BA Social and Public Policy
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 31 points overall BTEC: DDM We consider a range of BTEC qualifications equivalent to 3 A Levels, or in combination with A Levels or other qualifications. For example: Distinction, Merit in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus B at A Level Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate plus BB at A level Distinction, Merit in 2 BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificates plus B at A level
About this course
BA (Hons) in Social and Public Policy, a social policy degree examining social problems and how societies attempt to solve them nationally and internationally. Core topics include Policy Analysis. The course incorporates strong links with the broader policy community, opportunities to engage with leading policy organisations, and an optional study abroad year. The first year introduces foundational themes through compulsory modules such as Power, Policy and Social Progress, Contemporary Issues in Social and Public Policy, Economy and Society, and Social Science and the Chocolate City. The second year shifts towards applied methods and critical perspectives with compulsory modules including Policy Think Tank, Capitalism and the Public Good, Researching Policy and Society, and Social Inequalities, alongside optional choices like Crime and the Life Course and Future Worlds of Work. In the final year, students complete a compulsory Independent Study Module alongside optional modules covering topics such as Welfare States and Economic Crises, Housing and Homelessness: Overcoming Inequality, and Global Social Problems.
Modules
- Power, Policy and Social Progress
- Contemporary Issues in Social and Public Policy
- Economy and Society
- Social Science and the Chocolate City
- Social Harm and Injustice
- Criminal Justice and Inequality
- The Psychological Mind in a Social World
- Policy Think Tank
- Capitalism and the Public Good
- Researching Policy and Society
- Social Inequalities
- Crime and the Life Course
- Contemporary Issues in Criminal justice
- Communities, Participation and Creating Change
- Enabling Places and Spaces: Exploring Social Perspectives on Disability and Mental Health
- Victimology and Victimisation
- Future Worlds of Work
- Independent Study Module
- Drugs: Prevalence, Policy and Practice
- Welfare States and Economic Crises
- Housing and Homelessness: Overcoming Inequality
- Prisons and Penal Policy
- Wellbeing of Children and Young People
- Global Social Problems
- Stigma, Power and Resistance
- Crime and Justice in the Online Space
- Vulnerability, Deviance and Social Control
- Migration, Immigration and Social Policy
- Policing and the Police
- Gender, Violence and Justice
- Environmental Justice, Harm, and Policy
- Education Policy: Divisions & Inequalities
- Left Behind Places