BSc Social Policy and Sociology 

For all first, second and third year students in 2013-14 

Paper

Course number and title

See note

LSE100 The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things

Year 1

1

Either SO110 Key Issues in Contemporary Societies: An Introduction to Contemporary Sociology or
SO100 Key Concepts in Sociology: An Introduction to Sociological Theory

2

SA100

Foundations of Social Policy

3

SA101 

Sociology and Social Policy

4

An approved paper taught outside the Departments of Sociology and Social Policy

Year 2

5

SO201

Sociological Analysis

6

A paper from the Sociology Selection List below

7

SA222 

Implementing Social Policy: From Principles to Practice

8

SA201 

Research Methods for Social Policy

Year 3

9

SA320 

Comparative and International Social Policy

10

A paper from the Sociology Selection List below

11

A paper from the Social Policy Selection List below. No first year Social Policy course can be taken in year 3 by Social Policy students.

12

An approved paper taught outside the Departments of Sociology and Social Policy

Notes

LSE100 is taken by all students in the Lent Term of Year 1 and the Michaelmas Term of Year 2. The course is compulsory but does not affect the final degree classification.

Sociology Selection List

Year

Course

2,3

GV247

Theories and Problems of Nationalism

2,3

SO203

Political Sociology

2,3

SO208

Gender and Society

2,3

SO210

Crime, Deviance and Control (can not be taken with SA218) (n/a 13/14)

2,3

SO211

Sociology of Health and Medicine

2,3

SO212

Work, Management and Globalisation

2,3

SO307

Human Rights, Social Suffering and Justice (n/a 13/14)

Social Policy Selection List

SA103

Introduction to Global Population Change *

SA104

Social Economics and Policy *

SA105

Crime and Society *

SA204

Education Policy (n/a 13/14)

SA217

Psychology of Crime and Criminal Justice

SA218

Criminological Perspectives (can not be taken with SO210)

SA221

Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Change (n/a 13/14)

SA223

Health and Social Care Policy

SA250

Demographic Description and Analysis 

SA302

Assessing Social Progress

SA309

Criminal Justice Policy

SA313

European Social Policy

SA349

A Long Essay on an Approved Topic

Notes

* No first year Social Policy course can be taken in year 3 by Social Policy students.