BA Social Policy and Criminology (SCSU109) FT

2016 - 2017

For students whose initial registration was for the session 2015-16, or before.

Year 1

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (110 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
LAW110 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: LAW113 LAW3002 LAW3017 LAW302 LAW383 LAW389 (when the module is running) + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol).	Understanding Criminology	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW115 + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol).	Introduction to Law and Ethics	AUT SEM	10 credits
SCS1003	Understanding Inequality	AUT SEM	10 credits
SCS1004	Social Divisions Seminar	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
LAW113 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: LAW110 Is a pre-requisite for: LAW302 (when the module is running) + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol).	Introducing Criminological Research	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS1009	Welfare Politics and the State	SPR SEM	10 credits
SCS1010	Social Policy and Social Problems Seminar	SPR SEM	10 credits

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 10 credits from this group.

Semester 1
SCS1001	The Sociology of Everyday Life	AUT SEM	10 credits
SCS1005	Gender, Sexuality and Society	AUT SEM	10 credits
SCS1007 + EMPTY.	Understanding Crime	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
SCS1011	Classical Sociological Theory	SPR SEM	10 credits
SCS1013	Globalisation and World Cultures	SPR SEM	10 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
LAW353 + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol). Cannot take LAW225..	Analysing Crime Data	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS2002 + SCS321: This is a similar module to SCS321 therefore you cannot register for SCS2002 if you have taken SCS321 previously..	Varieties of Welfare	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
LAW384 + Only available to law students..	Punishment and Penal Policy	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS2010 + SCS335: This is a similar module to SCS335 therefore you cannot register for SCS2010 if you have taken SCS335 previously..	Social Policy and Criminology	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 (20 credits)

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
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
SCS2006 + SCS230: This is a similar module to SCS230 therefore you cannot register for SCS2006 if you have taken SCS230 previously..	Sociology of the Family	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS2009 + SCS213: This is a similar module to SCS213 therefore you cannot register for SCS2009 if you have taken SCS213 previously..	The Sociology of Crime and Deviance	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS2016	Media Studies	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
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
SCS2007	Social Policy in Global Context	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS2012	The Internet and Society	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS2018	Social Work in the 21st Century	SPR SEM	20 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 (20 credits)

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
LAW3030	Drugs, Crime and Control	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW317 + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol)..	The Rehabilitation of Offenders	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW331 + Only available to final year law students (and BA Soc Pol).	Criminal Process	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW378 + Only available to law students (and BA SocPol)..	Internet Crime	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW380 + Only available to law students. Numbers may be limited according to staff availablity..	Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
LAW3017 ⇐PPre-requisites: LAW110 LAW382 + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol). Numbers may be limited according to staff availablity..	Life After Punishment: Leaving Crime Behind	SPR SEM	20 credits
LAW302 + Only available to final year law students (and BA Soc/Pol). A 2.1 average in the Level 2 Semester 1 Examinations/Coursework is usually required.	Criminology Research Paper	SPR SEM	20 credits
LAW3021 + Only available to final year law students (and BA Soc/Pol). A 2.1 average in the Level 2 Semester 1 Examinations/Coursework is usually required.	Police and Policing in a Global Context	SPR SEM	20 credits
LAW3028 + For Third year Law students only who have worked on the Innocence Project on a voluntary basis for at least 1 semester before the start of the module.	Miscarriages of Justice and Their Consequences -The Innocence Project	SPR SEM	20 credits
LAW3029 + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol).	Prisons and Imprisonment	SPR SEM	20 credits
LAW323 ⇐PPre-requisites: LAW321 + Only available to law students..	World Trade Law	SPR SEM	20 credits
LAW332 + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol). Cannot take LAW226..	Criminology Research Project	SPR SEM	20 credits

Year 3

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 the following unit if not taken at Level 2:

A student will take up to 20 credits from this group.

Semester 2
LAW332 + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol). Cannot take LAW226..	Criminology Research Project	SPR SEM	20 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 (60 credits)

A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
SCS3004	Extended Essay in Social Policy	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS3028	Sociology of Health, Illness and Medicine	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
SCS3038	The Sociology of Organised Crime	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS3041	How the World Gets Made	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS3042	Social Media, Data and Society	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
SCS3004	Extended Essay in Social Policy	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3012	Southern Childhoods: Rights, Policies and Practices	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3014	Men, Masculinities and Gender Relations	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3015	Sociology of the New Genetics	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3018	The Sociology of Surveillance	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3032 + previous social policy, or comparative/global social policy or family or childhood sociology or equivalent, required.	Children, Families and Welfare States	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3043	Digital Health	SPR SEM	20 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 (40 credits)

A student will take units to the value of forty credits from the following; or in the case of students who have taken LAW332 at Level 2 units to the value of sixty credits from the following:

A student will take a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
LAW3030	Drugs, Crime and Control	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW317 + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol)..	The Rehabilitation of Offenders	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW331 + Only available to final year law students (and BA Soc Pol).	Criminal Process	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW378 + Only available to law students (and BA SocPol)..	Internet Crime	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW380 + Only available to law students. Numbers may be limited according to staff availablity..	Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
LAW3017 ⇐PPre-requisites: LAW110 LAW382 + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol). Numbers may be limited according to staff availablity..	Life After Punishment: Leaving Crime Behind	SPR SEM	20 credits
LAW302 + Only available to final year law students (and BA Soc/Pol). A 2.1 average in the Level 2 Semester 1 Examinations/Coursework is usually required.	Criminology Research Paper	SPR SEM	20 credits
LAW3021 + Only available to final year law students (and BA Soc/Pol). A 2.1 average in the Level 2 Semester 1 Examinations/Coursework is usually required.	Police and Policing in a Global Context	SPR SEM	20 credits
LAW3028 + For Third year Law students only who have worked on the Innocence Project on a voluntary basis for at least 1 semester before the start of the module.	Miscarriages of Justice and Their Consequences -The Innocence Project	SPR SEM	20 credits
LAW3029 + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol).	Prisons and Imprisonment	SPR SEM	20 credits
LAW332 + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol). Cannot take LAW226..	Criminology Research Project	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.
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