Social Sciences
Bachelor's degree
In Lambeth
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Lambeth
Overview
The many faces of inequality. Shifting relationships between the Global North and South. War, displacement and people trafficking. Child exploitation and care scandals. Black Lives Matter, transactivism, and the #MeToo campaign against sexual harassment. Rising Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and resurgent nationalism. Green politics. Fake news.
Questions about how we understand, structure and change society have never been more urgent. This course welcomes students from across the world to the heart of London to provide them with an internationally and practically oriented understanding of the ways in which core debates within the social sciences can shape our responses to pressing social and policy questions.
Key benefits
Learn how to make a difference in the world. Our innovative curriculum, which enables students to focus on issues that matter to them, encourages and supports creativity, risk-taking and social action, teaching you the knowledge, skills and confidence to communicate, collaborate, organise and persuade.
Gain first-hand knowledge of the world of work. Our links with communities, organisations and institutions of the capital will provide you with an array of opportunities for learning and forging new networks. Practitioners from a range of external social and policy relevant organisations contribute to the teaching and host reciprocal visits and work placements.
Develop inter-disciplinary literacy. Real-world social, political and ethical questions do not fall into neat disciplinary boxes. You will learn to apply and combine perspectives from a range of social science disciplines including sociology, social policy and politics.
Work with academics who are world leading in their fields and committed to high quality research-led education. As well as having a proven track record of research and teaching excellence, the experience of the course team extends beyond academia to include work with a range of policy and cultural institutions.
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Subjects
- Politics
- Credit
- Social Policy
- Sociology
- Teaching
- Global
- University
- Social Science
Course programme
Year 1
Year 1
Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.
King’s College London reviews optional modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.
In Year 1 you will study 120 credits worth of required modules. In addition, there is a two-day non-credit bearing workshop designed to introduce students to the course philosophy and ways of working and help students with the transition to university study.
Required ModulesYou are required to take the following modules:
- Understanding the Social World (30 credits)
- Introduction to Social Theory (30 credits)
- Power, Inequality and Social Change (30 credits)
- Social Justice and Policy Analysis (30 credits)
There are no optional modules in your first year.
Year 2
Year 2
In year 2 you will start to specialise in your chosen pathway. Students on both pathways will take 60 credits worth of required modules with the remaining 60 credits made up of optional modules, with at least 45 credits worth of modules taken from your chosen pathway.
Required ModulesYou are required to take the following modules:
- The Uses of Theory (15 credits)
- Principles and Methods of Social Research (30 credits)
- Work Placement (15 credits) or Social Sciences at Work (15 credits)
In addition you are required to take 60 credits worth of optional modules, with at least 45 credits worth of modules taken from your chosen pathway.
Sociology and Social Policy Pathway
- Gender and Sexual Politics (15 credits)
- Race, Ethnicity and Society (15 credits)
- Culture, Media and Society (15 credits)
- Environment, Policy and Society (15 credits)
- A 15-credit module from the Children, Youth and Society pathway or approved module from other courses or the Modern Language Centre
Children, Youth and Society Pathway
- Global Childhoods and Youth: past and present (15 credits)
- Philosophical Perspectives on Childhood and Youth (15 credits)
- Children, Families and the State (15 credits)
- Children and International Development (15 credits)
- A 15-credit module from the Sociology and Social Policy pathway or approved module from other courses or the Modern Language Centre
You will also have the opportunity to study abroad for the second semester of your second year. Our partner universities currently include:
- Hong Kong University
- National University of Singapore
- University of California
- George Washington University
- University of Sydney
- University of Auckland
Year 3
Year 3
In year 3 you are required to take two modules. The remaining 75 credits are made up of optional modules, at least three modules must be from your chosen pathway.
Required ModulesYou are required to take the following modules:
- Advanced Methods for Social Research (15 credits)
- Dissertation (30 credits). This is a 6,000 word project or theoretical essay on a social science topic of your choice.
In addition, you are required to take 75 credits worth of optional modules, including at least three modules from your chosen pathway.
Sociology and Social Policy Pathway
- Work Placement (15 credits) (if not taken in year 2)
- Social Sciences at Work (15 credits) (if not taken in year 2)
- Education for the 21st Century: a global perspective (15 credits)
- Analysing Health and Social Care (15 credits)
- Civil and Political Rights (15 credits)
- Political Activism and Social Change (15 credits)
- Culture, Media and Society (15 credits)
- Up to 30 credits worth of modules from the Children, Youth and Society pathway or of approved modules from other courses or the Modern Language Centre
Children, Youth and Society Pathway
- Work Placement (15 credits) (if not taken in year 2)
- Social Sciences at Work (15 credits) (if not taken in year 2)
- International and Comparative Youth Justice (15 credits)
- Transition to Adulthood: a multi-disciplinary perspective (15 credits)
- Childhood and Youth in Troubled Times (15 credits)
- Learning Out of School: play, youth work and social pedagogy (15 credits)
- Children, Families and the State (15 credits)
- Up to 30 credits worth of modules from the Sociology and Social Policy pathway or of approved modules from other courses or the Modern Language Centre
Social Sciences