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BA Sociology

Keele University

Institution
Keele University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Sociology
Duration
3-4 years
UCAS code
L30L
Typical offer
A-level BBC, IB 29

Entry requirements

A level: BBC in three A Levels. IB: 554 in three Higher Levels or 29 points.

About this course

BA (Hons) in Sociology, examining social structures, culture, and contemporary issues. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, and Social & Cultural Analysis. An optional placement year or year abroad is available, and the final year includes an independent study project.

Modules

  • Understanding Contemporary World Politics
  • Society, People and Place: Global Issues and Local Realities
  • Becoming a Social Scientist
  • Exploring Inequalities
  • British Politics: Welfare, Economy and Society
  • Imagining Social Order and Deviance
  • Contemporary Social Theory
  • Social Science Methods
  • Globalisation and its Discontents
  • Data Analysis in Social Sciences
  • The American South: US Summer School (Level 5)
  • Crime and Justice in Practice: Voices from the Margins
  • Building a Better World Part 1
  • Crime, Morality and the Media
  • Critical Issues in Higher Education
  • Social Sciences Placement
  • Teenage Dreams: Youth Subcultures in Fiction, Film and Theory
  • Building a Better World Part 2
  • Families and Households: Diversity and Change
  • Social Sciences at Work
  • Dissertation – ISP
  • Social Futures
  • Engaged Social Science
  • Gender, Sexuality and Power
  • Home and Belonging in a Precarious World
  • Work Placement for Social Sciences Final Year Students
  • Beyond Human