A levels, AAB
Access to Higher Education Diploma, 36 credits at Distinction and 9 credits at Merit or higher
BTEC National Extended Diploma, DDD
Cambridge Pre-U, D3, D3, M2
European Baccalaureate, 80% overall
International Baccalaureate, 35 points
If English isn't your first language you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. We accept the following qualifications:
IELTS (Academic and Indicator), 6.5, with a minimum of 6.0 in each component
C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency, 176, with a minimum of 169 in each component
Duolingo, 110 overall, with a minimum of 100 in each component
GCSE/IGCSE/O level English Language (as a first or second language), Grade C
LanguageCert International ESOL SELT, B2 Communicator High Pass with a minimum score of 33/50 in each component
PTE Academic, 61, with a minimum of 55 in each component
TOEFL, 87 overall, with a minimum of 21 in each component
Trinity ISE III, Merit in all components
This degree is designed for students who would like to develop a strong philosophical dimension to their study of social and political sciences.
You'll be taught by world-leading academics across four departments and study the most up-to-date theories in social and political sciences. As your studies progress you'll have the flexibility to tailor your degree to allow you to focus on your own interests, from globalisation, human rights and the future of the welfare state to migration, equality and social justice.
You'll have the opportunity to contribute to your own high-profile seminar series and become involved in the dynamic student-run SPS Society. You'll be encouraged to take up an internship or work placement in which you'll get first-hand experience of the work you're interested in.
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Year 1
Your first year will provide a strong foundation in philosophy, politics, sociology and social policy.
You'll take introductory modules across Sociology, Politics and Social Policy, as well as the online skills module Beginning Philosophy.
Core modules
Your core modules will cover topics such:
What is Politics?
Introduction to Sociological Theory
Contemporary Issues in Social & Political Sciences
Option modules
You will take a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:
Reason and Argument
Early Modern Philosophy
Ethics
Knowledge and Perception
Year 2
You'll study our core interdisciplinary module, a choice of Philosophy modules and have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of option modules. You'll need to study at least one module from each of Politics, Sociology and Social Policy during your final two years.
Core module
Your core modules will cover topics such as:
Doing Research
Option modules
Philosophy
In the second year you'll study a mix of key ideas modules and option modules.
Key Ideas options may include:
Feminist Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Spinoza and Leibniz
Short Key Ideas options may include:
Applied Ethics (Short)
Philosophy of Science (Short)
Intermediate Logic (Short)
Option modules may include:
Philosophy of Time
Causation and Laws
Reading Sartre
You will also take a selection of option modules across the other departments, examples of which may include:
Department of Sociology
Gender, Sexuality & Inequality
Popular Culture, Media and Society
Contemporary Political Sociology
Social Interaction and Conversational Analysis
Sociology of Health and Illness
Nature, Culture and Technology
Division & Inequalities: Race & Ethnicity, Class & Religion
Sociology @ work
Department of Politics
State, Economy and Society
War and Peace
Politics in the United Kingdom
The United States and Global Politics after the Cold War
Critical Global Security Studies
Global Political Economy
The Politics of Gender
Department of Social Policy
Community Development and Social Change
Understanding Childhood and Youth
Social Inequalities
The Policy Process
Comparative Social Policy
Victimisation and Social Harm
Debates in Criminal Justice
Year 3
Dissertation
Dissertation
Your dissertation will engage you in independent research in social and political science. You’ll work closely with a personal academic supervisor who will help to guide your research and keep your project on track, helping you to develop valuable transferable skills for future research and careers.
Option modules
You will take a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:
Department of Sociology
Paranormal in Society
Advanced Social Theory
Humans and Other Animals
Body & Society
Imagining Sociological Alternatives
Crime, Gender & Sexuality
The Global Transformation of Health
The Racial State
Morbidity, Culture and Corpses
Emotions in a Social World
Cinema, Cities and Historical Sociology
Performance and Society
Sociology of the Future
Department of Politics
Governing the Global Economy
Political Participation and Democracy
Global Politics of Nuclear Weapons
Green Politics
The Labour Party and Socialism
Ethnicity and Conflict
Regionalism in World Politics
Governmentality: Michel Foucault and the Analytics of Power
Contemporary Politics of South Asia
Political Transition in the Middle East: A Century of Conflict
Global Sustainability and Energy Policy
Health and World Politics
Britain in a Changing Global Economic Order
Ethics and International Politics
The Politics of (Post-) Colonialism
Development Paradigms
Department of Social Policy
Poverty and Inequality
Love, Intimacy and Family Policy
Welfare States and Economic Crises
Crime and Punishment (Law module)
Prisons and Penal Policy
Vulnerability, Deviance and Social Control
Illicit Drug Use
Education Policy: Divisions and Inequalities
Sex Work: Lived Experiences, Policies and Perspectives
Migration, Immigration and Social Policy
Criminal Justice and Policing
Department of Philosophy
Philosophy of Physics
German Idealism: Moral, Legal & Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Art from Hume to Tolstoy
Consciousness
Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
Value and the Meaning of Life
Foundations of Mathematics
Wittgenstein and Philosophy
Philosophy of Psychology
Philosophy of Law
From Marx to Critical Theory
Theories of Social Justice
Philosophy of Christianity
Phenomenology and Psychiatry
Philosophy of Islam
Graduates go on to a wide variety of careers across the public and private sectors including:
Finance
Management
Social research
Public administration
Insurance - Single: 300 (£) per year
