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Programme code | 9SPOL007U |
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Programme type | Joint Honours (UG) |
Programme director(s) |
David Sweeting (Social Policy)
Elizabeth Evans (Politics) |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Second School/department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Relevant QAA subject benchmark groups |
Social Policy (2019) (benchmark statement)
Politics and international relations (2023) (benchmark statement) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 3 years (full time) |
Both the School for Policy Studies with the Department of Politics aim to provide excellence in teaching and learning within a thriving research culture. As Social Policy is a multi-disciplinary subject drawing upon a variety of social science perspectives, the Joint degree programme allows students to broaden and deepen their understanding and knowledge of a contributing subject. Studying Social Policy and Politics as a Joint Honours degree gives students a unique insight into the ways in which the political process impacts on the formulation of social policies and deepens their understanding of the dynamics of social policy change.
The Social Policy element of the programme provides students with a critical understanding of welfare systems past and present in the UK, as well as reflections on future welfare systems. Students are exposed to competing theories, principles and concepts including comparative welfare perspectives, and are given grounding in the policy-making process and an understanding of the impacts of policy. The Politics element aims to expose students to the core theoretical constructs of the main subfields of politics and expand their knowledge of a range of political systems, institutions, practices, behaviours and ideas. The aim is to stimulate student interest in political theory, theoretical constructs and perspectives, political analysis, political regions, systems and institutions and contemporary international relations.
The goal of the Joint Honours programme is to produce top quality, highly motivated graduates who have an advanced understanding of theoretical and conceptual tools with which to critically evaluate social policy and politics. It places primary emphasis on students' cognitive and research skills, particularly their written analysis. However, the assessment procedures encourage students to develop a broad range of transferable skills, including oral argument, rigorous time management skills, critical thinking, conceptualisation, independent learning and team-work.
The two departments have strong research collaboration and links: members of staff are involved in cross-faculty research themes; and jointly-organised conferences and seminars. The outcome of this is fed into research-led teaching by staff from both departments.
The Joint degree course positions students for further research and/or a career in research and may also enhance career prospects by making students marketable to a greater variety of employers.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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The School's teaching learning and assessment strategy is based on [SB 4.1-4.9]:The acquisition of knowledge, understanding and analytical skills though lectures, seminars, individual supervision, team-work, debate, simulation, literature reviews, and independent study. The application of learning technologies include the use of the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Blackboard (all units registered), discussion boards, the internet, visual presentations, power-point, and handouts. The effective use of a wide range of literature and information sources are encouraged via the use of primary texts, academic texts, journal articles, the use of course packs, websites, popular culture materials (film and fiction) and other media. |
Methods of Assessment | |
The Politics Department provides for a range of formative and summative assessment across its degree programmes, including analytic and substantive exercises, presentations and participation, literature reviews, sessional examinations, analytical and research-based essays for formative and summative assessment, , unseen mock examinations, classificatory examinations and a Politics dissertation at Level H (optional for joint honours students) [SB 4.1-4.9]. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Critical academic abilities and intellectual skills are developed through a range of methods and strategies at different levels [SB4.1-4.9]. At Level C, learning methods include lectures and seminars. Learning is also facilitated by assignments and exercises. At Level I (Intermediate), students continue to be taught through a lecture and seminar programme, although with greater emphasis on the importance of independent study. At Level H, the strategy for learning focuses on individual, research-based learning. For most units, students participate in two-hour long research-oriented seminars. They are provided with the opportunity to conduct an independent research project in the form of a Politics dissertation. At all levels, the learning strategy focuses on the application of critical and creative thinking, an understanding of the contested nature of political concepts and the relationship between theory and evidence. Organisational and methodological research skills are specifically developed through the pre-requisite research methods unit at level I that offers training for the dissertation unit at level H. At all levels, each unit, lecture and seminar has clearly stated objectives and learning outcomes on the syllabus. All modes of written assessment (except examinations and the dissertation) receive written feedback sheets covering cognitive skills (including analysis and evidence), research skills, and skills in written communication. Written feedback in oral presentations covers such issues as time keeping, delivery, and content, as well as basis for improvement. The Department of Politics also provides a study skills advisor (for skills in written communication and English-language) and an IT advisor (each advisor holds a 1 hour weekly drop-in session). Learning methods also include the use of the VLE (Blackboard), general library classes (level C) and specialised library classes (Level H) to assist with independent research. Joint honours students who write a Politics dissertation are also provided with individual research tuition. