Department of Social & Policy Sciences Course Catalogue 2025/26
UHSP-AFB32: BSc(Hons) Social Policy
Route: BSc(Hons) Social Policy
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SOCIAL POLICY
Mode of Attendance: Full-time
Normal course duration: 3 Years
[Page last updated: 25 July 2025]
Applicable assessment regulations: | Undergraduate assessment regulations - /publications/undergraduate-assessment-regulations/ |
Approved exemptions: | None |
Coexistent Masters course?: | No |
DACS and exit awards: | This course has no designated alternative course (DAC).
Exit awards:
Diploma of Higher Education
Certificate of Higher Education
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Weighting towards final award by stage: | Stage 1: 0%
Stage 2: 32%
Final Stage: 68% |
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
Academic Year: Stage 1
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP12002 | The making of modern society | 10 Credits |
| SP12003 | Social problems, social change and the state | 10 Credits |
Semester 1: Stage 1
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP12001 | Becoming a social scientist 1 | 10 Credits |
| SP12009 | Understanding social change | 10 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 1
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP12010 | Becoming a social scientist 2 | 10 Credits |
Optional Units: Select 10 credits from the following list:
| Students must select either one 10-credit option or two 5-credit options from this list. |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP12004 | Crime, social justice, and social policy | 10 Credits |
| SP12011 | Criminal justice processes and practices | 10 Credits |
| SP12012 | International development: political perspectives | 5 Credits |
| SP12013 | International development: regional perspectives | 5 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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| Students must take options worth 20 credits, taking an even number of credits in each semester by either choosing two 10-credit AY units, one 10-credit AY unit and one 5-credit unit in each semester, or two 5-credit units in each semester. |
Academic Year: Stage 2
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP22027 | Policy making: politics and practices | 20 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED22008 | Contemporary issues in childhood and youth: research and intervention | 10 Credits |
| ED22009 | Educational inequalities in global contexts | 10 Credits |
| PS22061 | Mind brain and behaviour | 10 Credits |
Semester 1: Stage 2
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP22019 | Qualitative analysis: the power of immersion | 10 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PL22066 | The politics of international law | 5 Credits |
| SP22054 | Conflict, security and development | 5 Credits |
| SP22057 | Social concepts of humans, monsters, and machines | 5 Credits |
| SP22059 | Sociology of criminal justice policy | 5 Credits |
| SP22060 | The sociology of relationships and family policy | 5 Credits |
| SP22126 | Crime, harm and the environment | 5 Credits |
| SP22127 | Health, governance, and the market | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 2
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP22020 | Quantitative data analysis: the power of statistics | 10 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PL22065 | The politics of gender | 5 Credits |
| SP22023 | Global crimes of the powerful | 5 Credits |
| SP22056 | 'Race' and racism | 5 Credits |
| SP22078 | Sustainable development | 5 Credits |
| SP22128 | Victims and victimology | 5 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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Academic Year: Final Stage
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP32039 | Social policy dissertation | 20 Credits |
| SP32043 | Policy analysis for professional practice | 10 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 30 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PS22008 | Social psychology and individual differences | 10 Credits |
| SP32067 | Crime, media, culture | 10 Credits |
| SP32071 | Humanitarianism | 10 Credits |
| SP32076 | Sociology of death | 10 Credits |
Semester 1: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 15 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED32013 | Contemporary issues in childhood and youth: theory and practice | 5 Credits |
| PL32084 | Digital politics and governance | 5 Credits |
| PL32098 | Postcolonialism and the politics of resistance in Asia, Africa and Latin America | 10 Credits |
| PL32098 | Postcolonialism and the politics of resistance | 10 Credits |
| SP32066 | Atrocities, conflict, human rights | 5 Credits |
| SP32077 | The sociology of experts and evidence | 5 Credits |
| SP32129 | Drugs, crime and society | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 15 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED32017 | Technology and childhood: an international perspective | 5 Credits |
| PL32092 | LGBTQ+ politics | 5 Credits |
| PL32107 | The resurgence of reactionary politics | 5 Credits |
| PS22009 | Developmental psychology | 5 Credits |
| SP32073 | Lobbying, policy communications and democracy | 5 Credits |
| SP32075 | Sexual violence | 5 Credits |
| SP32125 | Gender, sexuality, science, and technology | 5 Credits |
| SP32125 | Gender, Sexuality, Science, and Technology | 5 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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