Sociology Postgraduate Modules 2018-19

The module details in this section are only applicable to students who studied them between September 2018 and August 2019.

If you wish to look at details for a module you studied in an earlier academic year please see postgraduate modules for other academic years.

If you intend to study one of these modules from September 2019 or later, you may refer to these descriptors as a guide; but please be aware that details they contain – including (but not limited to) reading lists, duration and assessments – may change for your academic year.

Note

The next compiled module list for the September 2019 - August 2020 academic year will be published here in March 2019 (exact date to be confirmed).

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
SOCM002A	Philosophy of the Social Sciences 1	15	2
SOCM002B	Philosophy of the Social Sciences	30	2
SOCM013	Independent Study in Sociology and Philosophy	30	2
SOCM016	Cultures of the Life Sciences	30	2
SOCM019	Research Methods in the Social Sciences	15	1
SOCM020	Research Methods in the Social Sciences	30	1
SOCM021	Food Systems, Alternative Food Networks, and Ethical Consumption	30	2
SOCM022	Food, Body and Society	30	1
SOCM023	Social Theory	15	2
SOCM024	Cultural Sociology	30	1
SOCM026	Using Longitudinal Data in Family Policy Studies	15	2
SOCM027	Social Theory	30	2
SOCM028	Policy Analytics: Data Driven Policy Analysis and Evidence Based Decision-making	30	1 and 2
SOCM029	Data Visualisation	15	2
SOCM030	Gender at Work	30	2
SOCM031	Evidence-Based Policing	15	2
SOCM032	Emerging Issues in STS	30	1
SOCM904	Dissertation	60	1, 2 and 3
SOCM945	Philosophy of Science	30	1
SOCM950	Science Technology and Society	30	1