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BA Education Studies and Sociology

University of Worcester

Institution
University of Worcester
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Education Studies and Sociology
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
XL33
Typical offer
A-level BCC

Entry requirements

UCAS tariff points: 104 A-level: BCC BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM T-level: M

About this course

BA (Hons) in Sociology and Education. Core topics include statistics, research methods, fieldwork, historical research, and ethics and professional practice. The course offers placements in schools, care farms, Pupil Referral Units, and prison education. Students undertake a sociology dissertation in the final year.

Modules

  • Visual Sociology
  • Sociology: Approaching the Crisis
  • Sociology in Practice
  • The What and Why of Education Studies
  • Education’s Past, Present and Future: Mapping Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
  • Whose Standards? (Re)forming Quality for Education
  • Sociology: from Origins to Present
  • Ethical Research in Action
  • Sustainable Futures: Educating for a Shared World
  • The Psychology of Teaching and Learning
  • Education @ Work 1: Placement and work-based learning
  • Safeguarding in Education: Learning Lessons
  • Practical Research in Sociology
  • Work Project
  • Development and Change in the Global South
  • Sociology of “Race”: Global Perspectives
  • Digital Sociology
  • Environmental Sociology
  • Developing Personal Values and Philosophy in Education
  • Sociology Dissertation
  • Pornography and Modern Cultures
  • History of Sexuality
  • Education and the Sociological Imagination
  • Constructing Emotions
  • Global Power: Sociological Perspectives
  • Listener, Learner, Leader: Becoming Education Change-makers
  • Ideology and Education
  • Education at Work 2: Placement and Work-Based Learning
  • Theatre & Education
  • Sociology of Religion