BA Quantitative Social Sciences (SMIU01) FT

2018 - 2019

Year 1

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

A student will take

Semester 1
SMI105	Data Visualisation	AUT SEM	10 credits
SMI106 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: SMI206 (when the module is running)	Introductory Quantitative Data Analysis for Social Scientists	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
SMI107	Introductory Research Project in Quantitative Social Science	SPR SEM	20 credits
SMI108	Survey Design and Data Collection	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
SMI101	Applied Social Sciences@UoS	ACAD YR	0 credits

One of the following routes:

Geography, Urban Studies and Landscape route.

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)

i.i

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GEO117	New Horizons in Geography	AUT SEM	20 credits
TRP108 + Only available to students on TRPU programmes.	Information and Communication Skills	AUT SEM	10 credits
TRP130	Housing, Home and Neighbourhood	AUT SEM	10 credits
TRP131 + Only available to USP students. For students studying this module as a study abroad/exchange student an additional fee is payable for the field trip costs.	The Making of Urban Places	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
GEO115	Introduction to Environmental Geographies	SPR SEM	20 credits
LSC119	The Changing Landscape	SPR SEM	20 credits
TRP105	The Environmental Challenge	SPR SEM	10 credits
TRP107 + Not open to Economics students.	Economics for Spatial Planning	SPR SEM	10 credits
TRP111	Cities	SPR SEM	10 credits
TRP133	Development, Planning and the State	SPR SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
GEO113	Introduction to Physical Geography	ACAD YR	20 credits
GEO114	Introduction to Human Geography	ACAD YR	20 credits

Unrestricted Some degrees allow students to take unrestricted modules. These modules may be offered by your home department(s) but are often offered by other departments. You will need to choose unrestricted module(s) during Intro Week. Please check your Registration Timetable for details of your module enrolment event. units (20 credits)

i.ii

A student will take unrestricted units to the value of 20 credits.

Politics, Sociology and Criminology route.

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)

ii.i

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
LAW110 + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol).	Comprehending Criminology	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL119 + Restricted to students studying single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Introduction to Global Political Economy	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL120 + Restricted to students studying single/dual honours Politics degrees..	Analysing Politics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL121 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Introduction to Western Political Thought	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS1001	The Sociology of Everyday Life	AUT SEM	10 credits
SCS1003	Understanding Inequality	AUT SEM	10 credits
SCS1013 + EMPTY.	Globalisation and World Cultures	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
POL109 + Restricted to programmes listed in 14 above..	Introduction to Comparative Politics	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL117 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Introduction to International Relations	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL118	British Politics	SPR SEM	20 credits
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
SCS1029	Welfare Politics and the State	SPR SEM	10 credits

Unrestricted Some degrees allow students to take unrestricted modules. These modules may be offered by your home department(s) but are often offered by other departments. You will need to choose unrestricted module(s) during Intro Week. Please check your Registration Timetable for details of your module enrolment event. units (20 credits)

ii.ii

A student will take unrestricted units to the value of 20 credits.

Management route.

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 (50 credits)

iii.i

A student will take 50 credits from this group.

Semester 2
MGT120 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MGT219 MGT252 MGT309 (when the module is running)	Introduction to Behaviour at Work	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
MGT134	Business Management in Context	ACAD YR	20 credits
MGT136	Management Themes and Perspectives	ACAD YR	20 credits

Unrestricted Some degrees allow students to take unrestricted modules. These modules may be offered by your home department(s) but are often offered by other departments. You will need to choose unrestricted module(s) during Intro Week. Please check your Registration Timetable for details of your module enrolment event. units (10 credits)

iii.2

A student will take unrestricted units to the value of 10 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
SMI206	Multivariate Data Analysis in Social Science	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
SMI205	Intermediate Research Project in Quantitative Social Science	SPR SEM	20 credits

A student will take units to the value of sixty credits from one of the following routes:

Geography, Urban Studies and Landscape route (select either group i or ii).

