This section describes which Units you will take in which year of study. It indicates which units are mandatory and where you will be able to choose. The overall pass marks you will need to achieve in order to progress or achieve an award are shown. The full regulations concerning progression and completion are held in the University's Regulations and Code of Practice. Any particular aspects of your programme that are unusual will be highlighted. If any Units are must pass this will be shown below. The linked unit specifications detail any additional requirements.
What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
| Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Teaching Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students select either three Social Policy units (60 credits), or the Dissertation unit SPOL30017 (40 credits) and one unit (20 credits) from the list below: | ||||
| Students who wish to take the Dissertation unit in the final year must have selected SOAD20004 Social Research Methods or SOCI20064 Investigating the Social in Year 2. | ||||
| Dissertation (Social Policy) | SPOL30017 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 |
| Migration: UK, EU and Global Policy Perspectives | SPOL30069 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Drugs and Society | SPOL30011 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Cities and communities in the urban age | SPOL30062 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Climate Emergency | SPOL30074 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Disability in Society | SPOL30075 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Inequalities in Health, Poverty and Development | SPOL31021 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Housing and home: political economy, inequality and rights | SPOL30081 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Gender based Violence | SPOL30029 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Sex Power and Consumption | SPOL30073 | 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 |
| Theorising Social Welfare | SPOL20059 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Students must choose 60 credit points from the following units. Please note that students cannot take more than 40 credits of independent study (dissertation units or extended essays). To take the Sociology Dissertation you must have taken either SOAD20004 Social Research Methods or SOCI20079 Investigating the Social in your second year: | ||||
| Dissertation | SOCI30050 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 |
| The Sociology of Popular Music | SOCI30048 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Perspectives on Power | SOCI30062 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Cultural Representation | SOCI30063 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Public Opinion and Democracy | SOCI30072 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Religion and Politics | SOCI30107 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Nations and Nationalism | SOCI30082 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Gender and Migration | SOCI30091 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Modern Slavery: Issues and Debates | SOCI30097 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Consumption and Sustainability | SOCI30106 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
| Queering Sexuality and Gender | SOCI30105 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
| Social Policy and Sociology (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.
