BA (Hons) Sociology Bachelor's degree at UWE Bristol

Provides a solid foundation in sociological knowledge by covering theories from the 'Founding Fathers' (Marx, Weber, Durkheim) through to contemporary feminism and applying their ideas to our everyday lives.

Covers diverse 'problems' (poverty, riots, drug misuse) to examine how Sociology makes a difference in the 'real world' by addressing pressing and complex social issues to identify policy solutions.

Challenges assumptions about our contemporary western, capitalist lifestyles by comparisons with other 'non-modern' ways of life to raise profound questions around the supposed superiority of our society and its future sustainability.

Develops critical thinking capacities vital to higher education through symposia designed to enable an appreciation of the ambiguity and uncertainty of knowledge and the importance of advancing structured and coherent arguments to academic success.

Cultivates the sociological imagination to examine how 'the private troubles of individuals reflect and constitute the public issues of our times' (C. Wright Mills) while providing the basics of social research skills.

Deepens knowledge of sociological theories through applying key theorists (for example, Bourdieu, Foucault and Ahmed) to a range of stimulating themes and topics (social class, gender and sexuality, 'race', culture, environment and work).

This module will provide students with the knowledge and skills to conduct sociological research, evaluate and think critically about knowledge, research, and their positionality as researchers and individuals in society, and to reflect on their own skills, experiences and abilities for post-university life and employment.

Examines gendered power relations amongst women and between women and men and explores gender identities and inequalities through focussing on a range of practices and phenomena (dieting, dating, drag queens, etc).

Uses our multi-cultural city of Bristol as a starting point for exploring diversity in a national and global context through a highly varied set of themes and topics (slavery, immigration, Islamophobia, etc).

Introduces the innovative field of psychosocial studies, examining the reciprocal influence between the less rational side of our minds and current social dynamics, and how to understand and investigate them.

This module explores in detail the sociology of intimacy, families, and personal life across different contexts, cultures, and countries.

You can either conduct an independent research project under the supervision of an expert in the sociological field in which the project is located, or undertake a short work placement and produce a critical reflection on this, drawing on sociological research and theory.

Utilises advanced sociological theory to explain the crisis of modernity and discuss its possible resolution in relation to the big global issues (genocide, environmental catastrophe, economic collapse, war, etc).

Investigates the main social effects on our everyday lives of the proliferation of new communication technologies and computational devices within the context of an informational capitalist society dominated by networked power.

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Uses key concepts to produce a case study analysis of the mobilisation and policing of protest groups and social movements ranging from gay liberation and animal rights through to Extinction Rebellion and #Blacklivesmatter.

Explores social constructions and framings of sex, gender and sexuality- identity categories often assumed to be fixed and congruent, and investigates how they operate to provide a framework for society and for our individual lives and life course.

Uses cutting edge theory to problematise what culture is across a range of cultural fields, but with a particular emphasis on popular music as reflects the academic expertise of the module leader.

Explores the theory, practise and violation of the rights of humans, animals and even nature itself, subjecting their impact on economy, society and politics to sociological critique, with a special focus on arguably the most extreme form of rights violation: genocide and ecocide.

Explores elements of contemporary childhood (e.g. poverty, medicalisation, fatherlessness, etc) through the lens of order/disorder within the framework of a late modernity that may be producing the over-regulation of children.

Designed to twin with the Social Sciences Placement Year and provides you with an opportunity to further consider and critically analyse a topic which speaks to your experiences on the Placement Year and/ or your Sociological interests.