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SOCIOLOGY
BA (Hons)
Why study this course?
This course will provide you with a grounding in the core concepts of Sociology. You
will develop skills in social research and explore a range of important social issues.
The course covers a wide range of topics including families, activism and protest,
social media, globalisation, inequalities, anthropology and celebrity.
The Sociology course involves a mix of compulsory and research-led
modules to enable you to think independently, critically, and imaginatively
about the issues that shape our everyday lives and our futures. Through a
mix of lectures, seminars, and workshops you will study societies, social
problems, and how they impact upon the lives of individuals. We will
consider how our lives are shaped by relationships with other people,
institutions, habits, and ways of thinking that make up the complex societies
in which we live.
You will be encouraged to develop sociological explanations for the
wide-ranging changes taking place in the contemporary world and think
about potential solutions to social problems. In the final year of your studies,
you will receive individual supervision to carry out your own piece of
social research.
What will this mean for my future?
Sociology is a theoretically informed discipline which teaches skills that
are useful in a wide range of careers. A Sociology degree from Keele will
encourage you to become an imaginative, creative, and pragmatic thinker
who can think about problems critically with a view to working out practical
solutions. Sociology is an evidence-based subject so you will also develop
skills in problem-solving, using knowledge, information, and data to enable
informed decision-making. This varied skill set is useful for a wide range
of occupations and professions. Our graduates have entered work in fields
including social care, the health sector, advertising and marketing, the
charity sector, youth services, and local government. Some of our graduates
also choose to pursue further academic study.
UCAS Code - L30L
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative Entry
Requirements
Single Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Combined Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Course Duration
3 years
Indicative Modules
First Year
• Classical Sociology
• Social Inequalities in the
Contemporary World
• Investigating Social Issues
• The Anthropological Imagination
Second Year
• Contemporary Social Theory
• Research Methods
• Producing Sociological Knowledge
• Globalisation
• Social Movements
• Crime, Morality and Media
• Race, Racism and Resistance
• Witchcraft, Zombies and
Social Anxiety
Third Year
• Dissertation
• Sociology of Parenting and
Early Childhood
• Gender and Consumption
• The Virtual Revolution: New
Technologies, Culture and Society
• Sex, Death, Desire: Psychoanalysis in
Social Context
• Celebrity
• Home: Belonging, Locality and
Material Culture
Study abroad
Yes
International Year
Yes
Learn a Language
Yes
For information on courses that combine subjects please visit keele.ac.uk/ugcourses