Overview

About the programme

The Philosophy/Sociology (Equal) combined course makes it possible for students to combine the study of Philosophy and Sociology, and since these are cognate disciplines this has proved to be a very successful combination.

Applying with UCAS

When applying for this programme, use course code VL53.

Standard offer

The standard offer for this programme is BBB at A Level.

Year one

Year one

Course structure

• Introducing Sociology: Cultivating a Sociological Imagination
  30 credits
• Sociological Theory
  30 credits
• Two philosophy module options
  30 credits each

Philosophy module options

For information on the economics module options, refer to the Department of Philosophy.

Year two

Year two

Course structure

• Social Research Methods, or one sociology module option
  30 credits
• One sociology module option
  30 credits
• Two philosophy module options
  30 credits each

Sociology module options

Students may choose one or two modules from the following:

• Crime, Culture and Social Change
• Contemporary Political Sociology
• Gender, Sexuality and Diversity
• Sociology of Health and Illness
• Popular Culture, Media and Society
• Social Interaction and Conversation Analysis

Philosophy module options

For information on the economics module options, refer to the Department of Philosophy.

Year three

Year three

Course structure

• Dissertation (in either Sociology or Philosophy)
  40 credits
• Autumn term
  • One sociology module option
    20 credits
  • One philosophy module option
    20 credits
• Spring term
  • One sociology module option
    20 credits
  • One philosophy module option
    20 credits

Sociology module options

Students may choose one or two modules from the following:

• Analysing Doctor-Patient Interactions
• Social Construction of Human Behaviour
• Body, Identity and Society
• Social Research Methods II
• Cities and Social Theory
• Sociology of Art
• Complexity and Society
• Sociology of Celebrity
• Consumer Culture and Criminal Identities
• Sociology of Food
• Humans and Other Animals
• Sociology of Music
• Language and Social Institutions
• Sociology of Reproduction
• Paranormal in Society
• Sociology of Risk and Surveillance
• Researching Human Interaction
• The Wire as Social Science Fiction
• Science as Culture
• Youth Identities

Philosophy module options

For information on the economics module options, refer to the Department of Philosophy.