BA Social Policy and Crime Course Content
Year One
BA Social Policy and Crime Year One introduces you to key concepts and debates within Social Policy and Crime, and gives you a broad foundation for your studies at Year Two and Three.
Compulsory modules
Deviance, Crime and Social Control examines the social processes by which particular acts of behaviour, or particular social groups, become defined as deviant or criminal. The module has a topic-based structure based around case studies such as football hooliganism, youth as a social problem, issues of 'race', class and gender, crime prevention, the media and crime.
Sexuality, Subcultures and Stigma investigates the labelling process: how people are stigmatised, the impact of stigma and how subcultures are defined and treated. This module brings together sociological theory and everyday knowledge of social life to identify 'insiders' and 'outsiders' in society.
Central Debates in Welfare introduces you to two prominent themes within welfare theory: dependency and citizenship. In this module, we explore how issues such as social exclusion, race, demographic change, globalisation and the so-called 'underclass' challenge perceptions and policy directions about who deserves what and why.
Social Welfare and Social Change investigates the social, political, economic and cultural influences that shaped the post-war welfare state. In this module, we examine how the classic 1940s welfare state rested on false assumptions about the family, work and nationhood.
Finally, Study Skills for Social Science gives you the opportunity to gain practical skills in essay writing, researching, exam revision, referencing and avoiding plagiarism. The module also introduces you to giving effective presentations, group and teamwork.
You also choose an elective module to complete your year.
Year Two
Compulsory modules
Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods will provide you with a thorough understanding of how to design and conduct your own sociological research, and interpret results in an accurate manner. The module explores qualitative and quantitative approaches to social research, and covers issues from questionnaire construction to descriptive statistics.
Crime, Law and Regulation explores criminological theories with particular attention upon issues of class, gender, 'race' and age. Crimes of the powerful are often ignored or seem to be invisible, but you will be introduced to debates on the regulation of corporate crime. Regulating crime will be covered with consideration given to the fear of crime, issues of crime prevention, community safety and policing.
Optional modules
You choose one of the following modules.
- Drugs: Society, Politics and Policy
- Disability Studies: An Introduction
Then you choose one of the following modules.
- Welfare and Crime: Continuity, Conflict and Change
- Urban Disorders, Social Divisions and Social Control
You also choose one of the following modules.
- Victims, Crime and Victimology
- Victims, Crime and Restorative Justice
- Youth Crime and Justice
- War Crimes and Genocide
- Drugs: Society, Politics and Policy
- Disability Studies: An Introduction
- The Sociology of Gender
- Sociology of Health and Illness
- Racism and Ethnicity Studies: A Global Approach
- Emotions, Power and Contemporary Society
- The Sociology of the Environment
- Urban Disorders, Social Divisions and Social Control
You then chose an elective modules to complete your year.
Year Three
Compulsory modules
The only compulsory module in Year Three is your Social Policy and Crime Dissertation. You will agree a topic for study with an academic member of staff, who will then act as your supervisor. We encourage you to choose an area of personal, or professional, interest for your dissertation subject. The dissertation will be between 10,000 and 12,000 words.
Optional modules
You choose one of the following modules.
- Approaches to Social Exclusion in Later Life
- Governing Cultures, Identities and Emotions
- Urban Regulation, Power and Difference
- Discipline and Punish
You then choose one module for the following list.
- Policing
- Approaches to Social Exclusion in Later Life
- Governing Cultures, Identities and Emotions
- Disability Rights and the International Policy Context
- Organised Crime, Violence and the State
- Discipline and Punish
- Protest and Social Movements
- Globalisation and the Sex Trade
- Understanding Interpersonal Violence
You also choose one module from the following three.
- Discipline and Punish
- Globalisation and the Sex Trade
- Understanding Interpersonal Violence
You also choose an elective module to complete your programme.
Key Information
UCAS code: LL43
Duration
3 years full-time.
6 years part-time.
Entry Requirements:
ABB at A level for entry, plus C in GCSE Mathematics
Full entry requirements
UK/EU student fees
£9,000 per year full-time.
International student fees
£12,500 per year full-time.
Full finance information
Admissions Contact
Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law
Tel: 0113 343 5049
Tel: 0113 343 5020
Fax: 0113 343 5019