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BA Politics and Sociology

University of Sussex

Institution
University of Sussex
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Politics and Sociology BA (Hons)
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
LL23
Typical offer
A-level ABB, IB 32

Entry requirements

A level: ABB or BBB IB: 32 points

About this course

BA (Hons) in Sociology and Politics and International Relations. Core topics include research methods. The programme includes research training through modules on designing social research and working with qualitative data. A field trip to Berlin offers the chance to visit the German Bundestag and observe political proceedings.

Modules

  • 21st Century Sociology
  • British Political History
  • Explaining Political Systems
  • Themes and Perspectives in Sociology I
  • Freedom, Power, Justice: Foundations of Political Theory
  • Making the Familiar Strange
  • Research Skills and Methods in Political Science
  • Themes and Perspectives in Sociology II
  • Designing Social Research
  • European Politics
  • Modern Political Thought
  • A Sociology of Generations and Social Change? From Passive to Active Generations
  • Citizenship, Activism and Resistance
  • Digital Societies
  • Drugs, Crime and Deviant Leisure
  • Into the Lions Den: An Exploration (A)
  • Migration and Integration (Aut)
  • Sociology of Emotions and Mental Health
  • The Climate Crisis, Criminology & the Justice System
  • Capitalism and Democracy
  • Class, Culture & Conflict: A View from The Inside
  • Classical Sociological Theory
  • Communicating Politics
  • Divided Island? Irish Politics from Partition to the Present
  • Doing Social Research: working with qualitative data
  • Education and Inequality
  • Feminism and the Politics of Gender
  • Governing India: Institutions, Actors and Challenges Amidst Social Diversity
  • Italy Between Political Crisis and Social Change
  • Precarity and the Politics of Work (Spr)
  • Social Research Methods: Analysing Quantitative Data
  • States of Disunion: Power, Polarisation and Protest in US Politics
  • The Alchemy of Race and Racism (Spring)
  • The Challenge of Being a Reluctant Hegemon; German Politics Today
  • The EU Between Integration and Disintegration
  • The Making of Modern Turkey: The Struggle Between Authoritarianism and Democracy
  • The Sociology of Human Rights
  • Sociology Project
  • (Im)mobilities and the Criminal Justice System
  • Authoritarianism and its Critics
  • Class, Power and the State (Aut)
  • Coloniality, Racism and Inequality
  • Digital Activism and Citizenship in Datafied Societies
  • Environmental Politics in the Anthropocene
  • Global Crisis and European Political Economy
  • Identity and Interaction
  • Indian Politics Since Independence: Between Dominance and Fragmentation
  • Migration, Identity, and Home
  • Parties and Party Systems
  • Political Psychology
  • Sexualities / Intimacies / Intersections (Aut)
  • Sociology of Family, Reproduction & Care (Aut)
  • Technology and the Human
  • The Death Penalty
  • The Politics of Euroscepticism
  • The Rise of Anti-politics
  • Capitalism, Growth, and Ecological Crisis
  • Immigration and the Liberal State
  • Independent Study/Internship Option
  • Inequalities Across the Divides
  • Political Corruption
  • Populism and Politics
  • Riots, Strikes, Revolts
  • Temporalities - Histories - Hauntologies (Spr)
  • The Body (Spr)
  • The Neoliberal Age? Understanding Modern Britain
  • The Politics of (Post-)Truth
  • The Politics of Feeling
  • Transcendence, Devotion and Desire