Department of Social & Policy Sciences Course Catalogue 2025/26
UHSP-AKB05: BSc (hons) Social Sciences
Route: BSc(Hons) Social Sciences with Year long work placement
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
Mode of Attendance: Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement
Normal course duration: 4 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: | BSc (hons) Social Sciences Diploma of Higher Education [exit award] Certificate of Higher Education [exit award] Transfer to DAP possible from study years as follows: Year 1: No; Year 2: No; Year 3: Yes; Year 4: No; |
Weighting towards final award by stage: | Stage 1: 0% Stage 2: 32% Stage 3: 0% Final Stage: 68% |
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
This course is being replaced. Years 1 to 3 of this version are not available in 2025/6. |
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 choose 40 credits of options. They must take at least two 10 credit optional units, and have an even balance of credits per semester. All-year 10 credit units are treated as having 5 credits per semester. |
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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