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Methods of assessment such as essays, examinations and exercises are linked to learning methods and strategies [SB 4.1-4.9]. All modes of assessment require critical thinking, the application of concepts to empirical data, an ability to link argument and evidence and the application of formal presentational techniques. At level I, methods of assessment increase the use of independent study. Assessment methods also include critical oral analysis through the extensive use of participation, debate and presentation. At Level H, methods of assessment combine the option for a major independent project (the Politics dissertation) with analytical and research-based essay writing and unseen classificatory examinations. The use of extended seminars (rather than lectures) for teaching and learning develops students' critical analytical oral skills through sustained discussion, debate and research-based presentations. All exercises assess the ability to think critically, creatively and analytically. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Effective communication skills are developed through a number of strategies from Level C onwards, including analytical essay writing, exercises, and the requirement that students coherently and persuasively integrate evidence and argument [SB 4.1-4.9]. The ability to present and communicate a sustained argument in written format is developed through analytical and research-based formative and summative essays and the word dissertation. Oral communication skills are developed from Level C onwards in seminar discussions, debates and presentations. Communication skills (written and oral) are developed via the use of feedback sheets covering skills in written communication and, for oral presentations, issues of time keeping, delivery, content, and improvement. Team-work skills are developed through group exercises in seminars and team-work presentations. Effective use of information technology is developed through the use of the VLE (all units in the Politics Department are registered on Blackboard), the use of the internet for both academic and non-academic sources, and email. The Politics Department organises Library training sessions at Level C and Level I to ensure adequate understanding of learning resources. The Department also offers study skills tuition. An appreciation of professional standards and integrity are developed through guidelines and handouts on plagiarism, referencing, bibliographies, word length, deadlines and guidelines on penalties for violating institutional/departmental rules on each of the above. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Written skills are assessed from Level C onwards through analytical and research-based essays (formative and summative). All essays receive a mark and written feedback via an essay-feedback sheet (in cases of summative assessment at Levels I and H, the Department retains copies of all essay feedback sheets). The coherence and fluency of written communication skills under pressure are assessed through examination papers at Level C, Level I and Level H. Oral presentation skills are assessed through the credit point framework. All oral presentations receive a mark and written feedback from the seminar tutor. An ability to work independently is assessed through coursework and presentations, essays, preparation for examinations and, if taken as an option, the Politics dissertation. Information technology skills are ensured by requiring that all written work is word-processed, all students must be in email communication with the Department, and all students are expected to make use of the internet and the VLE (Blackboard). Professional standards and integrity are ensured by strictly imposed penalties for late submission of work, inappropriate referencing and over length essays (formative and summative). |
Embedded within the curriculum |
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Co-curricular opportunities |
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Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
At level C [CFUB, SB 2.1 (1)], the student is expected to have gained a foundational knowledge and understanding of the problems associated with the nature and study of politics. At this level, the foundational knowledge will comprise three out of the four major subfields of politics: these are comparative and national politics; political theory; research methods and world politics. The student is expected to attain a grounding in those three sub-fields taken. The student should show an ability to write clearly and analytically about key concepts of political science and use them to evaluate empirical evidence. The expectation is that students at Level C may require substantial direction from tutors with guidance on the development of study skills. The student should be able to use the library and other learning facilities, such as the VLE (Blackboard), to the appropriate level. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
At level I (CFUB) the student is expected to complete a foundational knowledge by taking the remaining unit at level C from the four sub-fields, that which was not studied during the first year. The student is also expected to have further developed his/her knowledge and understanding of politics and have acquired a more specialised understanding and broader range of theories, concepts and cases. The student is expected to be able to evaluate material by applying a range of critical perspectives and competing theoretical lenses to the analytic problem and should have acquired a strong conceptual understanding of areas of the discipline for later theoretical and substantive units. Students will extend their analytical skills, their ability to structure their work and present it fluently. They are expected to be developing a greater capacity for self-directed learning (for example, through the researching and writing of essays) and should be increasingly sophisticated in their ability to discuss and present information and ideas. Students will have the option to study research design should they wish to undertake a dissertation at level H. Students are also expected to have a strong grasp of the requisites of institutional learning and the norms of integrity and professionalism. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
