2019/20 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Sociology
Programme code: | BA-SOC | UCAS code: | L300 |
---|---|---|---|
Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Rodanthi Tzanelli | Contact address: | r.tzanelli@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 360
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements please visit Coursefinder
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 Social Policy
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Sociology
Programme specification:
The programme will enable students to understand scholarship and recent research in Sociology. They will have the opportunity to deploy various techniques of analysis and enquiry within Sociology, and develop a conceptual understanding of Sociological debates and describe and comment on particular aspects of scholarship and recent research in Sociology. They will be able to apply their knowledge and understanding in a Sociology dissertation at level 3.
Study in the programme is structured in ways that provide both breadth and depth, and opportunities for demonstrating proficiency in the application of Sociological concepts and techniques. Opportunities will 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) | |
SLSP1200 | Sociology of Modern Societies | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP1210 | Formations of Modernity | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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 modules:
SLSP2010 | Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods Pre-requisite for: SLSP3041 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
SLSP2730 | Central Problems in Sociology | 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) | |
SLSP2180 | The Sociology of Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP2675 | Sociology of Work | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
SLSP2690 | Racism, ethnicity, migration and decolonial studies | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
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:
SLSP3041 | Sociology Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 60 credits from the following optional modules:
SLSP3065 | Quantitative Social Research | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP3075 | Disability and Development | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP3101 | Postcolonialism and Critical Muslim Studies | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
SLSP3120 | Disability Rights and the International Policy Context | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
SLSP3160 | Education, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
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 | Not running in 201920 | |
SLSP3500 | Gender, Technologies and the Body | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP3930 | Sociology of Consumerism | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
SLSP3961 | Protest and Social Movements | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP3995 | Ethnicity and Popular Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules.
Last updated: 30/04/2019
Browse Other Catalogues
- Undergraduate module catalogue
- Taught Postgraduate module catalogue
- Undergraduate programme catalogue
- Taught Postgraduate programme catalogue
Errors, omissions, failed links etc should be notified to the Catalogue Team.PROD