📖Program Curriculum
Modules summary:
Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Employability and Personal Development September-January 10 ASC108
Study Skills in Social Sciences September-January 10 ASC113
Individuals and Society September-January 20 PPS111
Sociology: The Classics September-January 20 PPS112
Economics in Society January-June 20 ASP109
The History of Social Policy January-June 20 ASP111
Sociology: Contemporary Controversies January-June 20 PPS113
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Social Problems I September-January 20 PPS213
Using Evidence for Research, Policy and Practice January-June 20 PPS215
Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Any two of the following
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Health Policy September-January 20 ASP214
Disability Policy September-January 20 ASP257
Investigating Gender September-January 20 PPS203
AND
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Any two of the following
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Poverty and Social Justice January-June 20 ASP220
Education, Policy and Society January-June 20 ASP256
Sociology of Health and Illness January-June 20 CR-200
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Dissertation September-June 40 ASP300
Optional Modules
Optional modules
Choose Exactly 80 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Plus 80 credits from the following optional modules: Students may choose module options which amount either to 60 credits in TB1 and TB2, or a 50-70/70-50 balance. (With ASP300 counting as 20 credits in either semester.) Total credits attempted must add up to 120. (Either 50, 60 or 70 credits from optional modules in semester 1 and either 50, 60 or 70 credits from optional modules in semester 2)
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Principles of Social Policy September-January 20 ASP301
The Family and Children: Ethics and Policy September-January 20 ASP356
Investigating Gender 2: Exploring Men and Masculinities September-January 20 PPS318
Illegal Economies September-January 20 SPC300
Criminalisation of Sex January-June 20 ASC316
Advocacy, Rights and Representation January-June 10 ASP305
Social Policy in an Ageing World January-June 10 ASP315
Capitalism and Justice: inequality, power and prosperity in contemporary economies January-June 20 PO-3325
Social Movements, Social Policy and Social Change January-June 20 PPS319