At level H [CFUB], students are expected to broaden and deepen their knowledge of politics through their study of specialised optional subjects, the units being more closely linked to staff research interests [SB 3.1 (5). See SB 5.1-5.4]. They are expected to acquire a greater appreciation of the dominant conceptual and methodological approaches used in many areas of the discipline in more complexity and be able to apply these appropriately [SB 3.1 (2) (b), 3.2 (1) (a )]. Units at Level H offer greater opportunities for the use of primary source material in research. There is greater emphasis on independence in student learning and originality of thought and greater competence in oral and written presentation. Students are expected to develop further their ability to gather and assimilate information from diverse sources, to synthesise in an appropriate way and to engage in sophisticated critical evaluation of political arguments and texts [SB 3.2(1) (a )]. Students are encouraged to develop and test their own critical judgements and arguments, to develop greater independence and self-directed study and to further extend individual and group work skills [SB 3.1 (5)]. Students may choose to develop research skills through the option of a dissertation. |
The intended learning outcome mapping document shows which mandatory units contribute towards each programme intended learning outcome.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Teaching is by a mixture of formal lectures, more interactive small group teaching and presentations and discussions in student led seminars. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Throughout the programme there is a combination of formative and summative assessment. Formative assessment is given through marking unit course work essays, feedback on student presentations and on a variety of project work. Summative assessment is through a combination of unseen written examinations and essays. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Intellectual skills are being developed through the teaching and learning programme outlined above (and in Section 11) – and in particular learners are exposed to these forms of analysis in the lecture programme. Acquisition of these skills are further developed by discussion of key issues in seminars, by summarising key points from reading, by making presentations in seminars and by preparation for assessments. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Formative assessment of intellectual skills is through unit course work essays, feedback on student presentations and on a variety of project work. Summative assessment of intellectual skills is through unseen written examination or essay. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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All units require regular written work and feedback is concerned with enhancing the learners' powers of expression Skill 4 is acquired through experience of learning to manage time and meet deadlines which are all given at the outset of each unit (for eg. Handing in essays and completing other tasks on to time). Other skills are developed in seminars, classes and workshops, which rely on facilitated discussion and interaction as well as individual or group presentations. Skill 6 is achieved through self-reflection on course work unit essays, in comparison with tutor's feedback on essay and discussion with tutor concerned. It is also developed in some units by self and peer appraisal of class presentation. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Practical Skills: Formative assessment of skills 1-3 is through course work unit essays, feedback on student presentations and on a variety of project work. Summative assessment of skills 1 to 2 is through unseen written examination or assessed essays. Transferable Skills: Effective communication of ideas is an important criterion in assessing all areas of a learner's work.All skills are formatively assessed through unit course work essays and student presentations. Skills 1,2 and 4 are also summatively assessed through unseen written examinations, assessed extended essays and the dissertation, and skill 4 is assessed by the ability to meet the deadlines set for assessment. |
Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
At the end of this level, learners are expected to be able to demonstrate knowledge of the historical and contemporary issues in the production and supply of welfare, primarily in the UK. They should be able to show awareness in general terms of the major theoretical perspectives in social policy and show a basic level of competence in appropriate skills. The expectation is that their work may require substantial direction from members of staff. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
At the end of this level, learners are expected to be able to demonstrate that they have expanded the range and depth of their knowledge and understanding of welfare systems in comparative and theoretical directions. Through their choice of optional units they should be developing their skills and knowledge in relation to particular fields of policy and practice. They are expected to be developing a capacity for self-directed learning. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
Learners should continue to develop the depth of their knowledge and understanding through their study of both mandatory and optional subjects. |
The intended learning outcome mapping document shows which mandatory units contribute towards each programme intended learning outcome.
