Programme structure: Social Policy and Sociology (BSc) - what's running in 2015/16

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Students select 3 optional units in Sociology from the following list, or one option plus the dissertation SOCI30050, note that students cannot take both dissertation units.
Dissertation	SOCI30050	40	Optional	TB-4
The Sociology of Popular Music	SOCI30048	20	Optional	TB-2
Environment and Society	SOCI30049	20	Optional	TB-2
Sociology of Health and Illness	SOCI30059	20	Optional	TB-2
A Sociology of Crime and Justice	SOCI30047	20	Optional	TB-1
Cultural Representation	SOCI30063	20	Optional	TB-2
Nations and Nationalism	SOCI30082	20	Optional	TB-1
Perspectives on Power	SOCI30062	20	Optional	TB-1
Art and Society	SOCI30087	20	Optional	TB-2
Gender and Migration	SOCI30091	20	Optional	TB-1
Theory and Politics of Multiculturalism	SPAI30003	20	Optional	TB-1
Religion and Politics in the West	SPAI30010	20	Optional	TB-2
East Asian Societies	SPAI30024	20	Optional	TB-2
The Sociology of Everyday Life	SPAI30025	20	Optional	TB-1
Intimacy, Families and Personal Life	SPAI30027	20	Optional	TB-2
Belief in Contemporary Society	SPAI30030	20	Optional	TB-2
The Feminist Politics of Food	SPAI30031	20	Optional	TB-1
Feminist Politics	SOCI30064	20	Optional	TB-1
For Social Policy, students select 3 units from the option lists or one option plus the dissertation SPOL30017. Note that students cannot take both dissertation units
Changing Families and the State	SPOL31008	20	Optional	TB-1
Health Care Policies	SPOL31018	20	Optional	TB-1
Societal Change and the Transformation of Work	SPOL32025	20	Optional	TB-1
Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Policy	SPOL30019	20	Optional	TB-2
Housing, Economy and Society	SPOL30020	20	Optional	TB-1
Understanding Urban Society	SPOL30023	20	Optional	TB-1
Migration Policy in the UK and European Union	SPOL30030	20	Optional	TB-1
Social Policy and the Environment	SPOL32032	20	Optional	TB-2
Comparative Social Policy in a Globalizing World	SPOL30048	20	Optional	TB-2
Social Policy and Development	SPOL30050	20	Optional	TB-2
Health Policy in a Global Context	SPOL30055	20	Optional	TB-1
Theorising Social Welfare	SPOL30038	20	Optional	TB-2
Students who were abroad in year two must select one of the following:
Markets, Government and Public Policy	SPOL20017	20	Optional	TB-2
Understanding Public Policy	SPOL20054	20	Optional	TB-1
Social Policy and Sociology (BSc)		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

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.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

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).

Degree classifications:

• First Class Honours 70 and above
• Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
• Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
• Third Class Honours 40-49
• Fail 39 and below

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.