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BA Sociology (with Foundation Year)

UWE Bristol

Institution
UWE Bristol
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Sociology (with Foundation Year)
Duration
Four years full-time; five years sandwich; eight years part-time
UCAS code
L30F

Entry requirements

GCSE: Grade C/4 in English, or equivalent. Tariff points: 48 Contextual tariff: See our contextual offers page. A-level subjects: No specific subjects required. EDEXCEL (BTEC) Diploma: No specific subjects required. For information on required Guided Learning Hours please see our minimum entry requirements page. Access: No specific subjects required. Baccalaureate IB: No specific subjects required. We accept the IB Career-related Programme in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications. Irish Highers: No specific subjects required. Welsh Baccalaureate: We accept tariff points achieved from the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications. Cambridge Technical: No specific subjects required. T Levels: No specific subjects required.

About this course

BA(Hons) in Sociology. Core topics include Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Social & Cultural Analysis. The programme offers an optional placement year, and in the final year students may choose between conducting an independent research project supervised by a specialist or undertaking a work placement with a critical sociological reflection.

Modules

  • Essentials of Academic Practice
  • Exploring the Social World and the Problems of Crime
  • From Plato to Nato
  • Psychology, Policing and Society
  • Foundations in Social Theory
  • Social Issues and Social Problems
  • Comparing Cultures
  • Critical Thinking (Sociology and Criminology)
  • Becoming a Social Scientist - Introducing Social Research
  • Theorising Social Life
  • Research, Theory and Practice: Developing Skills for Life and Work
  • Gender and Society
  • Difference': 'Race', Ethnicity and Diversity in Contemporary Society
  • Mind, Emotion and Society: an Introduction to Psychosocial Studies
  • Modernity and Global Intimacies
  • Sociology Project and Placement Module
  • Contemporary Critiques of Modern Society
  • Digital Media and Society
  • A Sociology of Sustainability
  • Protest, Policing and Public Order
  • Sociology of Sexes, Genders, and Sexualities
  • Stop, Look, Listen! A Sociology of Culture
  • Sociology of Human, Non-Human and Environmental Rights
  • Childhood Disorder and Disordered Childhood
  • Sociology Study*