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2023/24 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Social Policy (Industrial)

Programme code:BA-SOCP4UCAS 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:

Normally 3 A levels or equivalent; GCSE grade C maths 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 and Social Policy

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Social Policy

Programme specification:

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

Study in the programme is structured in ways that provide both breadth and depth, and provides opportunities for demonstrating proficiency in the application of concepts and techniques. Opportunities will also 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
SLSP1190Identities, Inequalities and Policy in Contemporary Society20 creditsNot running in 202324
SLSP1211Formations of Modernity/Coloniality20 creditsNot running in 202324
SLSP1220Social Policy: Poor Laws to the Present20 creditsNot 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:

SLSP2010Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods
Pre-requisite for: SLSP3051
20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLSP2650Key Debates in Social Policy20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

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)
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)
SLSP2932Sociology and the Climate Crisis20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP2975Social and Public Policy beyond the University20 creditsSemester 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 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:

SLSP3051Social Policy Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLSP3095Research Skills for your Dissertation
Co-requisite for: SLSP3051
20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 40 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)
SLSP3230Global Terrorism and Violence20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates can study 20 credits of discovery modules.

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

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