BA Social Policy and Sociology
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 32 points overall, including 6,5,5 at Higher Level.
About this course
BA in Sociology and Social Policy, exploring social structures and policy frameworks. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Historical Research, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Social & Cultural Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The curriculum draws on multidisciplinary social sciences ideas including politics, criminology, and law.
Modules
- Rethinking Society
- The Sociological Imagination
- Introducing Social Policy
- Themes and Issues in Social Policy
- Digital Society
- Introducing Criminology
- Visualising the Social World
- Welfare in Theory and Practice
- The Power of Social Theory
- Qualitative Research Skills
- Quantitative Research Skills
- Northern Ireland: Identities, Ideologies & Futures
- Social Inequalities and Diversity
- Questions for an Ageing World
- Theory Counts
- Level 2 Sociology Careers and Placement Preparation Module
- Policy Briefing Paper
- Disability and Society
- Gender, Family and Social Policy: Comparative Perspective
- Issues in Contemporary Irish Society
- Modern Families: Intimate and Personal Relationships
- Religion: Death or Revival?
- Emotion, Power, and Politics: The Political Sociology of Emotions, Trump, Brexit, and Populism
- Social Identity: Differences and Inequalities
- Modelling the Social World
- The cultural politics of memory in a global perspective
- The sociology of protest and revolution
- Sociology Placement