BA Sociology
Entry requirements
A Level: ABB IB: 33; 32, with B in the extended essay
About this course
BA in Sociology BA, a sociology degree centred on social and cultural analysis. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Social & Cultural Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The curriculum explores methodologies for investigating societal issues and potential approaches to driving future social change. The first year establishes core foundations through compulsory modules such as Doing Social Research, Social divisions and inequalities: causes, patterns and change, Introduction to Social Theory, Theories of Society, and Understanding and challenging inequality: Sociological and policy debate, alongside optional choices including Sociology of hope, community and social justice, British Politics, World Politics, and Gender Politics. The second year advances analytical skills with compulsory modules covering Sociological Theory and Analysis, Doing Quantitative Sociological Research, Doing Qualitative Sociological Research, and Emerging Themes in Sociology, together with diverse optional studies such as Digital Media and Social Change, The Sociology of Crime, Sociology of Media and Consumer Culture, Sociology of Family: Continuity and Change, Dynamics of Social Change and Policy, In Sickness and in Health: The Sociology of Medicine, Crime, Justice and Social Policy, Men, Feminism and Gender relations, Solidarity: Politics, Law, and Society across the Globe, Sociology of the Body, Understanding 'Race' and Migration, Social Problems: Policy and Practice, Feminism, Ethnography of Faith, Spirituality and Wellbeing, Children and Digital Cultures, and Cities, Violence and Security. The final year centres on independent inquiry through the compulsory Dissertation in Sociology module, complemented by numerous optional studies addressing topics such as Children, Families and Welfare States, Digital Marketing and Consumer Culture, Race, technology and digital media, Intimacy and Personal Relationships, Queer Identities in the Media, Global Data Industries, Organised Crime and Illicit Markets, Digital Identities, Protest, Movements and Social Change, Sociology of Evil, Whiteness, Power and Privilege, Reimagining Care: Families, Services and Policies, Algorithms, AI and Society, Sex Work: Rights, Regulation and Resistance, Digital Health, What it means to be human, and Sociological Futures: Creating change beyond the academy.
Modules
- Doing Social Research
- Social divisions and inequalities: causes, patterns and change
- Introduction to Social Theory
- Theories of Society
- Understanding and challenging inequality: Sociological and policy debate
- Sociology of hope, community and social justice
- British Politics
- World Politics
- Gender Politics
- Sociological Theory and Analysis
- Doing Quantitative Sociological Research
- Doing Qualitative Sociological Research
- Emerging Themes in Sociology
- Digital Media and Social Change
- The Sociology of Crime
- Sociology of Media and Consumer Culture
- Sociology of Family: Continuity and Change
- Dynamics of Social Change and Policy
- In Sickness and in Health: The Sociology of Medicine
- Crime, Justice and Social Policy
- Men, Feminism and Gender relations
- Solidarity: Politics, Law, and Society across the Globe
- Sociology of the Body
- Understanding 'Race' and Migration
- Social Problems: Policy and Practice
- Feminism
- Ethnography of Faith, Spirituality and Wellbeing
- Children and Digital Cultures
- Cities, Violence and Security
- Dissertation in Sociology
- Children, Families and Welfare States
- Digital Marketing and Consumer Culture
- Race, technology and digital media
- Intimacy and Personal Relationships
- Queer Identities in the Media
- Global Data Industries
- Organised Crime and Illicit Markets
- Digital Identities
- Protest, Movements and Social Change
- Sociology of Evil
- Whiteness, Power and Privilege
- Reimagining Care: Families, Services and Policies
- Algorithms, AI and Society
- Sex Work: Rights, Regulation and Resistance
- Digital Health
- What it means to be human
- Sociological Futures: Creating change beyond the academy