Education and Sociology BA (Hons)

Course at a Glance Year 1

• Introduction to Education Studies
• Education for Everyone?
• Observing Education in Action
• Sociological Thinking in the Modern World
• Doing Social Research

Plus a choice of one from the following:

• Youth, identity and difference
• Social Construction of Childhood
• Crime and Society

Year 2

Choose 3 Education modules and 1 Sociology module from:

Education modules

• Preparing for Academic Writing and Research in Education
• Models of Teaching and Learning
• Sociology and Education
• Experiential Learning in Educational Settings (a placement module)
• Representations of Education in Literature and Film
• Diversity and Inclusive Practice with Children and Adults
• Student Initiated Module (20 credits)
• Student Initiated Module (10 credits)

Or a module from an agreed subject or the Free Choice Elective catalogue

Sociology modules

• Contemporary Thinkers
• Innovative Research
• Sociology of Religion
• Sociology of Social Movements

Year 3

All third year students will undertake a Dissertation in either Education or Sociology
A choice of Education modules from the following:

• The Education of Vulnerable Young People
• Reflective Practice in Educational Settings
• Education in Developing Countries
• Policy and Practice in Educational Settings
• Learning, Curriculum and Assessment
• Contemporary Social Theories

Plus a choice of two from the following;

• Research Issues in Social Science
• Sociology of Disease & Illness
• 'Suspect' Populations and 'Insecure' spaces
• The Sociology of Childhood
• The Sociology of Gender
• Religion, Resistance and Rebellion