More about this course
The Sociology BSc (Hons) degree is equipped with practical and transferable skills for research in the real world. You’ll develop a systematic understanding of the key aspects of sociology, including a coherent and detailed understanding of specific areas.
You’ll learn the most up-to-date techniques to devise and sustain arguments and to solve problems, consider current research, or equivalent advanced scholarship, and recognise the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of its knowledge.
Making use of scholarly reviews and primary sources, you’ll critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, abstract concepts and data, and examine how to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences. Exercising initiative and personal responsibility, you’ll develop skills for decision-making in complex and unpredictable contexts.
By examining global inequalities in the twenty-first century and our work and working lives, you’ll explore what is meant by the sociological imagination and also have the option to study homelessness and housing policy, gender and sexuality or to take up a sociology and social policy work placement.
The sociology placement, available to students entering their third year, is usually undertaken over the summer period, between years one and two.
The emphasis of this course is very much on the applied and practical nature of sociology and sociological research and a variety of teaching and learning methods are used to deliver a course that is both stimulating and relevant.
While developing the social experience, interests and understanding that stems from experiencing a diversity of educational, ethnic and social backgrounds, you’ll receive the training, skills and understanding of specialist areas of study that are required to pursue a social and public policy-related career in national or local government, or the voluntary sector, or to apply the social research techniques you have learned to a wide range of private sector jobs.
Accreditation of Prior Learning
Any university-level qualifications or relevant experience you gain prior to starting university could count towards your course.
Modular structure
The modules listed below are for the academic year 2022/23 and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.
Year 1 modules include:
Introducing Social Policy (core, 30 credits)
Introduction to criminological and sociological theory (core, 30 credits)
Introduction to social problems (core, 30 credits)
Personality (core, 15 credits)
Researching Social Life (core, 30 credits)
Social Influences on Thinking and Behaviour (core, 15 credits)
Sociological Imagination (core, 30 credits)
Year 2 modules include:
Global Inequalities in the 21st Century (core, 30 credits)
Interactive Research Methods (core, 30 credits)
Self and Society (core, 15 credits)
Sociology of Everyday Life (core, 15 credits)
Crime, Media and Technology (option, 15 credits)
Racism and Ethnicity (option, 30 credits)
Youth Resistance and Social Control (option, 15 credits)
Youth, Crime and Violence (option, 15 credits)
Year 3 modules include:
Living Theory (core, 30 credits)
Sociology Dissertation (core, 30 credits)
Comparative and Global Social Policy (option, 15 credits)
Gender and Sexuality (option, 30 credits)
Homelessness and Housing Policy (option, 15 credits)
Human Rights and Conflict (option, 15 credits)
Inclusion and Special Educational Needs (option, 30 credits)
Religion and the State (option, 15 credits)
Sociology and Social Policy Work Placement (option, 15 credits)
Where this course can take you
Successful completion of this course offers improved career opportunities in social research and the public services, as well as a multitude of private sector jobs. Previous graduates have secured roles in human resources, prison services, medical research and events management.
