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2023/24 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BSc Sociology with Quantitative Research Methods (Industrial)

Programme code:BS-SOC/QM4UCAS code:
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Albert Varela Contact address:a.varela@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

To be eligible, students must have passed 120 credits at level 2. They must have achieved a mark of 60 or above in SLSP2010 Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods. They would also be expected to have achieved an average mark of at least 60% across all modules at level 2.

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:

This programme will:

- Provide students with an operational understanding of the logic and principles of quantitative social research
- Enable students to apply the logic and principles to a range of substantive settings, including case-study and comparative approaches
- Provide the skills to be able to apply a wide range of statistical techniques - from introductory to advanced - on real world datasets to derive social scientific insights.
- Conceive, design and conduct a quantitative social research project from inception to reporting using data management and exploratory and confirmatory analytical techniques, including numerical summaries, data visualisation, hypothesis tests and statistical models.

Such learning outcomes will contribute to students’ capacity to progress to further study at postgraduate level, bring a substantial set of social science analytical tools to the full range of disciplinary Masters and PhD programmes, as well as very strong analytical skillsets for the employment market. Combined with the wide array of subjects in SSP, the applications of QM for undergraduates will be extremely diverse. Graduates from the Pathway programme should enter the new cohort of academic, public- and private-sector analysts where their skills are increasingly in demand

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)
PFP
SLSP1213Formations of Coloniality and Modernity20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PFP

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:

SLSP2010Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods
Pre-requisite for: SLSP3041		20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PFP
SLSP2730Central Problems in Sociology20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PFP

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 60 credits from the following optional modules:

FOSS2001State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2020Crime, Law and Regulation20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2040Disability Studies: An Introduction20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2051Gender and Society20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2145Crime, Race and Ethnicity20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2150Debates in Childhood and Youth20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2180The Sociology of Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2932Sociology and the Climate Crisis20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2975Social and Public Policy beyond the University20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO2251Sociology of Religion20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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:

CSER8000Work Placement Year120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

LAW3287Quantitative Social Research II: Advanced Statistical Modelling and Crime Data20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PFP
SLSP3061Dissertation with Quantitative Research Methods40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PFP
SLSP3065Quantitative Social Research20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PFP

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:

FOSS3001State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
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)
SLSP3500Gender, Technologies and the Body20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP3995Ethnicity and Popular Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Last updated: 12/05/2023 16:52:04

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