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2023/24 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Sociology and International Relations (Industrial)

Programme code:BA-SOC&INTR4UCAS code:
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Hizer Mir Contact address:h.mir@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

AAB at A-level plus GCSE Mathematics Grade C
International Baccalaureate: 36 Points overall, including 17 at Higher Level

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/Politics and International Relations

Programme specification:

The proposed programme combines research strengths from both of the contributing Schools. It will provide students with the opportunity to study a combination of modules form both Schools. The programme will complement the existing Faculty portfolio of JH programmes and it is hoped will attract international interest.


Year1 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

PIED1110Comparative Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1511International Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP1200Sociology of Modern Societies20 creditsNot running in 202324
SLSP1211Formations of Modernity/Coloniality20 creditsNot running in 202324

Optional modules:

Students may take 0-20 credits of the following optional modules:

SLSP1160Understanding and Researching the City20 creditsNot running in 202324
SLSP1170Understanding and Researching Contemporary Society20 creditsNot running in 202324

Discovery modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20-40 credits of discovery modules.


Year2 - View timetable

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

Over levels 2 and 3 taken combined students must take:

- International Relations: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- Sociology: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- Plus 40 credits in elective modules or further modules in the named subjects.

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

PIED2501Theories of International Relations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2558Security Studies20 creditsNot running in 202324
SLSP2010Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLSP2730Central Problems in Sociology20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

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

PIED2301Politics and Policy in the EU20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2403Comparative Politics of Pacific Asia20 creditsNot running in 202324
PIED2448Politics of Contemporary China20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2455State and Politics in Africa20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED2463United States Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.


Year3 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study one of the following optional modules:

CSER8000Work Placement Year120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PIED8800POLIS Industrial Placement (Full Year)120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Year4 - View timetable

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

Over levels 2 and 3 taken combined students must take:

- International Relations: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- Sociology: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- Plus 40 credits in elective modules or further modules in the named subjects.

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study one of the following 40 credit compulsory dissertation modules:

PIED3750Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLSP3041Sociology Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates will be required to take the following module if they have chosen the SLSP3041 Sociology Dissertation:

SLSP3095Research Skills for your Dissertation
Co-requisite for: SLSP3041
20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

School of Politics PIED3750 Dissertation Route:
Candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following Sociology optional modules:

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)
SLSP3500Gender, Technologies and the Body20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP3995Ethnicity and Popular Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

School of Sociology SLSP3041 Sociology Dissertation (with SLSP3095 Research Skills for your Dissertation) Route:
Candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following International Relations optional modules:

PIED3158British Foreign Policy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3325Europe in the World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3402American Foreign Policy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3408Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3565Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3608Philosophy of Human Rights20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:

FOSS3001State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3158British Foreign Policy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3160Prime Ministers and British Politics20 creditsNot running in 202324
PIED3171The Politics of national identity in the UK20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3205Politics of Rural Transformation in Developing Countries20 creditsNot running in 202324
PIED3207International Development and Social Policy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3261Violence and Reconciliation in Africa20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3305The Far Right in Europe and Beyond20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3310Britain and the EU20 creditsNot running in 202324
PIED3325Europe in the World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3402American Foreign Policy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3408Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3565Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3608Philosophy of Human Rights20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3611Radical Political Ideas20 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)
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.

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