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the undergraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
Workload Statement
Success at undergraduate level in the Social Sciences and Law depends on your being able to make the transition to self-motivated, independent learning. The programmes offered in the Faculty are designed to assist you in this development, in many cases by starting with larger lecture-based units providing the foundations of knowledge and skills in a subject, moving through to smaller seminar-based specialist units and finishing with an individual dissertation or research project. Over time you will be expected to take increasing responsibility for your own learning. But at the heart of your studies at every level there must be regular and disciplined individual reading, reflection and writing, whether in the library or at home. It is this skill of independent study above all others that you will take with you when you leave.
This model of academic development is particularly obvious in the more discursive subjects such as law, politics, social policy and sociology. The typical timetabled contact time for a discursive 20 credit point unit in the Faculty is about 30 hours. You will find that you need to allow for about 10 hours preparation on your own if you are to get the most from one of these teaching sessions. In addition there will often be class presentations or essays to write. Typically, the final year will include an independent research unit which by definition has a much smaller amount of more individualised support. Towards the end of any teaching block you may have additional revision or updating classes, and many programmes have occasional ad-hoc lectures of general interest and relevance. If you get stuck, there is always the chance to speak to your lecturer after a class or during their hours of general availability, or you could see your personal tutor. The Faculty also includes programmes which require increasing levels of mathematical sophistication, typically in Economics, Finance and Management. In this latter case, much larger numbers of lectures - up to 18 hours a week depending on option choices - and fewer small group classes are normal, as in the sciences.
As a result, and depending on your particular programme and option choices, your timetable is likely to be a lot less structured than that of fellow students who are linguists, scientists, engineers or medics. But the time that others spend in laboratories you should be spending in private study. In a sense, the library is your laboratory, and you will want to make best use of the excellent range of resources available to you here. A good University education does not tell you 'what you need to know'. Rather, we assume that, like your lecturers and professors, you are intellectually curious about your subject. We invite you to join us and we are there to help you satisfy your curiosity as best we can.
Assessment Statement
Please select the following link for a statement about assessment. This is University of Bristol access only.
https://www.bris.ac.uk/fssl/current-students/fssl-undergraduates/assessmentandfeedbackstatement.pdf
Through the School for Policy Studies, the programme has formal study exchange links with the City University of Hong Kong and Linkoping University, Sweden. This allows a certain number of students to spend up to 6 months studying abroad in their second year. For joint honours students this must be agreed by both Schools, and agreements made about which teaching block may be taken abroad. The School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies offers exchange programmes with Universities in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Students can also arrange exchanges with universities in other countries through the University's International Office. Formal credit points are awarded for the completion of studies abroad. The completion is a requirement for the award.
Other programmes in SPAIS, including those with Study Abroad, can be viewed at: www.bristol.ac.uk/spais/study/undergraduate/
Other programmes in SPS can be viewed at: www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/studying/
Social Policy: Helen Bush, Tel 0117 954 6745
Email helen.bush@bristol.ac.uk
www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/SPS/
Politics:
Contact the Departmental Secretary for information and referral.
