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Politics and Sociology

Blackburn College

UCAS Code: Q390 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Entry requirements


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80

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Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subjects

Sociology

Politics

This Politics and Sociology BA (Hons) course enables you to study both Politics and Sociology equally at the same level. Don't worry, studying joint honours doesn't mean more work. You'll study the same number of credits as a single honours student, but just take fewer modules in each of the subjects. There are lots of reasons why students choose a joint honours qualification. Just some include: that you have two subject areas of interest, that you want to explore something new alongside a core subject area or that you want to keep your career options open to a range of professions.

The Politics programme is stimulating, interesting and contemporary, and quickly develops students' own powers of analysis and problem solving, research skills, critical thinking, team work and interpersonal skills. It is designed to help you to form a deeper understanding of the Politics of Britain and the wider world, whilst exploring the world of the political, within the complex power relationships of contemporary society. In the first year you will take a common core of introductory modules designed to familiarise yourself with differing approaches to the study of Politics, to help you understand key theories, concepts and ideas and to understand some of the key debates and issues in the world around us. At second and third level students can choose from a range of modules to reflect developing interests and potential career choices.

Covering a broad range of critical and contemporary issues, our exciting and innovative Sociology programme introduces you to the many diverse and contentious sociological perspectives that try to explain the world around you. Our modules encourage you to critically examine contemporary social change, to question the reality and representations of the social and cultural forces which mould us, and to evaluate the nature of society itself. The study of social relations, processes and structures is undertaken historically, in comparative focus and with relevance to many of the key issues facing contemporary societies. Within this, considerable emphasis is also given to the importance of developing those theoretical and conceptual tools appropriate to the understanding of these social processes and structures, and to the different theoretical and methodological approaches which frame their investigation.

Modules

All students take a total of 120 credits per level.

Level 4 Modules (all modules are mandatory) include: Introduction to Political Theory, Introduction to British Government & Politics, Comparative Politics, Language and Society, Introduction to Social Theory and Social Science Methodology and Social Differentiation in Contemporary Britain.

Level 5 Modules (there are 4 mandatory modules and 3 optional modules out of a choice of 6 as indicated by *) include: Social Science Research Methods with SPSS, Modernity to Post Modernity Contemporary Social Theory, Social Science Research Methods with SPSS and Modernity to Post Modernity Contemporary Social Theory. You will also choose 1 Politics module from the optional modules: Local and Regional Government, Political Ideas and the Making of the Modern World: the Western Perspective
Government and Politics of the USA. You will choose 1 Sociology modules from the optional modules: Guttenburg to Gates: A Sociology of the Media, Talking About My Generation: Popular Music & Youth Culture and Leisure & Society

Level 6 Modules (there is 1 mandatory module and 4 optional modules out of a choice of 9 as indicated by *) include: Dissertation and choose 2 Politics modules from the optional modules: Saving the World?: Green Politics, Green Society, International Relations and Globalisation, United States Foreign Policy and the making of a New Global Order and Riots, Public Disorders and responses of the State. You will choose 2 Sociology modules from the optional modules: Sociology of Health and Medicine, Sociology of Death and Dying, Tourism, Sex and Gender and Have I Got News for You? Contemporary Issues in the Media.

Assessment methods

Modules in at Level 4 study are assessed by both examinations (50%) and coursework (50%). Level 5 and 6 modules are also assessed by examination and coursework combinations. You can also expect to take part in seminar presentations which will form part of the assessment for Level 5 and 6 modules. In the third year, you will undertake a dissertation which is assessed through coursework (100%).

Each module is formally assessed through, for example, examination, open-book test, individual and group presentation, essay, observation of practice, assessment of course work e.g. written report, reflective practice and portfolios of evidence. This formal assessment will count towards your module mark and feedback is given following the submission of your formal submission of work.

Tuition fees

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Channel Islands
£8,250
per year
England
£8,250
per year
Northern Ireland
£8,250
per year
Scotland
£8,250
per year
Wales
£8,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Blackburn College

Department:

Art and Society

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59%
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Feedback on work has been timely
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IT resources
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