Religious Studies and Sociology : BA Hons : VL63
Bachelor's degree
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Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Lancaster
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Duration
3 Years
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Lancaster’s Religious Studies and Sociology degree is taught by some of the leading international scholars in both fields. The Complete University Guide 2016 ranks Lancaster ninth for Religious Studies and 11th for Sociology in the UK.
Your degree will help you understand the interface between religion and society and addresses a wide range of issues affecting people’s lives today and the societies in which they live. You’ll also develop sensitivity to the historical contexts that have shaped the contemporary world.
You’ll divide your time equally between courses in Sociology and Religious Studies, starting with the modules Religions of the Modern World and Introduction to Sociology. You’ll be able to specialise and develop your own interests with second-year subjects such as Understanding Social Thought; Islam: Tradition, Community and Contemporary Challenges; Buddhism and Society in Sri Lanka, South-East and East Asia; and Religion and Society. In your final year you can choose from modules which include: Media, Politics and Religion; The Moral Life of Society; New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities; and Religion in Contemporary Indian Life.
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About this course
The skills you’ll gain during your Sociology and Religious Studies degree - such as critical communication skills – are a good foundation for many careers. In increasingly multicultural societies and an integrated world, Religious Studies graduates are highly valued for their understanding of a variety of religions, cultures and values. Furthermore, your study of Sociology enables you to place this knowledge in context within contemporary society.
Lancaster graduates in the subject have chosen a wide range of careers, including roles in the Civil Service, journalism, banking, the police and business, as well as teaching and the caring professions.
Some of our alumni also pursue further study through a postgraduate degree at Lancaster or another institution.
Lancaster University is dedicated to ensuring you not only gain a highly reputable degree, but that you also graduate with relevant life and work based skills. We are unique in that every student is eligible to participate in The Lancaster Award which offers you the opportunity to complete key activities such as work experience, employability/career development, campus community and social development.
A Level ABB
IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.
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Subjects
- Politics
- Sociology
- Religious Studies
- Media
- Buddhism
- Islam
- Religions
- Imagination
- Sociological
- Social Life
- Social Thought
Course programme
Many of Lancaster's degree programmes are flexible, offering students the opportunity to cover a wide selection of subject areas to complement their main specialism. You will be able to study a range of modules, some examples of which are listed below.
Year 1Optional
- Religions of the Modern World
- The Sociological Imagination
Core
- Skills for researching social life
- Understanding Social Thought
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- Bodies in Society
- Buddhism and Modernity in Asian Societies
- Christianity in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations
- Climate Change and Society
- Consumer Culture and Advertising
- Digital Cultures
- Friendship, Intimacy and Society
- Gender, Sexuality and Society
- Islam: Tradition, Community and Contemporary Challenges
- Living Mobilities
- Racisms and Racial Formation
- Religion and Society
Optional
- Cities, Cultures, Creativities - Urban Development in the Age of Global Media
- Classic Encounters
- Disasters: Why do things go wrong?
- Feminism and Social Change
- Independent Dissertation Project
- Independent Research Project by Placement
- Living with Capitalism: Class, Distribution and Recognition
- Media, Religion and Politics
- Nations and Migration
- New religions and alternative spiritualities
- Religion and Violence
- Religion in schools
- Society and Drugs
- Sociology goes to Hollywood
- Sociology of the Future
- Violence and Society
Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years.
Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.
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Religious Studies and Sociology : BA Hons : VL63
-
Weymouth College
Course OnlinePrice on request -
King's College London
Master Distance Learning£ 16,800 -
University of the Highlands and Islands
Master Onlinehigher than £ 9000 -
Weymouth College
Course OnlinePrice on request -
City College Norwich
BTEC OnlinePrice on request -
Canterbury College
BTEC OnlinePrice on request -
Kaplan University
Bachelor's degree Distance LearningPrice on request
See all