BA Sociology
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 34 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, Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus B at A Level Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate plus AB at A level Distinction, Distinction in 2 BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificates plus B at A level
About this course
BA (Hons) in Sociology, a sociology degree examining how social, economic and cultural forces shape individuals and institutions. Core topics include Research Methods. Students can choose to add a placement year or year abroad to their studies. The first year covers the foundations through Cultivating a Sociological Imagination, Living in Digital Cultures, Explaining Crime and Deviance, Investigating Social Problems and Theorising the Social World. The second year focuses on core themes with compulsory modules including Inequality, Marginalisation and Resistance, Doing Research and Societies and the Climate Crisis. Optional modules in the second year allow students to explore areas such as Health and Illness, Humans and Other Animals, People and the State, Popular Culture, the Media and Society, Social Interaction and Conversation Analysis, Gender, Sexuality and Inequalities, Body and Society and Working in the Criminal Justice System. The final year centres on the Undergraduate Dissertation alongside Creating Sociological Alternatives. Optional modules in the final year span topics such as Crime, Media and Culture, Global Justice, Health and Wellbeing, Race and Injustice, Crime, Gender and Sexuality, Morbidity, Culture and Corpses, Spiritual Realities, Talk at Work, AI in Society and Cities and Urban Culture.
Modules
- Cultivating a Sociological Imagination
- Living in Digital Cultures
- Explaining Crime and Deviance
- Investigating Social Problems
- Theorising the Social World
- Inequality, Marginalisation and Resistance
- Doing Research
- Societies and the Climate Crisis
- Health and Illness
- Humans and Other Animals
- People and the State
- Popular Culture, the Media and Society
- Social Interaction and Conversation Analysis
- Gender, Sexuality and Inequalities
- Body and Society
- Working in the Criminal Justice System
- Undergraduate Dissertation
- Creating Sociological Alternatives
- Crime, Media and Culture
- Global Justice, Health and Wellbeing
- Race and Injustice
- Crime, Gender and Sexuality
- Morbidity, Culture and Corpses
- Spiritual Realities
- Talk at Work
- AI in Society
- Cities and Urban Culture