BA Social Sciences
Entry requirements
A Level: ABB IB: 33; 32, with B in a social science-based extended essay
About this course
BA in Social Sciences, a social sciences degree focused on the theoretical, empirical, and methodological study of contemporary societal issues. Core topics include Programming, Statistics, Research Methods, Project Management, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Design & Creative Practice, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students gain practical experience in addressing challenges such as inequality, injustice, and health while learning how to conduct and apply high-quality research. The first year introduces foundational social science concepts and study skills through compulsory modules like Foundations of Social Science 1, Foundations of Social Science 2, Reading Social Science, and Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics, alongside optional modules covering subjects such as international relations, human geography, and politics. The second year advances research capabilities with compulsory study in Doing Quantitative Research, Doing Qualitative Research, Employability and Engagement, and Doing Mixed Methods Research, paired with optional modules examining oppression, environmental challenges, and political theory. The final year centres on independent original investigation through the Dissertation in Applied Social Sciences, supported by compulsory modules including Collaboration and Dissemination in the Social Sciences and Analysis, evaluation, and interpretation, alongside diverse optional choices spanning global culture wars, artificial intelligence, and restorative justice.
Modules
- Foundations of Social Science 1
- Foundations of Social Science 2
- Reading Social Science
- Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
- World Politics
- Crime in Global Context
- Exploring Human Geographies
- Foundations of Criminology
- Sociology of hope, community and social justice
- Social divisions and inequalities: causes, patterns and change
- British Politics
- Cities, People and Urban Design
- Data Visualisation: Coding and Design
- Global Challenges
- Thinking Politically: Key Concepts
- Environment in Action
- Doing Quantitative Research
- Doing Qualitative Research
- Employability and Engagement
- Doing Mixed Methods Research
- Tackling the World's Wicked Problems: theoretical tools and applications
- Political Theory in Practice
- Race, Gender and Crime
- Sustainable Development and Global Justice
- Culture, Space and Difference
- Oppression and Resistance
- Punishment and Penal Policy
- Men, Feminism and Gender relations
- Social Justice and Environmental Challenges
- Understanding 'Race' and Migration
- Dynamics of Social Change and Policy
- Dissertation in Applied Social Sciences
- Collaboration and Dissemination in the Social Sciences
- Analysis, evaluation, and interpretation
- The Ethics of Political Leadership
- Global Culture Wars
- Protest, Movements and Social Change
- Reimagining Care: Families, Services and Policies
- Democracy and Citizenship
- Environmental Justice at a Time of Crisis
- Organised Crime and Illicit Markets
- Youth Crime and Justice
- War, Peace and Justice
- Corporations in Global Politics: Possibilities, Tensions, and Ambiguities
- Algorithms, AI and Society
- Perspectives on inequalities
- Contesting Development
- Creative Geographies
- Police and Policing in a Global Context
- Restorative Justice