SO201 One Unit
Key Concepts: Advanced Social Theory
This information is for the 2025/26 session.
Course Convenor
Prof Monika Krause
Availability
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Language, Culture and Society and BSc in Sociology. This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes. This course is not available to General Course students.
Course content
This course engages key sociological issues through the critical reading of theoretical and analytical texts. Students will engage with advanced concepts in sociological thought, and will explore the connections between theoretical arguments and the practice of social enquiry and analysis. Students will read a combination of social theory texts in a range of traditions as well as contemporary research studies.
Teaching
This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn and Winter Term.
This course is usually delivered through a combination of lectures and classes. There will be two hours or more of teaching each week across AT and WT. There will also be a revision session in early ST.
Formative assessment
Essay
One formative essay in AT.
Indicative reading
There is no set textbook for this course - each week's teaching is based on the critical reading of key texts.
Assessment
Exam (50%), duration: 120 Minutes in the Spring exam period
Essay (50%, 3500 words) in January
Attendance at all classes and submission of all set coursework is required.
Key facts
Department: Sociology
Course Study Period: Autumn, Winter and Spring Term
Unit value: One unit
FHEQ Level: Level 5
CEFR Level: Null
Total students 2024/25: 52
Average class size 2024/25: 13
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Personal development skills
- Self-management
- Team working
- Communication