Tel: (0117) 928 7898
Email: poli-admiss@bristol.ac.uk
Website: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/Politics
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Political Concepts | POLI11101 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction | POLI11103 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Approaches to the study of Political Science | POLI11104 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Students choose 60 credit points from: | ||||
Social Policy and the Welfare State: Historical Perspectives | SPOL10011 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Social Policy and the Welfare State: Theoretical Perspectives | SPOL10012 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Social Policy and the Welfare State: Key Concepts and Contemporary Issues | SPOL10018 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Comparative and International Social Policy | SPOL10014 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Understanding Public Policy | SPOL20026 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Theories of International Relations | POLI10003 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
40 credit points from: | ||||
Rational Choice | POLI21203 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Development Studies | POLI21213 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Co-operation and Integration In Europe | POLI21214 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Politics and Policy-Making in the UK | POLI21222 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Democracy and US Government | POLI21226 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa | POLI21231 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Politics of South Asia | POLI29003 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
International Organisations and Global Governance | POLI20003 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Principles of Quantitative Social Science | SOCI20069 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Conducting a Research Project using Secondary Data | POLI20001 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Contemporary Political Theory | POLI22202 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Contemporary International Relations | POLI20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Power Politics and International Relations of East Asia | POLI29008 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
NGO Development & Practice | POLI20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Understanding Genocide | POLI20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The History of Western Political Thought | POLI20007 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Apocalypse or Ecotopia? Green Political Thought | POLI20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Students select 40 credit points from the following list: | ||||
Migration Policy in the UK and European Union | SPOL20030 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Social Policy and the European Union | SPOL20051 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Personal Welfare Services | SPOL20053 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Punishment in Society | SPOL20052 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Drugs and Society | SPOL21011 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Introduction to Disability Studies | SPOL20018 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Policy | SPOL20019 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Urban Governance and Democracy | SPOL20028 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Youth Policy and Social Welfare | SPOL22022 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Education and Society | SPOL20020 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Gender Based Violence | SPOL20021 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Public Management | EFIM20019 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Social Research Methods | SOAD20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
The State of Welfare | SPOL20027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Normally 60 credit points from: | ||||
Contemporary Feminist Thought: Debates and Issues | POLI30001 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Justice between generations | POLI30005 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Political Violence | POLI30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
The Political Economy of China | POLI30009 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Europe in Crisis: Global, Regional and Domestic Perspectives | POLI30015 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
US Foreign Policy | POLI30017 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Ethnic Politics | POLI30019 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
How to Win a Political Argument | POLI30020 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Feminisms, Gender and International Relations | POLI30021 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
The Contemporary British Parliament | POLI31336 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Politics of Gender | POLI31351 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Post-Modern Political Theories | POLI31367 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Popular Culture and World Politics | POLI31378 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Politics of Post Apartheid South Africa | POLI31381 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Military in Everyday Life | POLI31382 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Critical Security Studies | POLI31384 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Dissertation | POLI31555 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 |
Peacebuilding: Theory and Practice | POLI31557 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
States and Markets | POLI31559 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Politics of Contemporary India | POLI31563 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Public Opinion and Democracy | SOCI30072 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Religion and Politics in the West | SOCI30074 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Inside Science | SOCI30096 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Risk, Danger and Disaster | SOCI30098 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Political Corruption | POLI30022 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Contemporary Chinese Foreign Policy | POLI30023 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Politics of the Contemporary Labour Party | POLI30024 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Global Justice | POLI30025 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Politics of Human Rights | POLI30026 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Power, Politics and Food | POLI30027 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Politics of HIV/AIDS in Africa | POLI30030 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Students select either three Social Policy units, or the Dissertation unit and one Social Policy unit, from the list below. Not all units are offered in each session. | ||||
Dissertation (Social Policy) | SPOL30017 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 |
Comparative Social Policy in a Globalizing World | SPOL30048 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Social Policy in East Asia | SPOL30049 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Social Policy and Development | SPOL30050 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Health Policy in a Global Context | SPOL30055 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Drugs and Society | SPOL30011 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Housing, Economy and Society | SPOL30020 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Punishment in Society | SPOL30052 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Societal Change and the Transformation of Work | SPOL32025 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Changing Families and the State | SPOL31008 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Cities and communities in the urban age | SPOL30062 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Students who were abroad in the second year and so did not take all mandatory second year units, must include appropriately from: | ||||
Understanding Public Policy | SPOL20026 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Social Policy and Politics (BSc) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Students doing a dissertation must have taken a research methods unit in the second year. Students cannot undertake two dissertations.
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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