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BA Sociology

University of Sussex

Institution
University of Sussex
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Sociology BA (Hons)
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
L301
Typical offer
A-level ABB, IB 32

Entry requirements

A level: ABB or BBB IB: 32 points

About this course

BA (Hons) in Sociology, examining how social structures, inequalities and change shape contemporary societies. Core topics include research methods. Students complete a final-year Sociology Project and have the option to undertake Real World Consultancy, applying sociological perspectives in a workplace setting. A student-run Sociology and Criminology Society operates outside the classroom.

Modules

  • 21st Century Sociology
  • Critical Reading and Writing for Sociologists
  • Themes and Perspectives in Sociology I
  • Gendering the Life Course
  • Making the Familiar Strange
  • Themes and Perspectives in Sociology II
  • Designing Social Research
  • 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
  • Class, Culture & Conflict: A View from The Inside
  • Classical Sociological Theory
  • Doing Social Research: working with qualitative data
  • Education and Inequality
  • Precarity and the Politics of Work (Spr)
  • Real World Consultancy - Sociology and Criminology in the Workplace
  • Social Research Methods: Analysing Quantitative Data
  • The Alchemy of Race and Racism (Spring)
  • The Sociology of Human Rights
  • Sociology Project
  • (Im)mobilities and the Criminal Justice System
  • Class, Power and the State (Aut)
  • Coloniality, Racism and Inequality
  • Digital Activism and Citizenship in Datafied Societies
  • Identity and Interaction
  • Migration, Identity, and Home
  • Sexualities / Intimacies / Intersections (Aut)
  • Sociology of Family, Reproduction & Care (Aut)
  • Technology and the Human
  • The Death Penalty
  • Capitalism, Growth, and Ecological Crisis
  • Inequalities Across the Divides
  • Riots, Strikes, Revolts
  • Temporalities - Histories - Hauntologies (Spr)
  • The Body (Spr)
  • Transcendence, Devotion and Desire