BA (Hons) Sociology with Foundation Bachelor's degree at Westminster

This module introduces contemporary political questions in the global context. Current political issues such as statelessness, politics of underdevelopment, power and inequality, and climate change will be discussed and analysed. The idea of nations and nationhood features prominently in the module, as do the issues related to faith, religion and ideological belief. The module is designed to introduce concepts and themes such as democracy, power and politics, inequality, global society, human ri

This module introduces you to the key academic, professional, and personal skills essential for success at university. It encourages good practices in writing, presentation, and time management, while also fostering reflection to help you build confidence as you transition to higher education. Open to all students enrolled in courses delivered through Westminster Foundation Pathways, the module provides a creative and supportive environment where you can reflect on and develop their academic and

This module introduces you to the relationship between crime and society, equipping you with foundational knowledge of key criminological concepts and debates. By examining crime from multiple perspectives, you'll develop skills in thinking critically about its definition, measurement, and impact on individuals and communities. The module highlights the roles of media, policing, youth justice, and the criminal justice system as a whole in shaping perceptions and responses to crime. Additionally,

Critical thinking is fundamental to our ability to progress in an increasingly complex and changing world. It is an essential skill across a range of academic and practice-based disciplines. This module helps you understand the importance and function of critical thinking both at university and beyond. By working in partnership with academic staff and peers, you will explore how critical thinking aligns with disciplinary practices, shapes scholarly knowledge, and addresses inequalities.

This module explores law as a question of power – asking what law, power and authority are, where you are located, how you operate, and how you change. The questions are raised through a particular focus on law and politics, the sociology of law and the history of legal ideas. The module's assessments serve to build the research and writing skills needed to succeed in higher education and beyond, and encourage you to develop and express your own diverse viewpoints on key issues relating to socia

This module introduces you to some current topics in the study of society, with a focus on key debates in sociology such as gender, race, class, the family and crime. The module prepares you to engage with the methods of teaching and learning at the university level. The multidisciplinary nature of the module enables you to form a more critical and analytical approach to issues which are relevant to your life experience.

This module provides a critical vocabulary for exploring and understanding the relationship between the self and society. It introduces classic and contemporary accounts of identity and critically explores sociological accounts of identity and its formation.

London Explored takes the city as a context to explore the urban sociology literature and to undertake a research project on London which culminates in an individual project proposal. You will choose a topic of interest and write an individual literature review, and then formulate a research question and develop a quantitative research project proposal which explores your research question.

Researching Society is an introduction to doing sociology. Taking research on London as a focus, you learn how to formulate sociological questions and how to identify what kinds of research methods are appropriate for answering them. The module also introduces the academic skills essential to degree level learning, such as sourcing and retrieving information, referencing and academic writing, and assists in supporting your transition to HE.

Social media provides us with an accessible and up-to-date point of departure for an exploration of contemporary culture and society. The module introduces key concepts in digital sociology and provides you with tools to analyse a variety of cultural texts and practices. Grounded in students' own use of social media, we reflect on some of the significant ways in which technology shapes, and is shaped by, everyday life in the 21st century.

This module is an introduction to how classical sociological theory has explained social structures and divisions in society. The work of Marx, Durkheim and Weber is introduced to explain the transition from traditional to modern society. Drawing on key features of contemporary society the module also questions and critiques the classical theorists' applicability to 21st century global society.

This module provides an introduction to gender and sexuality studies via feminist, queer and intersectional social thought. The first part of the module sets out the interconnections between sex, gender and sexuality, critiques of essentialism and ethnocentrism, and questions of privilege and inequality. The rest of the module explores a range of contemporary topics in gender, sexuality and LGBTQ studies including gender-based and sexual violence, masculinities, bodies and cultural representatio

This module provides an introduction to contemporary debates in the sociology of race. Each week is organised around a key concept, challenging 'common sense' ideas about racial difference, ethnicity and culture. Exploring the significance of race in the organisation of social and cultural life, this module assumes no prior knowledge of the topic, and provides an excellent foundation for the further study of race at levels 5 and 6.