Programme structure: Sociology with Study Abroad (BSc) - what's running in 2014/15

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Investigating the Social	SPAI20021	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Conceptualising the Social	SOCI20016	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Students must select at least two units from:
Contemporary Social Inequalities	SOCI20039	20	Optional	TB-1
Media / Culture / Society	SOCI20038	20	Optional	TB-1
Students should also choose either one or two specialist units from:
Goffman, the Self and Interaction	SOCI20032	20	Optional	TB-2
Ethnicity and Racism	SOCI20017	20	Optional	TB-2
Sociology of Health and Illness	SOCI20035	20	Optional	TB-2
Class and Social Divisions	SOCI20045	20	Optional	TB-2
Cultural Representation and Difference	SOCI20081	20	Optional	TB-2
Environment and Society	SOCI20049	20	Optional	TB-1
Nations and Nationalism	SOCI20082	20	Optional	TB-2
Gender and Migration	SOCI25002	20	Optional	TB-2
The Sociology of Gender	SPAI20005	20	Optional	TB-2
Science, Technology and Social Values	SPAI20015	20	Optional	TB-2
The Sociology of Everyday Life	SPAI20019	20	Optional	TB-2
Intimacy, Families and Personal Life	SPAI20022	20	Optional	TB-2
Principles of Quantitative Social Science	SPAI20013	20	Optional	TB-1
Conducting a Research Project using secondary data	SPAI20014	20	Optional	TB-2
Diploma of Higher Education		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).