BA Digital Media and Society (SCSU10) FT

2018 - 2019

Year 1

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (80 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
SCS1001	The Sociology of Everyday Life	AUT SEM	10 credits
SMI105	Data Visualisation	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
SCS1021 + SCS1021 Introduction to Digital Methods is a co-requisite of this module..	Digital Methods in Practice	SPR SEM	10 credits
SCS1022	Introduction to Digital Methods	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
INF109	Digital Media and Society	ACAD YR	40 credits
SCS1019	Digital Media & Society@UoS	ACAD YR	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
SCS1008 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: SMI201 SMI202 SMI202 SMI203 (when the module is running)	Introduction to Social Research	AUT SEM	10 credits
SCS1013 + EMPTY.	Globalisation and World Cultures	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
SCS1005	Gender, Sexuality and Society	SPR SEM	10 credits
SCS1007 + EMPTY.	Introducing Criminology	SPR SEM	10 credits
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
SCS1015	Doing Social Research	SPR SEM	10 credits
SCS1029	Welfare Politics and the State	SPR SEM	10 credits

SCS1004 can only be taken alongside SCS1003. SCS1012 can only be taken alongside SCS1011.

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
JNL116	Analysing News	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
JNL117	Reporting Institutions	SPR SEM	20 credits
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 (80 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
SCS2016	Sociology of the Media	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS2019	Advancing with Digital Methods	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
INF203	Digital Multimedia	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS2024	Digital Media and Social Change	SPR SEM	20 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 (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
JNL217 + Only available to students in the Department of Journalism.	Alternative Media	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
Semester 2
JNL208 + Restricted to students studying Journalism Studies.	Journalism Skills (Part Two)	SPR SEM	20 credits
JNL210	Language and Journalism	SPR SEM	20 credits
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

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

Year 3

This level is not yet running.

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (60 credits)

A student will take

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
SCS3018	The Sociology of Surveillance	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS3021	Whiteness, Power and Privilege	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
Semester 2
JNL322 ⇐PPre-requisites: JNL218 + No. JNL218. No. Level 3 Journalism Studies students only.	Portfolio in Online Journalism	SPR SEM	20 credits
MGT3006 ⇐PPre-requisites: MGT233 + MGT233.	Digital Marketing	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3041	How the World Gets Made	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3042	Social Media, Data and Society	SPR SEM	20 credits

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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 2018/19 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.