Department of Social & Policy Sciences Course Catalogue 2025/26
UHSP-AFB37: BSc(Hons) Social Sciences
Route: BSc(Hons) Social Sciences
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
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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Academic Year: Stage 2
Optional Units: Select 20 credits 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 |
| ED22011 | Language, curriculum and pedagogy | 10 Credits |
| PS22061 | Mind brain and behaviour | 10 Credits |
| SP22022 | Contemporary sociological theory | 10 Credits |
| SP22025 | Theorising crime, justice and punishment | 10 Credits |
| SP22027 | Policy making: politics and practices | 20 Credits |
Semester 1: Stage 2
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SP22019 | Qualitative analysis: the power of immersion | 10 Credits |
Optional Units: Select 10 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PL22066 | The politics of international law | 5 Credits |
| SP22024 | The history and politics of crime and punishment | 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 10 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PL22065 | The politics of gender | 5 Credits |
| SP22023 | Global crimes of the powerful | 5 Credits |
| SP22053 | Civil society and social movements: global perspectives | 5 Credits |
| SP22056 | 'Race' and racism | 5 Credits |
| SP22064 | Youth justice | 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 |
| SP32040 | Social sciences dissertation | 20 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 4 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED32016 | Science education: theory and practice | 10 Credits |
| PS22008 | Social psychology and individual differences | 10 Credits |
| SP32043 | Policy analysis for professional practice | 10 Credits |
| SP32044 | Sociology and beyond | 10 Credits |
| SP32067 | Crime, media, culture | 10 Credits |
| SP32069 | Global development in the climate crisis | 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 3 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED22010 | Introduction to English language teaching | 5 Credits |
| ED32013 | Contemporary issues in childhood and youth: theory and practice | 5 Credits |
| ED32015 | Science education in practice | 5 Credits |
| PL32084 | Digital politics and governance | 5 Credits |
| SP32066 | Atrocities, conflict, human rights | 5 Credits |
| SP32074 | Policing | 5 Credits |
| SP32077 | The sociology of experts and evidence | 5 Credits |
| SP32129 | Drugs, crime and society | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PL32078 | Constructing the past in Europe | 10 Credits |
| PL32088 | Global transitions and retreats from democracy | 10 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 |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 4 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED32014 | Issues in science education | 5 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 |
| SP32072 | Incarceration | 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 |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PL32100 | Russian politics and society | 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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