2023/24 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BSc Social Policy with Quantitative Research Methods (no longer recruiting from 2023-24)
| Programme code: | BS-SOCP/QM | UCAS code: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Dr Albert Varela | Contact address: | a.varela@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 360
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 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 and Social Policy
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Social Policy
Programme specification:
The 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.
| SLSP1160 | Understanding and Researching the City | 20 credits | Not running in 202324 | |
| SLSP1170 | Understanding and Researching Contemporary Society | 20 credits | Not running in 202324 | |
| SLSP1190 | Identities, Inequalities and Policy in Contemporary Society | 20 credits | Not running in 202324 | |
| SLSP1211 | Formations of Modernity/Coloniality | 20 credits | Not running in 202324 | |
| SLSP1220 | Social Policy: Poor Laws to the Present | 20 credits | Not running in 202324 |
Discovery modules:
Candidates can 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: 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:
| FOSS2001 | State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| 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 | Not running in 202324 | |
| SLSP2145 | Crime, Race and Ethnicity | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP2150 | Debates in Childhood and Youth | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP2932 | Sociology and the Climate Crisis | 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 can 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:
| LAW3287 | Quantitative Social Research II: Advanced Statistical Modelling and Crime Data | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3061 | Dissertation with Quantitative Research Methods | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLSP3065 | Quantitative Social Research | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following Key Debates optional modules:
| FOSS3001 | State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3075 | Disability and Development | 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) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits of Discovery modules
Candidates may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
Last updated: 15/11/2023 17:12:02
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