Sociology BA (Hons)

Course at a Glance Year 1

Core Modules:

• Sociological ways of thinking 
• Doing social research

Optional Modules:

• Media and culture
• Youth, Identity and Difference
• Childhood inequalities
• Crime and Society
• Communities, cultures, and identities
• Education for everyone?
• State and Society; Europe 1815-1914
• Volunteering and community action
• Peer led outreach education
• Elective (such as a Language)

Year 2

Core Modules:

• Contemporary Thinkers 
• Innovative Research

Optional Modules:

• Understanding Interpersonal Violence
• Sociology of Religion
• The Sociology of Social Movements
• Sociology and Education
• Diversity and inclusion in Education
• Diversity and Inclusive Practice with Children and Adults
• Perceptions of crime and punishment in England 1700-1900
• Community history project
• Philosophy of science and social theory
• Mentoring in the community

Year 3

Core Modules:

• Dissertation in Sociology

Optional Modules:

• Sexy bodies; sexuality and the body
• Sociology of Disability
• Sociology of childhood
• Suspect populations and insecure spaces
• Sex, Violence and Strategies
• Human Trafficking and ‘Modern Day’ Slavery
• Student Initiated Module
• Thatcher’s Britain 1979-1990
• Public space in the city: a social and cultural history c.1850-1910