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2023/24 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Social Policy and Crime (Industrial)

Programme code:BA-SOCP&C4UCAS code:
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Claudia Radiven Contact address:c.e.radiven@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

- ABB at A-levels; General Studies may be included.
- GCSE Maths, Grade C or equivalent.

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:

Social Policy

Programme specification:

The programme will enable students to understand scholarship and recent research within the policy area of crime. They will have the opportunity to deploy various techniques of analysis and enquiry within Social Policy and Crime, and develop a conceptual understanding of social olicy and crime and criminal justice debates and describe and comment on particular aspects of scholarship and recent research in Social Policy and Crime. They will be able to apply their knowledge and understanding in a Social Policy or Crime dissertation at level 4.

Study in the programme is structured in ways that provide both breadth and depth, and opportunities for demonstrating proficiency in the application of Social Policy and Crime concepts and techniques. Opportunities will be provided for students to develop interests and informed opinions and to undertake some autonomous study.

This is a four year programme with year 3 spent in an industrial placement.



Year1 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

SLSP1160Understanding and Researching the City20 creditsNot running in 202324
SLSP1170Understanding and Researching Contemporary Society20 creditsNot running in 202324
SLSP1180Crime and Deviance20 creditsNot running in 202324
SLSP1190Identities, Inequalities and Policy in Contemporary Society20 creditsNot running in 202324
SLSP1220Social Policy: Poor Laws to the Present20 creditsNot running in 202324

Discovery modules:

Candidates may 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 Methods20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLSP2020Crime, Law and Regulation20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2650Key Debates in Social Policy20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following crime modules:

LAW2420Youth Crime and Justice20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2145Crime, Race and Ethnicity20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

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

FOSS2001State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW2420Youth Crime and Justice20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LLLC2222Violent and Sexually Offending Young People20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2040Disability Studies: An Introduction20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP2050The Sociology of Gender20 creditsNot running in 202324
SLSP2145Crime, Race and Ethnicity20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2150Debates in Childhood and Youth20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2975Social and Public Policy beyond the University20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may 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)

Optional modules:

Discovery modules:


Year4 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

SLSP3095Research Skills for your Dissertation20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following compulsory Dissertation modules:

SLSP3051Social Policy Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLSP3200Dissertation in Crime40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following key debates 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)

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following Crime modules:

LAW3172Crime, Law and Social Change: Crime and Criminal Justice in Historical Perspective20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP3211State Crime and Immorality20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP3230Global Terrorism and Violence20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study 20 credits of discovery modules:

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