BA (Hons) Social and Public Policy
Course Overview
This BA in Social and Public Policy provides a comprehensive foundation for understanding the root causes of social problems and the complex process of crafting solutions, both domestically and globally. You will explore how societies address critical issues like poverty, health, and inequality while critically analyzing the effectiveness of policies for diverse groups. The program equips you with essential social science and research methodologies to become an informed advocate for positive change.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain a strong interdisciplinary grounding in sociology, politics, economics, and social psychology.
- Analyze the challenges of policy-making and the persistence of social inequalities.
- Develop practical skills in social research methods to evaluate real-world programs.
- Examine social welfare from both national and expanding international perspectives.
- Critically assess how policies impact specific communities, including children, minorities, and people with disabilities.
Course Overview
This BA in Social and Public Policy provides a comprehensive foundation for understanding the root causes of social problems and the complex process of crafting solutions, both domestically and globally. You will explore how societies address critical issues like poverty, health, and inequality while critically analyzing the effectiveness of policies for diverse groups. The program equips you with essential social science and research methodologies to become an informed advocate for positive change.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain a strong interdisciplinary grounding in sociology, politics, economics, and social psychology.
- Analyze the challenges of policy-making and the persistence of social inequalities.
- Develop practical skills in social research methods to evaluate real-world programs.
- Examine social welfare from both national and expanding international perspectives.
- Critically assess how policies impact specific communities, including children, minorities, and people with disabilities.
Requirements
Modules
- Power, Policy and Social Progress
- Contemporary Issues in Social and Public Policy
- Economy and Society
- Social Evils in the Chocolate City
- Social Harm and Injustice
- Criminal Justice and Inequality
- The Psychological Mind in a Social World
- Policy Think Tank
- Capitalism and the Public Good
- Researching Policy and Society
- Social Inequalities
- Crime and the Life Course
- Contemporary Issues in Criminal justice
- Communities, Participation and Creating Change
- Enabling Places and Spaces: Exploring Social Perspectives on Disability and Mental Health
- Victimology and Victimisation
- Future Worlds of Work
- Independent Study Module
- Drugs: Prevalence, Policy and Practice
- Welfare States and Economic Crises
- Housing and Homelessness: Overcoming Inequality
- Prisons and Penal Policy
- Wellbeing of Children and Young People
- Placement
- Global Social Problems
- Stigma, Power and Resistance
- Crime and Justice in the Online Space
- Vulnerability, Deviance and Social Control
- Social Policy, Crime and Criminal Justice
- Migration, Immigration and Social Policy
- Policing and the Police
- Gender, Violence and Justice
- Environmental Justice, Harm, and Policy
- Education Policy: Divisions & Inequalities
- Left Behind Places
