BA (Hons) Social Policy - Full-time

University of Lincoln

Bachelor's degree

In Lincoln

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Lincoln

  • Duration

    3 Years

The BA (Hons) Social Policy degree draws on a range of social science disciplines in addition to its core focus. These include sociology, politics, philosophy, economics, and law. Students can use these approaches to examine welfare, poverty, and inequality, tackling difficult and often controversial topics, including current issues in the news.

Creating effective social policies is key to tackling the big issues we face in society today such as poverty, health inequality, and unemployment.

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Lincoln (Lincolnshire)
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About this course

This course enables students to explore how social problems arise, how governments react, and the impact this has on citizens and communities.

A diverse range of careers are open to Social Policy graduates. They may include roles in local government and the public sector, in policy development within parliament, lobbying or research with think tanks, or in the charity and not- for-profit sectors. Some graduates continue on to postgraduate study or professional training.

United Kingdom
GCE Advanced Levels: BCC

Non UK Qualifications:
EU and Overseas students will be required to demonstrate English language proficiency equivalent to IELTS 6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. For information regarding other English language qualifications we accept, please visit the English Requirements page

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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • Criminology
  • Politics
  • Psychology
  • Social Policy
  • Sociology
  • Global
  • Law
  • Full Time
  • Social Science
  • Crime

Course programme

First Year
  • Applying Research (Social Sciences) (Core)
  • Images of Crime and Criminal Justice (Option)
  • Key Social Science Concepts (Core)
  • Social Issues and Social Justice (Core)
  • Sociological Imagination (Option)
  • Who Runs Britain? Power, Politics and Beyond (Option)
Second Year
  • (Re)Reading the Sociological Canon I (Option)
  • (Re)reading the Sociological Canon II (Option)
  • Challenges of European Politics (Option)
  • Comparative Politics and Policy (Core)
  • Conceptualising Sex Work (Option)
  • Criminology in the Professions (Option)
  • Debating Welfare States (Core)
  • Ideas and Issues in Political Economy (Option)
  • Ideology into Practice (Core)
  • Medical Law and Ethics (Option)
  • Model United Nations (Option)
  • Nations and Nationalism (Option)
  • Policing Crime and Deviance (Option)
  • Political Parties (Option)
  • Politics and Society in Contemporary China (Option)
  • Psychology in the Criminal Justice Process (Option)
  • Researching in Social Science (Core)
  • Social Engagement (Option)
  • Sociology of Education (Option)
  • Sociology of Law (Option)
  • Sociology of Religion (Option)
  • The Vigilant State: intelligence and national security (Option)
  • Thinking Politics (Option)
  • Understanding the City (Option)
  • Understanding the European Union (Option)
  • Welfare Policy and Work (Option)
  • Work and Society (Option)
  • Youth Justice (Option)
  • Youth, Culture and Resistance (Option)
Third Year
  • Analysing the Policy Process (Core)
  • Body Politics (Option)
  • Care or control? Welfare institutions in Britain before the welfare state (Option)
  • Children, Families and the State (Option)
  • Community and Conflict 1 (Option)
  • Community and Conflict 2 (Option)
  • Counselling and Guidance Skills (Option)
  • Counter-Terrorism Studies (Option)
  • Crimes of the Powerful (Option)
  • Drugs and Society (Option)
  • Family Law (Option)
  • Gender and Violence (Option)
  • Global Civil Society (Option)
  • Global Governance (Option)
  • Human Rights (Social Sciences) (Option)
  • Independent Study (Core)
  • International Law (Option)
  • Multiculturalism and Britishness (Option)
  • New Social Movements (Option)
  • Parliamentary Studies (Option)
  • Police Studies (Option)
  • Political Transformations of Russia and China (Option)
  • Psychology, Crime and Criminology (Option)
  • Race and Racism (Option)
  • Sociology of Health and Illness (Option)
  • The Developing World (Option)
  • The Politics of Global Health (Option)
  • The Politics of Masculinity (Option)
  • Understanding the Policy Process (Core)
  • War Crimes and Genocide (Option)
  • Working With Adults (Option)
  • Working With Children and Families (Option)

Additional information

Full time
3-4 Years

International
£14,100 per level

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