BA Social and Public Policy (Ethics and Justice)
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) Social and Public Policy (Ethics and Justice), a social policy degree combining social and public policy with moral, legal, and political philosophy. Core topics include Policy Analysis. Students can apply to spend an additional year studying abroad at an international partner institution, extending the programme duration to four years. The first year introduces foundational themes through compulsory modules such as Power, Policy and Social Progress, Contemporary Issues in Social and Public Policy, Power and Consent, and Ethics. The second year develops methodological and theoretical capabilities via compulsory modules including Policy Think Tank, Researching Policy and Society, Social Inequalities, and Knowledge and the Social Sciences. Optional modules in the second and third years allow specialisation in areas such as criminal justice, ethics, welfare, and philosophical traditions. The final year centres on an independent study module alongside optional topics covering housing, global problems, and political philosophy.
Modules
- Power, Policy and Social Progress
- Contemporary Issues in Social and Public Policy
- Power and Consent
- Social Science and the Chocolate City
- Ethics
- Criminal Justice and Inequality
- Policy Think Tank
- Researching Policy and Society
- Social Inequalities
- Knowledge and the Social Sciences
- Capitalism and the Public Good
- Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice
- Communities, Participation and Creating Change
- Crime and the Life Course
- Aristotle
- Applied Ethics
- Logic and Paradox
- Love, Law and Solidarity: Recognition from Rousseau to Honneth
- Metaphysics
- Politics and Freedom: Anarchism and Conservativism
- Religious Ethics
- 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 & Resistance
- Crime and Justice in the Online Space
- Philosophy of Physics
- From Marx to Critical Theory
- Mind and Morality
- Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
- Experimental Philosophy: The Philosophy of Psychology
- Buddhism as Philosophy
- Philosophy of Christianity
- 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
- Foundations of Mathematics
- Further Topics in Ethics
- Consciousness
- Cognitive Anomalies, Decision-Making, and Democracy
- 9 Art Works, 9 Philosophical Problems
- Action and Agency
- German Idealism: Moral, Legal and Political Philosophy
- Experimental Philosophy: The Psychology of Philosophy