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These programme regulations should be read in conjunction with the University’s core regulations for
undergraduate programmes, and the marking and classification conventions for undergraduate programmes.
BA Education Studies - Sociology (XL33)
BA Education Studies - Sociology (with Placement Year) (X3L3)
BA Education Studies - Sociology (with Year Abroad) (X2L3)
1.
This programme is available at Durham City, in a full-time mode of study.
Level 1 (Certificate)
2.
Candidates shall study and be assessed in the following modules:
Historical and Philosophical Ideas of Education
Contemporary Issues and Evidence in Education
Societies in Transition
Classical Sociological Theory
3.
EDUC1461
EDUC1511
SOCI1312
SOCI1331
Credit value
20
20
40
20
Candidates shall also study and be assessed in modules to the value of 20 credits from List A:
List A:
Disability and Educational Needs: What’s so ‘Special’ about
SEND?
International & Comparative Education
Foundations of Psychology in Education
EDUC1531
Credit value
20
EDUC1501
EDUC1521
20
20
Level 2 (Diploma)
4.
Candidates shall study and be assessed in the following modules:
Educational Research Methods
Modern and Contemporary Sociological Theory
5.
Credit value
20
20
Candidates shall also study and be assessed in modules to the value of 40 credits from List B:
List B:
Cultural Identity, Interculturality, and Education
Learning & Development in Childhood
Higher Education: Issues of Exclusion and Inclusion
Constructing Childhood and Youth *
Assessing Education *
Learning Lives
Disability & Education Needs: Impairment, Empowerment,
and Education
6.
EDUC2301
SOCI2261
EDUC2361
EDUC2321
EDUC2351
EDUC2401
EDUC2411
EDUC2421
EDUC2431
Credit value
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
Candidates shall also study and be assessed in modules to the value of 40 credits from List C:
List C:
Self, Identity and Society
Policing and Police
Sociology of Education
Violence and Abuse in Society
Communities and Social Justice
SOCI2111
SOCI2221
SOCI2271
SOCI2281
SOCI2301
Credit value
20
20
20
20
20
2023-2024
Crime, Power and Social Inequalities
Sociology of Health & Medicine
SOCI2311
SOCI2321
20
20
Level 3 (Degree) – Students may take no more than 30 level 2 credits at level 3.
7.
Candidates shall study and be assessed in the following modules:
Double Dissertation: Disciplinary Contexts of Education ~
8.
EDUC3322
Credit value
40
Candidates shall choose and study modules on the basis of one of the following options:
Option
One
Two
Three
Four
List B
20 credits
20 credits
List D
60 credits
40 credits
60 credits
40 credits
List E
20 credits
40 credits
20 credits
List D:
Issues in Criminal Justice (Inside-Out)
Social Policy
Youth in Crisis: Young People, Crime and Justice
Feminist Anti-Violence Activism: Theory in Action
Hate Crime: Understandings and Responses *
Health and Place
Justice, Violence and Abuse
Sociology of Mental Health and Illness
Sociology of Reproduction and Parenthood
Digital Health and other devices: back to the future
Race, Racism and Social Justice in Britain
Cyberculture and Cybercrime
Crime, Justice and the Sex Industry
Sociology of Work *
Drugs and Society
Sociology of Forensic Science and Criminal Investigation
The Body as Data: Technology, Power and Human Rights
Social Theory and the Politics of Knowledge
Globalisation and the Sex Industry *
Digital Culture, Social Media, Virtual Harm and Emancipatory
Global Racism: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Gender, Health and Medicine
SOCI3341
SOCI3421
SOCI3567
SOCI3607
SOCI3627
SOCI3597
SOCI3587
SOCI3577
SOCI3557
SOCI3617
SOCI3637
SOCI3697
SOCI3687
SOCI3647
SOCI3707
SOCI3667
SOCI3657
SOCI3677
SOCI3717
SOCI3727
SOCI3737
SOCI3997
Credit value
20
20
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
List E:
Political Sociology of Education *
Education in a Global Age
Responding to Special Educational Needs *
Digital Society Theory & Practice
The Science of Learning
Education, Mental Health and Wellbeing
Understanding the Arts in Education
The Social Life of Education
Evidence & Educational Policy *
EDUC3221
EDUC3191
EDUC3271
EDUC3391
EDUC3361
EDUC3401
EDUC3331
EDUC3341
EDUC3351
Credit value
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
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Assessment, progression and award
9.
