A Compulsory Module is a module offered by your Subject that you MUST take. The Compulsory Modules listed can vary according to your Programme of Study, as per below:
Sociology Single Honours, Sociology Major:
You must take 40 credits as follows:
Semester 1:
SOC6002-40/1 - Dissertation in Sociology (Part 1 of a single 40 credit module, semester 1, worth 20 out of the 40 credits total)
Semester 2:
SOC6002-40/2 - Dissertation in Sociology (Part 2 of a single 40 credit module, semester 2, worth 20 out of the 40 credits total)
Sociology Combined Honours, Sociology Minor:
You must take 20 credits from any of the following modules:
Semester 1:
SOC6100-20 Gender in Society: Critical Perspectives*
SOC6104-20 Ethnicity and Society*
Semester 2:
SOC6106-20 Culture, Risk and Environmental Justice*
*You must select 20 credits to meet the Compulsory Module rule but you are also permitted to take more of these modules if you wish. Therefore they are listed again in the Optional Module section below.
Optional Modules are offered by your Subject and you are free to pick any of the Optional Modules listed to make up your credit totals (see Module Selection Rules). The Optional Modules listed can vary according to your Programme of Study, as per below:
Sociology Single Honours, Sociology Major:
Semester 1:
CRI6100-20 Punishment and Penology in Global Context
SOC6100-20 Gender in Society: Critical Perspectives
SOC6104-20 Ethnicity and Society
Semester 2:
SOC6101-20 Community Engagement
SOC6105-20 Media, Sociality and Everyday Life
Sociology Combined Honours, Sociology Minor:
Semester 1:
CRI6100-20 Punishment and Penology in Global Context
SOC6002-40/1 - Dissertation in Sociology (Part 1, Semester 1, worth 20 out of the 40 credits total)^
SOC6100-20 Gender in Society: Critical Perspectives
SOC6104-20 Ethnicity and Society
Semester 2:
SOC6002-40/2 - Dissertation in Sociology (Part 2, Semester 2, worth 20 out of the 40 credits total)^
SOC6101-20 Community Engagement
SOC6105-20 Media, Sociality and Everyday Life
SOC6106-20 Culture, Risk and Environmental Justice
SOC6103-20 Sociological Fieldwork
^SOC6002-40/1 and SOC6002-40/2 are linked together. If selecting, students MUST pick both modules together, one cannot be picked without the other.
An Open Module is a module offered to all students by a Subject that is not your own. You can pick ONE 20 credit Open Module per academic year in order to broaden your study. This Open Module is selected instead of one 20 credit Optional Module. Please note that students can opt to select an Open Module from a different level of study. For more information on this option, please email timetables@bathspa.ac.uk.
Sociology Single Honours, Sociology Combined Honours, Sociology Major, Sociology Minor:
Semester 1:
OMO6102-20 Plants and People (Open Module Version)
Semester 2: