Sociology BA (Hons)

Course content What will you study?

Here is an overview of current modules available on this course. Regular updates may mean that exact module titles may differ.

Year 1

Mandatory

• Approaching the Crisis: 21st Century Sociology
• Applying Sociology

Optional

• Family Lives
• Origins of Sociological Thought
• Democracy? the story of an ideal
• Welfare for All? the story of a dream
• Introduction to Televisual Cultures

Year 2

Mandatory

• Pathways in Sociology
• Sociology Research Design & Methods

Optional

• Constructions of Crime: media representations and policy debates
• People at Work: Sociological Perspectives
• Campaign Power - People, Pressure Groups and Social Debates
• Work Project Module
• Housing, Housing Problems and Homelessness
• 'Race' and Ethnicity in Contemporary Britain
• Global Intimacies

Year 3

Mandatory

• Independent Study

Optional

• Work Project Module
• Response to Crime: The Justice Process
• Pornography and Modern Culture
• History of Sexuality
• Body & Society
• Extension Module
• 'Race', Ethnicity and Education
• Education and The Sociological Imagination
• Risk Society
• Constructing Emotions: social/political perspectives
• Capitalism and Globalisation

• Case study Alice Byrne

  BA (Hons) Sociology and Politics graduate

  Alice chose her Joint Honours courses because she lived in Worcester, liked the course information and felt comfortable at the Open Day. Alice loved the variety of modules and the lecturers where fantastic. She is currently volunteering as well as fulfilling family care responsibilities. Alice has applied to undertake a taught MA at Warwick University in Gender and International Development, and then plans to return to Worcester to study for a PhD.

• Case study Nathan Richardson

  BA (Hons) Media & Cultural Studies and Sociology graduate

  Nathan graduated in 2010 and decided to study at Worcester because of the positive things that I had heard about the university and the town of Worcester itself. Also, Worcester offered a greater range of courses that I could study in combination, and this was the main reason why I chose it. The best feature of the Sociology course was the way that it broadened how I viewed society and its structures. I found the modules that focussed on race and education the most interesting. Nathan is currently working as a Behaviour Support Officer in a secondary school, where he is second in charge of an inclusion unit. Nathan also teaches RE and Citizenship unqualified. Nathan will be fulfilling his ambition to become a fully qualified teacher when he takes up a place at the University of Roehampton to complete his PGCE Secondary in Religious Education in September 2014.

• Case study Horace Coward

  Graduate, Sociology BA (Hons)

  Coming to university made me feel 20 years younger. I was just another student, and I felt like I really belonged. I have spoken at several groups and talked about what I have done, with the aim of proving to others that they can do it too. It's amazing how many people say I wish I could be like you - and I tell them 'you can'."

• Case study Kirsten Nayler

  BA (Hons) Sociology graduate

  Kirsten chose the course at Worcester initially for reasons of convenience, because I had two very young children at the time and needed to study somewhere within a reasonable distance from my home. The flexible, modular system suited my needs and the University appeared friendly and approachable. As a mature student who had not studied at A level, this was important as I didnt feel intimidated or overwhelmed. The course was excellent with a good choice of modules that covered a wide range of topics within sociology. The lecturers were knowledgeable, approachable and made the effort to get to know their students. The assessments were varied and interesting, offering a variety of questions from which to select. The modular system also enabled me to sample other subjects: I studied a number of History modules which were very interesting and there were modules in completely unrelated subjects that were also available to me.

  Kirsten is currently working as part-time administrator at the Universitys Graduate Research School because it is a job that fits in with my childcare responsibilities. However I would really like to carry on with further study in the future and to complete a Masters or MPhil degree.