BA Education & Social Policy
Entry requirements
A level: ABB-BBB IB: 32-30
About this course
BA in Social Policy and Education. Core topics include Research Methods, Social & Cultural Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course includes a 35-hour first-year placement working with children and young people in community settings, and a one-week placement with adult learners. Students complete an independent dissertation in Education.
Modules
- Understanding Education in the 21st Century
- Placement Learning: Children’s Wellbeing & Development in the Community
- Social Policy & Society in Contemporary Scotland
- Private Issues & Public Problems
- Culture, Society, Formation
- Education & Learning
- Scottish Social Policy since 1845
- Key Concepts in Social Welfare
- The Making of Social Policy
- Educational Encounters Past & Present
- Adult Education with Placement
- Designing Educational Research
- Can Culture Educate Us?
- Children & Childhood
- Research Methods in Social Policy
- Comparative Social Policy: Theories, Methods & Analysis
- Educational Representation in Film & Literature
- Dissertation
- Critical Issues in Education
- Independent Study Module
- Creativity in Education
- Second Language Learning
- Explorations in Educational Influence
- Global Challenges