BSc Social Science (full time)

Year 1: 120 CATS at level 4, Introductions: Understanding the Social World (level 4) Social Inequalities and Diversities (Level 4) 2 x Level 4 Options Year 2: 120 CATS at level 5Social Relations and Social Policy (level 5) TERMS 1 and 2Knowing the Social World (level 5) TERM 32 x Level 5 Options Year 3: 120 CATS at level 64 x Level 6 OptionsOR1x Dissertation (Workshops in TERM 1) +1x Level 6 modules 

BSc Social Science 2014/15 (part time)Year 1: 90 CATS at level 4, Introductions: Understanding the Social World (level 4) 2 x Level 4 Options Year 2: 30 CATS at level 4 and 60 CATS at level 5, Social Inequalities and Diversities (level 4) TERM 1Knowing the Social World (level 5) TERM 31x Level 5 Option Year 3: 60 CATS at level 5 and 30 CATS at level 6Social Relations and Social Policy (level 5) TERMS 1 and 2Knowing the Social World (level 5) TERM 31 x Level 6 Option Year 4: 90 CATS at level 6, 3 Level 6 modules OR1x Dissertation (Workshops in TERM 1)2x Level 6 modules

BSc Social SciencesPathwaysYou must take:One 30 CATS module in the specialist area at level 5 Two 30 CATS modules in the specialist area at level 6

– BSc Social Science– BSc Social Science with Communication*– BSc Social Science with Development Studies– BSc Social Science with Geography– BSc Social Science with History– BSc Social Science with Politics– BSc Social Science with Psychosocial Studies– BSc Social Science with Social Anthropology– BSc Social Science with Social Policy*For BSc Social Science with Communication, you must have ‘Approaches to Language’ Level 4

How to choose your options

• Substantive topic• Disciplinary approach• Length of course• Number of credits• Assessment• Timing

Applied Linguistics and Communication

NB you must have taken Approaches to Language at level 4 to take the level 5 and 6 options

Development Studies

Level Module Title Credits

5  

Children, Youth and International Development

 

30  

5 Development Studies Independent Studies Module

 

30

6 Environment & Development (tbc) 30

6 Anthropology, Development and Tourism 30

6 Race, Ethnicity and Development 30

6 Globalisation in the Contemporary World 30

Geography

Level Module Title Credits

5 Contemporary debates in Food & Farming (level 5) 30

5 Environment and Security 30

5 Environment, Economy and Society in Europe 30

5 Urbanisation in Developing Countries 30

5 Social Conflict 30

Geography level Module Credit

6 Principles of GIS 30

6 Cities and Urban Inequalities 30

6 Environment and Development 30

6 Globalisation in the Contemporary World 30

6 Landscape Change: Past and Future 30

6 People Policies and Practice 30

6 Gender: Space & Time 30

History

Level Module Title Credits

5 British History from1750 

30

5 European History, 1500-1800 

30

5The Archaeology of the Roman Empire

30

5The Greek World Archaic and Classical Periods

30

5British History

30

5Method and Practice in Archaeology

30

5 The Medieval World c1100-c1500 30

HistoryLevel Module Credit

6 Power and Self-Representation in the Greek and Hellenistic Worlds

30

6 Cultures of Violence in Late 19th and 20th Century Britain and America

30

6 Living in the Middle Ages: From Cookery to Castles 30

6 France from 1870 30

6 Science and Religion: From Galileo to Global Warming 30

6 Religion, Magic and Society in Late Antiquity 30

6 The Birth of a Superpower: China from 1900 to the Present Day 30

6 Rebellions and Revolutions: Britain c.1588-1689 30

6 Work and Play in Early Modern Britain 30

6 Under the Volcano: The first and last days of Pompeii 30

6 The archaeology of prehistory 30

6 The birth of Modern Germany 30

6 Political and Social Change in the Middle East since 1918 30

Philosophy

Level Module title Credits

6 Topics in Ancient Philosophy 15

6 Philosophy of Art 15

6 Evolution and Philosophy 15

6 Philosophy and Gender 15

6 The Idea of Freedom 15

6 Morality, Nature and Evolution 15

6 The Philosophy of Nietzsche 15

6 Philosophy, Business and Society 15

6 Political Power 15

6 Philosophy of Science 15

6Twentieth Century Continental Social Philosophy

15

PoliticsLevel Module Title Credits

5 Democracy and Authoritarianism 30

 5 Introduction to International Political Economy 30

5 Contemporary British Politics 30

6 The Politics of European Integration 30

6 International Migration and Transnationalism 30

6Nationalism, Ethnicity and Religious Confilict

30

6 Problems of Explanation and Interpretation 30

6Empires: A Historical Sociology of International Relations

30

6 The US in International Politics 30

6 Contemporary American Politics 30

6 Digital Politics 30

6 Politics, Power and Human Nature 30

Psycho-Social Studies

Level Module Title Credits

5 Social Justice 30

6Introduction to

Psychoanalysis30 

6Social Theory and

Sociology 30

Social Anthropology

Level Module Title Credits

5 Material Culture, Consumption and the Construction of the Self

30

5Anthropology, Tourism and Development

30 

5 Anthropology of Space, Architecture and Landscape

 30

6Anthropology, Tourism and Development

30

6 Anthropology of Space, Architecture and Landscape

30

Social Policy

Level Module Title Credits

5 Participation and Community Engagement 30

5 Social Justice 30

5 Social Conflict 30

6Equality and Diversity: The Development of Policy and

Practice in Britain 30

6 The politics of Race and Diaspora 30