Department of Social & Policy Sciences, Programme Catalogue 2011/12 |
UHSP-AFB01: BSc (hons) Social Policy and Administration |
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SOCIAL POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION |
Mode of attendance: Full-time |
 Year 3 |
| Years 1 & 2 |
Not available in 2010/11 (this programme is being replaced by UHSP-AFB16) |
| Year 3 |
 NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
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Academic Year: Part 3 Stage 3 |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: |
| AA00025 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| PL30623 | French written and spoken language 4 | 12 Credits |
| PL30628 | German written & spoken language 4 | 12 Credits |
| PL30634 | Italian written and spoken language 4 | 12 Credits |
Semester 1: Part 3 Stage 3 |
| Compulsory Units |
| SP30008 | Social policy dissertation 1 | 6 Credits |
| SP30011 | Health policies & politics | 6 Credits |
| SP30013 | Social security policy and welfare reform | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 1 and 2 Units from the following list: LIST A |
| PL30732 | The politics of ethnicity, religion, and nationalism | 6 Credits |
| SP30022 | Organisation and management of social care services | 6 Credits |
| SP30054 | Power & commitment in organisations | 6 Credits |
| SP30072 | Corporate power & the social challenge | 6 Credits |
| SP30118 | Theoretical issues II: subjectivities & identities | 6 Credits |
| SP30129 | Sexual violence: explanations, responses & debates | 6 Credits |
| SP30161 | Sociology of death | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: |
| NB. Students may not take more than two level 2 options in their final year and must not repeat a unit already taken in year 2. |
| AA00003 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| ES20023 | Economics of politics | 6 Credits |
| PL20385 | European political thought | 6 Credits |
| PL20414 | American politics | 6 Credits |
| PL20415 | Media politics | 6 Credits |
| SP20047 | Economic sociology and work relationships | 6 Credits |
| SP20050 | Sociology of criminal justice policy | 6 Credits |
| SP20112 | Theoretical issues 1: structure and agency and other dualisms in social theory | 6 Credits |
| SP20207 | Researching social change | 6 Credits |
| SP20244 | Political sociology | 6 Credits |
| ZZ30001 | Director of Studies approved unit | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST B |
| AA00002 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| PL30107 | Culture & national identity | 6 Credits |
| PL30294 | In search of Europe (1) - the cold war 1945 - 1989 | 6 Credits |
| PL30468 | Transitions to democracy | 6 Credits |
| PL30755 | Film and international relations | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Part 3 Stage 3 |
| Compulsory Units |
| SP30009 | Social policy dissertation 2 | 12 Credits |
| SP30012 | European social policy: a comparative approach | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 1 and 2 Units from the following list: LIST A |
| SP30055 | Comparative industrial relations | 6 Credits |
| SP30096 | Global regimes & new social movements | 6 Credits |
| SP30200 | Social dynamics and complex systems | 6 Credits |
| SP40215 | Critical issues in social development | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Units from the following list: |
| NB. Students may not take more than two level 2 options in their final year and must not repeat a unit already taken in year 2. |
| AA00013 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| ES20022 | Economic thought & policy | 6 Credits |
| PL20416 | Totalitarian politics | 6 Credits |
| PL20428 | Film, politics & society | 6 Credits |
| SP20003 | 'Race' & racism | 6 Credits |
| SP20048 | Understanding industrial behaviour | 6 Credits |
| SP20069 | Philosophy of the social sciences | 6 Credits |
| SP20097 | Sociology of health and illness | 6 Credits |
| SP20099 | Childhood: sociological perspectives & policy issues | 6 Credits |
| SP20177 | The sociology of the body | 6 Credits |
| ZZ30004 | Director of Studies approved unit | 6 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Units from the following list: LIST B |
| AA00012 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
| PL30108 | European option E2: Politically committed European culture: the end of an era? | 6 Credits |
| PL30295 | In search of Europe 2: nationalism, regionalism and convergence in Europe since 1989 | 6 Credits |
| PL30756 | The politics of Latin America | 6 Credits |
| PS30116 | Cyberpsychology | 6 Credits |