BSc Social Policy and Sociology (first year students in 2016-17)

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BSc in Social Policy and Sociology

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Programme Code: UBSPSO

Department: Social Policy

For all first year students in 2016-17

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Year 1
Paper	Course number and title
See note	LSE100 The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things
1	Either SO110 Power, Inequality, and Difference: Contemporary Themes in Sociology or SO100 Social Theory
2	SA100	Foundations of Social Policy
3	SA101	Sociology and Social Policy
4	SA104	Social Economics and Policy
Year 2
5	SO201	Key Issues in Sociological Analysis
6	A paper from the Sociology Selection List below
7	SA219	Comparative and International Social Policy
8	SA201	Research Methods for Social Policy
Year 3
9	SA349	A Long Essay on an Approved Topic
10	A paper from the Sociology Selection List below
11	A paper from the Social Policy Selection List below.
12	Either one paper from the Social Policy Selection List or one paper from from the Sociology Selection List or an approved paper taught outside the Departments of Sociology and Social Policy
Notes	It is not always possible to offer students a place on each of their preferred courses. This is particularly the case where courses are offered outside the Department of Social Policy (i.e. not prefixed with 'SA'). For further information please see lse.ac.uk/socialPolicyCourses.
	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)
2,3	SO211	Sociology of Health and Medicine
2,3	SO212	Work, Management and Globalisation (withdrawn 16/17)

Social Policy Selection List

SA103	Introduction to Global Population Change *
SA204	Education Policy
SA217	Psychology of Crime and Criminal Justice
SA218	Criminological Perspectives (can not be taken with SO210)
SA221	Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Change
SA223	Health and Social Care Policy
SA250	Demographic Description and Analysis
SA302	Assessing Social Progress (n/a 16/17)
SA309	Crime Control: Ideas and Controversies

Notes

* Exceptionally available to third year students.