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Social Policy BSc (Hons) – 3 years

Bachelor's degree

In Bath ()

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Duration

    3 Years

Develop an interdisciplinary approach to the study of how governments and societies address social welfare, social justice and individual wellbeing.

In this course, you’ll analyse the transformation of the welfare state and the creation of a more diverse system of welfare. This will enable you to relate these changes to societal, technological and economic changes in Britain and elsewhere.

About this course

In the first year, you will study social policy, sociology and research methods. In social policy units, you will undertake advanced analysis of specific policy areas.

In the second year, you’ll be able to study the related disciplines of sociology, psychology, international development and politics. In your final year, you will undertake a dissertation.

Those who study our social sciences degrees have excellent career options. Our graduates have worked as social and policy researchers, civil servants, international consultants, journalists, accountants and in a variety of government, charity sector and business-related roles.

Our recent graduates have gone on to work for:

Amazon
Guide Dogs
Parliamentary Research Service
Goldman Sachs
BBC Worldwide

We prefer applicants with at least one humanities or social science subject as part of their entry qualifications. This subject might be:

Geography
History
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Religious Studies
Sociology
GCSE grade 4 or C in Mathematics and 4 or C in English (or equivalent from English language category B).

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Subjects

  • Social Policy
  • Public
  • Problems
  • Social
  • Global Context
  • Sociological Theory
  • Sociological
  • Skills
  • Poverty
  • Qualitative

Course programme

Year 1
  • Social problems and social policy
  • Social policy, welfare and the state
  • Understanding society: Britain in global context
  • Academic and research skills 1: introduction to qualitative methods
  • Classical sociological theory
  • Academic and research skills 2: introduction to quantitative methods
  • Plus optional units
Year 2
  • Family matters: the sociology of the family and family policy
  • Poverty, social justice and the state
  • Qualitative social research methods
  • Making and communicating policy: theories and practices
  • Quantitative data analysis
  • Society, welfare and policies in Europe
  • Plus optional units
Year 3
  • Social policy dissertation
  • Social protection and welfare reform
  • Policy evaluation
  • Plus optional units
Optional course units

You can choose from a number of optional units in years 1, 2 and 3. Here are some examples of the units currently being studied by our students.

  • Mind and behaviour
  • Thinking and working cross-culturally: introduction to social analysis of development
  • Social policy and you
  • Sociology of criminal justice policy
  • Ideas about 'terrorism'
Learning and assessmentLearning
  • Laboratory sessions
  • Lectures
  • Practical sessions
  • Seminars
  • Tutorials
  • Workshops
Assessment
  • Coursework
  • Dissertation
  • Essay
  • Oral assessment
  • Practical work
  • Written examination
  • Other

Additional information

Overseas students Fee - 

The tuition fee for the academic year 2020/21 - £18,000


UK/EU application deadline - 15 January 2020

Overseas deadline - 15 January 2020

Social Policy BSc (Hons) – 3 years

£ 9,250 VAT inc.