2017/18 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Social Policy
Programme code: | BA-SOCP | UCAS code: | L430 |
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Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Simon Prideaux | Contact address: | s.j.prideaux@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 360
Entry requirements:
- ABB at A-level, plus GCSE Grade C Mathematics. General Studies may be included.
- Students wishing to consider transferring to the International (Study Abroad) variant of this programme should note that only students with an overall pass mark of 2:1 or above at Levels 1 and 2 are eligible for Study Abroad. Final approval for a transfer to Study Abroad will only be given following the confirmation of marks at the June exam board.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Sociology and Social Policy
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Sociology and and Social Policy
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Social Policy
Programme specification:
The programme will enable students to understand scholarship and recent research in Social Policy. They will have the opportunity to deploy various techniques of analysis and enquiry within Social Policy, and develop a conceptual understanding Social Policy debates and describe and comment on particular aspects of scholarship and recent research in Social Policy. They will be able to apply their knowledge and understanding in a Social Policy dissertation at level 3.
Study in the programme is structured in ways that provide both breadth and depth, and provides opportunities for demonstrating proficiency in the application of concepts and techniques. Opportunities will also be provided for students to develop interests and informed opinions and to undertake some autonomous study.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules.
SLSP1160 | Understanding and Researching the City | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP1170 | Understanding and Researching Contemporary Society | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP1190 | Identities, Inequalities and Policy in Contemporary Society | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP1210 | Formations of Modernity | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP1220 | Social Policy: Poor Laws to the Present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
SLSP2010 | Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods Pre-requisite for: SLSP3051 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SLSP2650 | Key Debates in Social Policy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 60 credits from the following optional modules:
SLSP2020 | Crime, Law and Regulation | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP2040 | Disability Studies: An Introduction | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP2050 | The Sociology of Gender | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP2062 | Health and Society | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP2145 | Crime, Race and Ethnicity | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP2150 | Debates in Childhood and Youth | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP2675 | Sociology of Work | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP2690 | Racism, ethnicity, migration and decolonial studies | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP2953 | Urban Disorders, Social Divisions and Social Control | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP2975 | Social and Public Policy beyond the University | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
SLSP3051 | Social Policy Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be reuired to study 40 credits from the following key debates modules:
SLSP3120 | Disability Rights and the International Policy Context | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP3160 | Education, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP3211 | State Crime and Immorality | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP3220 | Contemporary Children, Young People and Families | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following list of options:
SLSP3065 | Quantitative Social Research | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP3101 | Postcolonialism and Critical Muslim Studies | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
SLSP3120 | Disability Rights and the International Policy Context | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP3160 | Education, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP3211 | State Crime and Immorality | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP3220 | Contemporary Children, Young People and Families | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP3230 | Global Terrorism and Violence | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP3242 | The Social Life of Data | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP3500 | Gender, Technologies and the Body | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP3940 | Class in Everyday Life | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
SLSP3961 | Protest and Social Movements | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules.
Last updated: 28/04/2017
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