BA Digital Media and Society (SCSU10) FT

2016 - 2017

Year 1

A student will take:

INF109	Digital Media and Society	ACAD YR	F4	40
SCS1001	The Sociology of Everyday Life	AUT SEM	F4	10
SCS1019	Digital Media & Society@UoS	ACAD YR	F4	0
SCS1021	Digital Methods in Practice	SPR SEM	F4	10
SCS1022	Introduction to Digital Methods	SPR SEM	F4	10
SMI105	Data Visualisation and Presentation for Social Scientists	AUT SEM	F4	10

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units

Achieve More

A student will take

Semester 1
IPS101 + FSS students only.	State of Sheffield - Global perspectives on local issues	AUT SEM	0 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (10 credits)

A student will take a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
SCS1002	The Sociological Imagination Seminar	AUT SEM	10 credits
SCS1003	Understanding Inequality	AUT SEM	10 credits
SCS1004	Social Divisions Seminar	AUT SEM	10 credits
SCS1005	Gender, Sexuality and Society	AUT SEM	10 credits
SCS1007 + EMPTY.	Understanding Crime	AUT SEM	10 credits
SCS1008 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: SMI201 SMI202 SMI202 SMI203 (when the module is running)	Introduction to Social Research	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
SCS1011	Classical Sociological Theory	SPR SEM	10 credits
SCS1012 + Only available to students in the Department of Sociological Studies who are taking SCS1011 Classical Social Theory (lecture series)..	Exploring Classical Social Thought Seminars	SPR SEM	10 credits
SCS1013	Globalisation and World Cultures	SPR SEM	10 credits
SCS1015	Doing Social Research	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units

A student will take up to 30 credits from this group.

Semester 1
JNL102 + None. Restricted to students studying Journalism.	Journalism Skills (Part One)	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
SMI110	Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics	SPR SEM	10 credits

a student can take unrestricted units to the value of 20 credits.

Year 2

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (40 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
SCS2016	Media Studies	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
SCS2012	The Internet and Society	SPR SEM	20 credits

A student will take:

SCS2019

Advancing with Digital Methods

INF203

Digital Multimedia

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
EDU205	Children and Digital Cultures	AUT SEM	20 credits
JNL206 + Restricted to students studying Journalism.	Media Law	AUT SEM	20 credits
JNL214 + Restricted to students in the Department of Journalism Studies.	Broadcast Journalism	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS2000	Doing Quantitative Sociological Research	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS2001 + SCS203: This is a similar module to SCS203 therefore you cannot register for SCS2001 if you have taken SCS203 previously..	Sociological Theory and Analysis	AUT SEM	20 credits
USE201 XCannot be taken with: MGT380 USE201 USE301 USE301 USE601 USE601	Making Ideas Happen	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
MGT233 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MGT3006 MGT3006 MGT3008 MGT358 MGT380 MGT382 MGT397 (when the module is running)	Essentials of Marketing	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS2005 + SCS221: This is a similar module to SCS221 therefore you cannot register for SCS2005 if you have taken SCS221 previously..	Race, Immigration & Multiculturalism	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS2020	Doing Qualitative Sociological Research	SPR SEM	20 credits
USE201 XCannot be taken with: MGT380 USE201 USE301 USE301 USE601 USE601	Making Ideas Happen	SPR SEM	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted units to the value of 20 credits.

Year 3

A student will take:

SCS3044	F6	Digital Media and Society Dissertation	40
SCS3040	F6	Digital Media Work Placement	20

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (60 credits)

A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
JNL315	Free Speech and Censorship	AUT SEM	20 credits
MGT3006 ⇐PPre-requisites: MGT233	Digital Marketing	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS3031 + Previous study of a quantitative module (eg. SCS2004 or equivalent in the home department), and computer literarcy.	How to lie with statistics	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS3036 + EMPTY.	Intimacy and Personal Relationships	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS3041	How the World Gets Made	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS3042	Social Media, Data and Society	AUT SEM	20 credits
USE301 XCannot be taken with: USE201 USE201 USE301 USE601 USE601	Making Ideas Happen	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
EDU305	Participatory Research with Children and Young People	SPR SEM	20 credits
JNL322 ⇐PPre-requisites: JNL218 + No. JNL218. No. Level 3 Journalism Studies students only.	Portfolio in Online Journalism	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3018	The Sociology of Surveillance	SPR SEM	20 credits
USE301 XCannot be taken with: USE201 USE201 USE301 USE601 USE601	Making Ideas Happen	SPR SEM	20 credits

SCSTBC Digital Health 20 / INF318 Digital Advocacy 20

⇐P	-	This module has pre-requisite(s).
P⇒	-	This module is a pre-requisite for other modules.
C	-	This module has co-requisite(s).
X	-	Some modules cannot be studied in combination with this module.
+	-	Additional information about requirements for studying this module.

Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2016/17 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.