BA Sociology with a Foundation Year (SCSU99) FT

2016 - 2017

Year 1

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (100 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
SCS1001	The Sociology of Everyday Life	AUT SEM	10 credits
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
Semester 2
SCS1009	Welfare Politics and the State	SPR SEM	10 credits
SCS1010	Social Policy and Social Problems Seminar	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

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 (20 credits)

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
SCS1005	Gender, Sexuality and Society	AUT SEM	10 credits
SCS1007 + EMPTY.	Understanding Crime	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
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 (60 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
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
SCS2020	Doing Qualitative Sociological Research	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 (60 credits)

A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
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
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
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
SCS2012	The Internet and Society	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS2018	Social Work in the 21st Century	SPR SEM	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted units to the value of 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 (60 credits)

A student will take a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 80 credits from this group.

Semester 1
SCS3025	Sociology of Evil	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
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

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

Semester 1
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
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
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
SCS2012	The Internet and Society	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS2018	Social Work in the 21st Century	SPR SEM	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted LEVEL F6 units to the value of 20 credits.

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

A student will take

Full academic year
SCS3001	Dissertation in Sociology	ACAD YR	40 credits

Year 0

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (100 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
ACE0350	Introduction to the Social Sciences	AUT SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
ACE0340	Academic Literacy and Communication Skills	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0344	Foundations of Sociology	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0345	Maths and Statistics	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0349 + Only available to students on DLL FY programmes.	Extended Project	ACAD YR	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.

Full academic year
ACE0341 + Only available to students on TILL FY programmes.	Foundations of Biology	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0342 + Only available to students on TILL FY programmes.	Foundations of Chemistry	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0343 + Only available to students on DLL FY programmes. .	Foundations of Psychology	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0346	Foundations of History	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0347	Foundations of Geography	ACAD YR	20 credits
ACE0348	Foundations of English	ACAD YR	20 credits

a student can take unrestricted F4 Level ACE or MLTC Languages for All units to the value of 20 credits.

Before proceeding to Level 1, a student will attain both one hundred and twenty credits and a weighted mean grade of 60.0 or above; a student with one hundred and twenty credits and a weighted mean grade of between 57.0 and 59.9 may be permitted to proceed at the discretion of the Board of Examiners and the cognate department.

⇐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.