- Policing and Society
- Punishment and Social Control
- Poverty, Inequality and Policy
- Gender and Society
- Scottish Politics and Policy
- Work Placement: Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit
- Work Placement: Cold Case Unit (WPCCU)
- Placement module: Political communications and policy unit (PCPU)
- Placement module: History and Heritage work placement
- Ending Empire in South Asia: The Twentieth Century
- International Politics: Structures, Theories, and Issues
- Impact of International Trade Policy
- Applied Research in Social Science 1
- Applied Research in Social Science 2
- Economic Policy and Problems
- Lion versus Eagle: Britain, Germany, and the First World War 1914-1918
- Work Placement (Special Constabulary)
- Comparative Youth Crime and Justice
- Evidence and Justice
- Sport and Popular Culture in Britain 1850-1939
- Critical Theories of Politics, Culture & Society
- Current and Critical Issues in Criminology
- Citizenship and Community Participation
- Dissertation Honours Project
- Public History
- Hitler's War: The Third Reich, German Society and the Second World War
- Globalisation and Crime
- Rethinking Race and Nature
- Environmental Economics and Sustainability
- Critical Issues in Global Politics
- Criminological Perspectives on Violence
- Contemporary Issues in the World Economy
- Victimology, Trauma & Social Harm
- Making and Managing Public Policy
- Democratic Challenges: Ideas and Issues
- Ireland: From Famine to Independence, 1845-1923
- 'The American Century: 20th Century American Popular Culture'
- Miscarriages of Justice
- Public Sociology
- Graduate Talent Employability