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)

i.i

A student will take 10 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GEO262	Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing	AUT 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 (50 credits)

i.ii

A student will take 50 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GEO257	Qualitative Methods	AUT SEM	10 credits
GEO258	Geographies of Development	AUT SEM	20 credits
GEO259	Atmospheres and Oceans	AUT SEM	20 credits
GEO269	Social and Cultural Geographies	AUT SEM	20 credits
GEO277 + Only available to students on the BSc/MEnvSci Environmental Science programmes.	Environmental Pollution and Quality	AUT SEM	20 credits
TRP216 + STUDENTS SHOULD BE COMPUTER LITERATE AND UNDERSTAND BASIC SPREADSHEET, MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL CONCEPTS. LEVEL 1 CORE MODULES ON `INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION SKILLS' AND `QUANTITATIVE METHODS' SHOULD PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THESE PREREQUISITE SKILLS.. SMI106 is a pre-requisite for all students on the SMIU01 programme. Unit restricted to USP students and students on SMIU01..	Spatial Analysis	AUT SEM	20 credits
TRP234	Urban Theory	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
GEO243 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: GEO327 GEO360 GEO364 GEO378 (when the module is running)	Political Geographies	SPR SEM	20 credits
GEO246	Environment, Society and Politics	SPR SEM	20 credits
GEO248	Research Design for Geography and Environmental Science	SPR SEM	10 credits
LSC236	Landscape Planning for a Changing World	SPR SEM	20 credits
TRP217	Profit, Planning and Context	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)

ii.i

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
TRP216 + STUDENTS SHOULD BE COMPUTER LITERATE AND UNDERSTAND BASIC SPREADSHEET, MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL CONCEPTS. LEVEL 1 CORE MODULES ON `INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION SKILLS' AND `QUANTITATIVE METHODS' SHOULD PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THESE PREREQUISITE SKILLS.. SMI106 is a pre-requisite for all students on the SMIU01 programme. Unit restricted to USP students and students on SMIU01..	Spatial Analysis	AUT 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)

ii.ii

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GEO257	Qualitative Methods	AUT SEM	10 credits
GEO258	Geographies of Development	AUT SEM	20 credits
GEO259	Atmospheres and Oceans	AUT SEM	20 credits
GEO262	Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing	AUT SEM	10 credits
GEO269	Social and Cultural Geographies	AUT SEM	20 credits
GEO277 + Only available to students on the BSc/MEnvSci Environmental Science programmes.	Environmental Pollution and Quality	AUT SEM	20 credits
TRP234	Urban Theory	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
GEO243 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: GEO327 GEO360 GEO364 GEO378 (when the module is running)	Political Geographies	SPR SEM	20 credits
GEO246	Environment, Society and Politics	SPR SEM	20 credits
GEO248	Research Design for Geography and Environmental Science	SPR SEM	10 credits
LSC236	Landscape Planning for a Changing World	SPR SEM	20 credits
TRP217	Profit, Planning and Context	SPR SEM	20 credits

Politics, Sociology and Criminology route.

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)

iii

A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
LAW218 + Only available to law students (and BA Soc/Pol).	Responding to Crime	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW221 + Only available to law students.	Understanding Criminology: Advanced Level Introduction	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW227 + Only available to law students.	Race, Ethnicity and Criminal Justice	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW228 + Only available to law students.	Criminal Process	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL223 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	International Relations Theory	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL226 + Restricted to students studying single and dual degrees in Politics..	Comparative Politics: Citizens, States, Power, and Protest	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL229 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics..	Political Analysis: Research Design and Data Analysis	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL232 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics.	Contemporary US Foreign Policy	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL234 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual degrees in Politics.	Political Theory in Practice	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
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
SCS2016	Sociology of the Media	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS2021 + EMPTY.	Crime, Justice and Social Policy	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS2022	Dynamics of Social Change and Policy	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
LAW217 + Only available to law students.	Punishment and Penal Policy	SPR SEM	20 credits
LAW226	Criminology Research Project	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL206 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	The Politics and Government of the European Union	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL217 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics.	The Political Economy of Global Capitalism	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL230 + Restricted to studentsstudying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Contemporary Security Challenges	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL231 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics.	Never Mind the Ballots! State and Society in the UK Today	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL235 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics..	Development	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL236 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics..	Contemporary Chinese Politics	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
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	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS2023	Social Problems: Policy and Practice	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS2024	Digital Media and Social Change	SPR SEM	20 credits

Management route.

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
MGT219 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MGT120 Is a pre-requisite for: MGT3000 MGT364 MGT364 MGT380 (when the module is running)	Organisational Behaviour	AUT SEM	20 credits
MGT231 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MGT3101 MGT385 MGT385 MGT385 (when the module is running)	Business Strategy	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
MGT243	Career Management Theory and Practice	SPR SEM	20 credits

Unrestricted Some degrees allow students to take unrestricted modules. These modules may be offered by your home department(s) but are often offered by other departments. You will need to choose unrestricted module(s) during Intro Week. Please check your Registration Timetable for details of your module enrolment event. units (20 credits)

A student will take unrestricted units to the value of 20 credits.

