BA Sociology (Study Abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 30 points overall with 15 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in Sociology (Study Abroad), a sociology degree centred on the study of social structures, institutions, and inequalities. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Project Management, Policy Analysis, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Social & Cultural Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course includes a dedicated third year spent studying abroad at an international partner university. The first year covers foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as Thinking Sociologically, Researching Society: Principles and Practices, Framing Social Issues, and Public Sociology: Understanding and Creating Social Change, while optional modules allow exploration in areas like criminology, media culture, politics, and philosophy. The second year advances core knowledge through Global Social Theory: Connecting Sociologies, Research in Action: Methods for Investigating the Social World, and Designing Sociological Research, alongside diverse options spanning digital cultures, policing, and global superpowers. The third year is spent abroad at an international partner institution. The final year involves advanced study through Advanced Sociological Theories and Applications and culminates in an independent research project where students conduct an original investigation, with further specialisation available via optional modules in environmental sociology, health, migration, and public policy.
Modules
- Thinking Sociologically
- Researching Society: Principles and Practices
- Framing Social Issues
- Public Sociology: Understanding and Creating Social Change
- Contemporary Social Issues 1: Power, Inequality and Everyday Life
- Contemporary Social Issues 2: Social Issues in a Changing World
- A Brief History of Crime and Criminology
- Crime and Popular Culture
- Doing Criminology: How We Know About Crime
- Explaining Criminology
- British Cinema
- Foundations of Language
- English across Space and Time
- English in Use
- Language in Mind and Society
- Understanding Media and Culture
- Media, Power and Identity
- Transformations in Digital Media
- Screens and Selves
- Global Challenges in World Politics
- Parties, Populism and Protest
- Policy Lab
- Political Theory for a Troubled World
- British Politics: Political Ideas in Action
- Ethics: How Should I Live?
- Global Religions and Society
- History of Philosophy: Ideas that Shaped the West
- History of Philosophy: Resistance and Inclusion
- Knowledge and Reality in a Complex World
- Political Philosophy: How Should we Live Together?
- Global Social Theory: Connecting Sociologies
- Research in Action: Methods for Investigating the Social World
- Designing Sociological Research
- Transnational Debates on Gender and Society
- Welfare States: Poverty, Policy and Politics
- Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture
- Youth Justice
- Organised Crime
- Cybercrime and Cybercriminality
- Contemporary Issues in Policing
- Digital Cultures
- Visual Cultures
- Language and Creativity in Advertising
- Discourse Studies
- Theories of Power and the State
- Democracy, Dictatorship and Everything in Between
- Who Governs Britain? Policy, Politics and Political Change
- Global Superpowers
- Politics of the Global South
- Global Religions, Women and Gender
- Applied Philosophy: Decisions that Change the World
- Language, Communication and Knowledge
- Mind, World and Science
- Thinking Digital Worlds
- Your Year Abroad
- Advanced Sociological Theories and Applications
- Sociology Independent Project
- Environment and Society: Crisis, Justice and Change
- Health, Bodies and Social Reproduction
- Migration, Inequalities and Societies
- Green Criminology
- Gendered Harm and Justice
- Drugs, Crime and Society
- Hate Crime
- Crimes and Harms of the Powerful
- Crime and Media
- Global Film Genres
- Film Industries, Practices and Movements
- Film Circulation, Exhibition and Audiences
- The Making of Media and AI Futures
- Media Industries
- Audiences, Fans and Participatory Cultures
- Mediating the Body
- Environment and Development
- Democracy Under Pressure
- Critical Political Theory
- Parliamentary Studies
- Policymaking in the Real World
- The Politics of Crises and the Future of Governance
- Russia and China
- Politics of Latin America and Africa
- Politics of the Middle East and Asia Pacific
- The Politics of Borders and Migration
- Philosophy and Popular Culture
- Philosophy For Times of Global Crisis
- State and Religion