Modules marked with a # must be passed at 40% or above in order to progress to the next level
of study.
10. Modules marked with a ~ must be passed at 40% or above for the award of an honours degree. A
mark of 30-39% cannot be compensated.
11. Modules marked with a * are not available in 2023-24.
Placement Year
12.
Students admitted to BA Education Studies - Sociology (XL33) are able to apply to transfer to the
BA Education Studies – Sociology (with Placement Year) programme (X3L3). Students taking the
BA Education Studies - Sociology (with Placement Year) (X3L3) will undertake an approved
placement or placements in a UK or overseas 3rganization consisting of at least 40 weeks of
professional-level work experience.
Following the placement year, students will be required to successfully complete a placement
assessment as agreed by the Department, to determine whether the programme learning
outcomes have been met. Assessment does not contribute to the marks used to determine the
award of the degree but successful completion is required to qualify for the BA Education Studies
- Sociology (with Placement Year) (X3L3). If a student fails, they will transfer to the BA Education
Studies - Sociology (XL33) programme.
13. Candidates wishing to transfer to the BA Education Studies - Sociology (with Placement Year)
(X3L3) must:
a. have successfully completed Level 1 of the BA Education Studies - Sociology (XL33) and
progressed to Level 2 of the Honours programme; and
b. during the first term of Level 2 study, apply to the Board of Studies in the School of Education
to be admitted to the BA Education Studies - Sociology (with Placement) (X3L3) and have their
application approved by the Chair of the Board of Studies; and
c. secure a placement / year abroad opportunity or opportunities comprising at least 40 weeks of
professional-level work experience, agreed with the Faculty Placement Manager and approved
by the School of Education academic placement lead; and
d. successfully complete Level 2 of the BA Education Studies - Sociology (XL33) so as to be
eligible to progress to Level 3 of the BA Education Studies - Sociology (XL33).
14. Students whom the Board of Examiners for the School of Education deem to have fulfilled the
programme learning outcomes and who successfully pass the placement assessment will continue
to Level 3 of the BA Education Studies – Sociology (with Placement Year) (X3L3). Students who
fail will not be permitted to continue on the BA Education Studies - Sociology (with Placement Year)
(X3L3) programme, but must instead proceed to the final year of the BA Education Studies –
Sociology programme (XL33).
Additional Year Abroad
15. Students admitted to the BA Education Studies - Sociology (XL33) are able to apply to transfer to
the BA Education Studies - Sociology (with Year Abroad) programme (X2L3). Students undertaking
the BA Education Studies - Sociology (with Year Abroad) programme (X2L3) will undertake an
approved study placement in an overseas university taking a course of study chosen in consultation
with the programme director and the host institution. During the year abroad students will be
assessed at module level by the host University. Assessment does not contribute to the marks
used to determine the award of the degree but successful completion is required to qualify for
the BA Education Studies – Sociology (with Year Abroad).
16. Candidates wishing to transfer to the BA Education Studies - Sociology (with Year Abroad) (X2L3)
must:
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a. have successfully completed Level 1 of the BA Education Studies - Sociology (XL33) and
progressed to Level 2 of the honours programme, and;
b. during the first term of Level 2 study, apply to the Board of Studies in the School of Education
to be admitted to the BA Education Studies – Sociology (with Year Abroad) (X2L3) and have
their application approved by the Chair of the Board of Studies in the School of Education, and;
c. successfully complete Level 2 of the BA Education Studies - Sociology (XL33) so as to be
eligible to progress to Level 3 of the BA Education Studies - Sociology (XL33) Honours
programme.
17. Students who the Board of Examiners for the School of Education deem to have made satisfactory
progress on the year abroad will continue to Level 3 of the BA Education Studies - Sociology (with
Year Abroad) (X2L3). Students who have not made satisfactory progress on the year abroad will
not be permitted to continue on the BA Education Studies – Sociology (with Year Abroad) (X2L3)
programme, but must instead proceed to Level 3 of the BA Education Studies – Sociology (XL33)
programme.
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