Sociology BA (Hons)

Course Structure

Year 1

•      3 compulsory modules in semester 1
•     3 compulsory modules in semester 2

Modules

• Communicating Ideas
• Introduction to Sociological Theory
• Sociology of Everyday Life
• Pleasure, Leisure, and Social Interaction
• Social Inequalities: Key Themes
• Deviance

Year 2

•   1 compulsory modules and 2 optional modules in semester 1
•    1 compulsory module and 2 optional modules in semester 2

Modules

• Social Research Methods 1
• Gender, Sexuality, and Media
• Sociology of Work
• Social Inequalities: Contemporary Debates
• Political Sociology
• Sociology of the Very Worst
• Social Research Methods 2
• Social Change, Technology, and Risk

Year 3

•    1 Sociological Investigation module across semesters 1 and 2
•     2 optional modules in semester 1
•     2 optional modules in semester 2

Modules

• Social Science Investigation
• Sex Work
• Critical Criminology
• Gender, Body, and Power
• Spatial Sociology
• Theory Now
• Crime and Media
• Prisons and Penology
• Youth and Resistance
• State, Nation, and Migration
• Health, Illness, and Society
• Death