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BA (Honours) Applied Social Science
BA (Honours) Applied Social Science

BA (Honours) Applied Social Science

  • ID:SHU440017
  • Level:4-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirement

English Requirements

  • IELTS for UKVI*, IELTS for UKVI* 6.0, Listening: minimum level 5.5, Speaking: minimum level 5.5, Reading: minimum level 5.5, Writing: minimum level 5.5

  • TOEFL Internet based: (including TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition), 79, Listening: minimum level 17, Speaking: minimum level 20, Reading: minimum level 18, Writing: minimum level 17

  • Pearson, 52: Listening: minimum level 51, Speaking: minimum level 51, Reading: minimum level 51, Writing: minimum level 51

  • Cambridge IGCSE English as a First Language (Syllabus 0500 and 0522): Grade C, Listening: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500), Speaking: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500), Reading: minimum Grade E, Writing: minimum Grade E

  • Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language (Syllabus 0510 and 0511): Grade C, Listening: minimum Grade A, Speaking: minimum Grade C (0511) or 2 (0510), Reading: minimum Grade D, Writing: minimum Grade D

  • Cambridge English C1 Advanced (Formerly: Certificate in Advanced English): Grade C, Listening: minimum score 162, Speaking: minimum score 162, Reading: minimum score 162, Writing: minimum score 162

  • City and Guilds International ESOL Diploma: Communicator Level, Listening: minimum score 15/30, Speaking: minimum score 6/12, Reading: minimum score 15/30, Writing: minimum score 12/24

  • Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): Score 80

  • Michigan Test: Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE), Pass

  • IGSE English as a Second Language, Grade C or above

  • Completion of Sheffield Hallam University pre-sessional English course, Pass

Course Information

  • Develop the skills you need for a variety of careers.

  • Choose to study abroad and go on a work placement.

  • Learn from guest lectures from a variety of industries.

This degree develops your intellectual and practical skills, giving you the knowledge and ability to apply scholarly knowledge to real life issues and situations.

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

You learn through

  • lectures

  • seminars

  • personal tutorials

  • virtual learning environment

  • essays

  • portfolios

  • case studies

  • dissertation

  • posters

  • exams

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Modules

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.

You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course. See the modules table below for further information.

Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Module

  • Developmental And Social Psychology

  • Deviance, Order And Protest

  • Introduction To International Relations

  • Introduction To Politics And Society

  • Psychological Well-Being And Individual Differences

  • The Sociological Imagination

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Module

  • Applications Of Psychology

  • Theorising Modernities

Elective modules

  • Module

  • Applied Child Psychology

  • Divided Societies

  • Environment And Society

  • Introduction To Counselling And Psychotherapy

  • Study Abroad

  • The Politics Of Welfare In The 21St Century

  • Understanding Global Societies

  • Work Placement

  • Work Project

  • Youth: Chaos And Control

Year 3

Optional modules

  • Module

  • Placement Year

Final year

Compulsory modules

  • Module

  • Dissertation

Elective modules

  • Module

  • Atypical Child Development

  • Counselling And Psychotherapy (Theoretical Perspectives)

  • Crime And The Media

  • Globalisation, Gender And Work

  • Sex, Gender And World Politics

  • Terrorism And Counter-Terrorism

  • Welfare Rights And Legal Issues

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

This course prepares you for a career in

  • government and local government

  • political organisations

  • education

  • advice work

  • social work

  • charities and the voluntary sector

  • social research

  • human resources

  • commercial, industrial and public-sector management

  • policing

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year

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