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Sociology Undergraduate Modules 2021-22

Sociology

Sociology

Sociology

The module details in this section are only applicable to students who studied them between September 2021 and August 2022.

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

Information for Inbound Exchange Students

Please note that inbound study abroad students studying in Exeter/Penryn for one semester only can only choose from modules that are running in either Term 1 or Term 2. You are not able to choose modules that run in Terms '1 and 2' as these modules run for the full year.

Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SOC1003 Imagining Social Worlds: Texts 15 1
SOC1019 Contemporary Society: Themes and Perspectives 15 1
SOC1020 Contemporary Society: Field and Case Studies 15 2
SOC1039 Social Issues: Part I - Introducing Crime and Deviance 15 1
SOC1040 Social Issues: Part II - Themes in Criminology 15 2
SOC1045 Introduction to Criminal Justice 15 2
SOC1047 Imagining Social Worlds: Qualitative Research 15 2
SOC1048 Social Analysis I 15 1
SOC1049 Social Analysis II 15 2

Interdisciplinary Modules at Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)

Q Step and College Modules at Level One

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SSI1005 Introduction to Social Data 15 1
SSI1006 Data Analysis in Social Science 1 15 2

Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SOC2004 Into the Field 15 2
SOC2005 Theoretical Sociology 30 1 and 2
SOC2009 Deviance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives 15 2
SOC2030 Sociology of Art and Culture 15 2
SOC2035 International Criminal Justice: Comparative Criminology 15 2
SOC2036 International Criminal Justice: Application of Theory to Transnational and International Crime 15 1
SOC2037 Pharmaceutical Cultures 15 2
SOC2038 On Violence 15 1
SOC2039 Sociology of Family and Gender 15 2
SOC2046A The Holocaust, Genocide and Society 30 1 and 2
SOC2050 Knowing the Social World 15 1
SOC2052 Environments in Public 15 1
SOC2062 How Organisations Work: Ethnography in Institutions 15 2
SOC2063 Policy Analysis in Criminology 15 1
SOC2064 Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School and Communicative Capitalism 15 1
SOC2065 Punishment, Imprisonment and Detention 30 1 and 2
SOC2068 Race, Ethnicity and Criminalisation 15 2
SOC2069 Crimes of the Powerful 15 2
SOC2085 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control 15 1
SOC2086 Addiction 30 1 and 2
SOC2087 Disability and Society 15 1
SOC2088 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society 15 2
SOC2096 Cyborg Studies 15 1
SOC2097 Environment and Society 15 2
SOC2101 Police and Policing 15 2
SOC2104 Victimology 15 1
SOC2105 Contemporary Capitalism, Critique and Resistance 15 1
SOC2107 Culture and Wellbeing 15 2
SOC2110 Consumption and Society 15 1
SOC2112 Introduction to Terrorism Studies 30 1 and 2
SOC2114 Anthropology of the State 15 1
SOC2115 Deception 15 2
SOC2120 Introduction to Open-source Intelligence (OSINT) 15 2
SOC2121 Cybercrime 15 1
SOC2122 Digital Society 15 1
SOC2124 Surveillance, Security and the State 15 1
SOC2125 Crime Prevention and Control within Contemporary Society 15 1

Interdisciplinary Modules at Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SPA2001 Debates, Issues and Practices 15 2

Q Step and College Modules at Level Two

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SSI2001 Learning from Work Experience in Social Sciences 15 1 and 2
SSI2002 Data Analysis in the Workplace 15 2
SSI2004 Research Design in the Social Sciences 15 2
SSI2005 Data Analysis in Social Science 2 15 1
SSI2006 Immigration in Western Societies 15 1
SSI2007 Data Analysis in Social Science 3 15 2

Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SOC3002 On Violence 15 1
SOC3030 Sociology of Art and Culture 15 2
SOC3034 International Criminal Justice: Comparative Criminology 15 2
SOC3035 Deviance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives 15 2
SOC3036 International Criminal Justice: Application of Theory to Transnational and International Crime 15 1
SOC3040 Dissertation 30 1 and 2
SOC3046A The Holocaust, Genocide and Society 30 1 and 2
SOC3080 Pharmaceutical Cultures 15 2
SOC3085 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society Part 1: Medicine and Social Control 15 1
SOC3086 Addiction 30 1 and 2
SOC3087 Disability and Society 15 1
SOC3088 Health, Illness and Bodies in Contemporary Society: Part 2: Bodies in Society 15 2
SOC3096 Cyborg Studies 15 1
SOC3097 Environment and Society 15 2
SOC3101 Police and Policing 15 2
SOC3104 Victimology 15 1
SOC3107 Culture and Wellbeing 15 2
SOC3108 Sociology of Family and Gender 15 2
SOC3109 Contemporary Capitalism, Critique and Resistance 15 1
SOC3110 Consumption and Society 15 1
SOC3112 Introduction to Terrorism Studies 30 1 and 2
SOC3114 Anthropology of the State 15 1
SOC3115 Deception 15 2
SOC3117 Environments in Public 15 1
SOC3120 How Organisations Work: Ethnography in Institutions 15 2
SOC3121 Policy Analysis in Criminology 15 1
SOC3122 Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School and Communicative Capitalism 15 1
SOC3123 Punishment, Imprisonment and Detention 30 1 and 2
SOC3126 Race, Ethnicity and Criminalisation 15 1
SOC3127 Crimes of the Powerful 15 2
SOC3128 Introduction to Open-source Intelligence (OSINT) 15 2
SOC3129 Cybercrime 15 1
SOC3130 Digital Society 15 1
SOC3132 Surveillance, Security and the State 15 1
SOC3133 Crime Prevention and Control within Contemporary Society 15 1

Interdisciplinary Modules at Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SPA3001 Debates, Issues and Practices 15 2
SPA3002 Quantitative Research with Microsoft Excel 15 1

Q Step and College Modules at Level Three

Code Module Title Credits Term(s)
SSI3001 Introduction to Social Network Analysis 15 2
SSI3002 Immigration in Western Societies 15 1
SSI3003 Data Analysis in Social Science 3 15 2
SSI3017 Learning from Work Experience in the Social Sciences 15 1 and 2
SSI3019 Quantitative Dissertation 30 1 and 2
SSI3020 Employment Experience (UK and Abroad) 120 1, 2 and 3
SSI3999 Year Abroad 120 1 and 2