Year 3

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

A student will take

Semester 2
SMI303	Student Conference in Quantitative Social Science	SPR SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
SMI302	Advanced Research Project in Quantitative Social Science	ACAD YR	40 credits

A student will take forty credits from one of the following routes:

Geography, Urban Studies and Landscape route.

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
GEO336	Development and Global Change	AUT SEM	20 credits
GEO387	Geographies of Consumption	AUT SEM	20 credits
GEO390	Professional Skills for Environmental Science	AUT SEM	20 credits
LSC336	Landscape Planning Toolkits	AUT SEM	20 credits
SMI304	Doing Mixed Methods Research	AUT SEM	20 credits
TRP335	Housing Policy and Governance	AUT SEM	20 credits
TRP344	Environmental Policy and Governance	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
GEO381	Geographies of Politics and Society	SPR SEM	20 credits
GEO383	Urban Transformations	SPR SEM	20 credits
GEO384	Critical Ecologies	SPR SEM	20 credits
TRP326	Values, Theory and Ethics in Spatial Planning	SPR SEM	20 credits

Politics, Sociology and Criminology route.

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 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
LAW3030	Drugs, Crime and Control	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW3032	Responding to Crime and Victimisation	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
LAW380 + Only available to law students. Numbers may be limited according to staff availablity..	Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice	AUT SEM	20 credits
LAW389 + Only available to law students. Numbers may be restricted due to staff availability..	Youth Crime and Justice	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3005 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3006 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students studying single and dual honours Politics degrees..	Civilisation, Empire and Hegemony	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3027 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Political Realism	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3030 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Marx and Contemporary Marxism	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3032 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Anti-Politics and Democratic Crisis	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3033 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics..	Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3034 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Narcopolitics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3035 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics..	Justice in World Politics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3107 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3108 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: ECN213 SCS223 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual degrees in Politics. Not available to students who have previously taken ECN213 or SCS223..	Politics and the Quality of Life	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3109 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3110 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students studying Single and Dual degrees in Politics..	Britain and the European Union	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3119 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3120 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics..	Party Politics: Competition, Strategies & Campaigns	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3129 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3130 (when the module is running)	Parliamentary Studies	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3133 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics..	State Failure	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3137 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3138 (when the module is running)	Peacekeeping, State-building and International Intervention	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3139 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3140 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Pandemics and Panics: Health, Security and Global Politics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3149 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3150 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	The Ethics of Political Leadership	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3151 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Animals, Ethics and Politics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3161 + Restricted to students studying single and dual honours Politics degrees..	Political Theory in An Age of Total War	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS3018	The Sociology of Surveillance	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS3021	Whiteness, Power and Privilege	AUT SEM	20 credits
SCS3025	Sociology of Evil	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
SCS3038	The Sociology of Organised Crime	AUT SEM	20 credits
SMI304	Doing Mixed Methods Research	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
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
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
LAW390 + Only available to law students. Numbers may be restricted due to staff availability..	Restorative Justice	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3001 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics.	The Political Economy of Africa	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3019 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Terrorism, Violence and the State	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3026 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	War, Peace and Justice	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3031 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	The Making of the Modern Middle East	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3123 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics..	Liberalism and its Critics	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3147 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual degrees in Politics..	The Politics of Asylum	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3153 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Sex, Race and Death: Feminist Perspectives on War, Violence and (In)Security	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3000	The Value of Sociology	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3028	Sociology of Health, Illness and Medicine	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3034	What it means to be human	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3036	Intimacy and Personal Relationships	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3041	How the World Gets Made	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3042	Social Media, Data and Society	SPR SEM	20 credits
SCS3043	Digital Health	SPR SEM	20 credits

Management route.

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)

iii

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MGT357	Corporate Social Responsibility	AUT SEM	20 credits
MGT363	The Leisure Industry	AUT SEM	20 credits
MGT382 ⇐PPre-requisites: MGT233	International Marketing	AUT SEM	20 credits
MGT385 ⇐PPre-requisites: MGT231	Strategy Practice	AUT SEM	20 credits
SMI304	Doing Mixed Methods Research	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
MGT309 ⇐PPre-requisites: MGT120	Industrial Relations	SPR SEM	20 credits
MGT358 ⇐PPre-requisites: MGT233 + MGT233.	Integrated Marketing Communications	SPR SEM	20 credits
MGT376	International Business	SPR SEM	20 credits

Unrestricted Some degrees allow students to take unrestricted modules. These modules may be offered by your home department(s) but are often offered by other departments. You will need to choose unrestricted module(s) during Intro Week. Please check your Registration Timetable for details of your module enrolment event. units (20 credits)

A student will take unrestricted F5 or F6 level units to the value of 20 credits.

⇐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 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.