BA (Hons) Sociology
Course Overview
This course provides a critical and comprehensive study of sociology, empowering you to analyze the forces driving social change in local, national, and global contexts. You will develop a sophisticated sociological imagination to understand the impact of ideas, technology, and conflict on everyday life and future societal directions.
Key Program Highlights
- Develop a critical understanding of the forces driving social change
- Analyze the impact of ideas, technology, and conflict on everyday life
- Explore social relationships from local, national, and global perspectives
- Gain a comprehensive grasp of the sociological imagination
- Optional Year in China at our partner university, XJTLU
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Sep 2026
Sep 2027
Duration
Campus
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Fees and deadlines depend on the selected options. Fees and currency conversion are approximate.
Offer response
2 weeks after your application is submitted
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Course Overview
This course provides a critical and comprehensive study of sociology, empowering you to analyze the forces driving social change in local, national, and global contexts. You will develop a sophisticated sociological imagination to understand the impact of ideas, technology, and conflict on everyday life and future societal directions.
Key Program Highlights
- Develop a critical understanding of the forces driving social change
- Analyze the impact of ideas, technology, and conflict on everyday life
- Explore social relationships from local, national, and global perspectives
- Gain a comprehensive grasp of the sociological imagination
- Optional Year in China at our partner university, XJTLU
Requirements
The requirements may vary based on your selected study options.
Modules
- Controlling Crime - An Introduction
- Introduction to Crime and Society
- Social Change and Social Policy in Contemporary Society 1
- Social Change and Social Policy in Contemporary Society 2: Changing Inequalities
- Becoming a Social Researcher
- Sociological Theory
- Quantitative Social Research Methods
- Qualitative Social Research Methods
- Thinking Sociologically: Approaches to Social Inquiry
- Deviance, Youth and Culture
- Critical Perspectives on Social Policy in the UK
- The Black Presence - Migration and Settlement in Britain 1800-1979
- Critical Education Studies
- Comparing Welfare States
- Climate Change and Society
- Dissertation
- Interchange Portfolio: Work-Based Learning
- Creative Consultant: Dissertation by Portfolio
- Short Interchange Project
- Health, Lifecourse & Society
- Gender and Crime
- Hate Crime and ‘the Stigmatised Other’
- The Risk Society: Crime, Security and Public Policy
- The Violence of Neo-Imperialism: State-Corporate Crime in the Global South
- Culture, Economy and Cities
- Gender and the Welfare State
- Sociologies of Class and Inequality
- Drugs, Crime and Society
- Contemporary Culture and the Seductions of Crime
- 'Race', Community and Identity
- Crime, Justice and the Sex Industry
- Love, Hate and Anger: Emotions and Society
- Cyber Crime, Harm, and Victimisation
- Bodies, Politics and Morality
- Community and Public Involvement in Crime and Criminal Justice
- Architecture and Power: Parliaments, Prisons and Courts
- Men, Masculinities and Social Change
- Nature in Danger: Socio-Political Roots of Environmental Harm
- Love and Marriage: The Sociology of Intimate Relationships
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Tuition fee
Apply by
Start date
Sep 2026
Sep 2027
Duration
Campus
Mode of study
Fees and deadlines depend on the selected options. Fees and currency conversion are approximate.
Offer response
2 weeks after your application is submitted