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2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Sociology

Programme code:BA-SOCUCAS code:L300
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Ben Hirst Contact address:b.hirst@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

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:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Sociology

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2022/2023 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2023 or after, you can find the details of your programme:

BA Sociology(For students entering from September 2023 onwards)

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:

SLSP1161Exploring the City: Local and Global Contexts20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP1171Understanding and Researching Contemporary Society20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP1191Identities and Inequalities20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP1201Making Sense of Society: Reading Social Theory20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP1213Formations of Coloniality and Modernity20 creditsSemester 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 modules: 

SLSP2011Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods
Pre-requisite for: SLSP3041 
20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLSP2731Central Problems in Sociology20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Basket 1: Candidates will be required to study 1 module from the following optional modules:

SLSP2021Crime, Law and Regulation20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2041Disability Studies: An Introduction20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2181The Sociology of Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
THEO2251Sociology of Religion20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Basket 2: Candidates will be required to study 1 module from the following optional modules:

FOSS2002Social Sciences and Emergencies: Theories, Contexts and Approaches20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2052Gender and Society20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2146Crime, Race and Ethnicity20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2151Debates in Childhood and Youth20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2933Sociology and the Climate Crisis20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2976Social and Public Policy beyond the University20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Basket 3: Candidates will be required to study 1 module from the following optional modules:

SLSP2021Crime, Law and Regulation20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2041Disability Studies: An Introduction20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2052Gender and Society20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2181The Sociology of Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2933Sociology and the Climate Crisis20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2976Social and Public Policy beyond the University20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Basket 4: 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 modules:

SLSP3041Sociology Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLSP3096Research Skills for your Dissertation
Co-requisite for: SLSP3041
20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following optional modules:

FOSS3001State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3617Reimagining Politics: Gender, Race, and Popular Culture20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3810Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP3065Quantitative Social Research20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP3075Disability and Development20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP3211State Crime and Immorality20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP3220Contemporary Children, Young People and Families20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP3230Global Terrorism and Violence20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP3250The Sociology of Objects20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP3500Gender, Technologies and the Body20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP3995Ethnicity and Popular Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules.

Last updated: 02/05/2024 11:24:07

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