BA (Başarılar) Sosyal Bilimler (Sosyoloji)

The qualification provides opportunities for you to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills, and other attributes in the following areas:

Knowledge and understanding

On completion of this qualification, you will have:

• An extensive knowledge and critical understanding of key concepts and theoretical approaches in the social sciences
• A systematic understanding of a range of disciplinary approaches within the social sciences and an awareness of the different sources that contribute to the social sciences
• An extensive and critical understanding of key social processes and their impact on individual and collective life
• Sosyal bilimlerin toplumsal meseleleri nasıl anladığı, açıkladığı ve değerlendirdiği konusunda eleştirel bir değerlendirme.

Cognitive skills

On completion of this qualification, you will be able to:

• Interpret, critically analyse, and evaluate a diversity of social scientific ideas, concepts, and arguments, and identify, gather, interpret, critically analyse, and evaluate evidence from a wide range of sources
• Demonstrate knowledge of and familiarity with established techniques of social science analysis and enquiry
• Deploy a conceptual understanding of the social sciences to devise and substantiate arguments that address social problems
• Review, consolidate, and extend your knowledge and understanding, and initiate and carry out an independent social scientific project.

Practical and/or professional skills

On completion of this qualification, you will be able to:

• Regularly review current and future personal development and career options, including developing strategies to address factors that limit choices
• Engage critically with skills and ethical issues relevant to social scientific enquiry
• Learn from feedback and reflect on the process of learning to evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses and improve performance
• Kişisel bakış açılarını tanır ve eleştirel olarak değerlendirir ve başkalarının görüşleriyle yapıcı bir şekilde ilgilenir.

Key skills

On completion of this qualification, you will be able to demonstrate the following skills:

• İletişim - sosyal bilimler hakkındaki bilgilerin hem resmi hem de resmi olmayan çeşitli akademik ve akademik olmayan izleyicilere uygun çeşitli yollarla doğru ve etkili bir şekilde iletilmesi
• Dijital bilgi okuryazarlığı - çok çeşitli dijital kaynakları seçin, erişin ve kullanın ve sosyal bilimlerle ilgili şekillerde bilgi, veri ve bilgiyi bulun, kullanın, yaratın ve paylaşın
• Planlayın ve organize edin - ilgili bilgi ve kaynakların belirlenmesini içeren etkili planlar yapın ve uygulayın, çerçeve soruları ve bir soruna çözüm bulmak için kararlar alın
• Başkalarıyla bağlantı kurun ve çalışın - ortak sonuçlara ulaşmak için aktif ve uygun bir rol oynayarak diğer öğrencilerle kolektif olarak çalışın.

This degree has three stages, each comprising 120 credits.

• 1. Aşama'ya çağdaş toplumun karşı karşıya olduğu sorunları araştıran giriş niteliğinde bir sosyal bilim modülüyle başlayacaksınız. Daha sonra ikinci bir disiplinlerarası sosyal bilim modülü veya suç ve ceza adaletine giriş arasında seçim yapacaksınız.
• Daha sonra, 2. ve 3. Aşamalarda , uzman sosyoloji modüllerini inceleyecek ve tümü yüksek düzeyde sosyoloji içeriğine sahip olan kriminoloji, dini çalışmalar ve sosyal araştırmalar modülleri arasından seçim yapacaksınız.

Stage 1 (120 credits)

You'll start your degree with:

• Introducing the social sciences (DD102)

You’ll also choose one from:

• Global challenges: social science in action (D113)
• Introduction to criminology (DD105)

Stage 2 (120 credits)

You'll begin this stage with:

• Understanding digital societies (DD218)

Standard route

You’ll complete this stage with one from:

• Exploring religion: places, practices, texts and experiences (A227)
• Social research: crime, justice and society (DD215)
• Understanding criminology (DD212)

Dissertation route

You'll complete this stage with:

• Social research: crime, justice and society (DD215)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

Standard route

You'll complete your degree with:

• Social theory: changing social worlds (DD318)

Dissertation route

You'll complete your degree with:

• Principles of social research: sociology special project module (D328)

Assessment

Our assessments are all designed to reinforce your learning and help you show your understanding of the topics. The mix of assessment methods will vary between modules.

Computer-Marked Assignments

• Usually, a series of online, multiple-choice questions.

Tutor-Marked Assignments

• You’ll have a number of these throughout each module, each with a submission deadline.
• They can be made up of essays, questions, experiments or something else to test your understanding of what you have learned.
• Your tutor will mark and return them to you with detailed feedback.

End-of-Module Assessments

• The final, marked piece of work on most modules.
• Modules with an end-of-module assessment won’t usually have an exam.

Exams

• Some modules end with an exam. You’ll be given time to revise and prepare.
• You’ll be given your exam date at least 5 months in advance.
• Most exams take place remotely, and you will complete them at home or an alternative location.
• If a module requires you to take a face-to-face exam, this will be made clear in the module description, and you will be required to take your exam in person at one of our exam centres.